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O c T O B E R 7 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M 3 Franklin said. "We've got to improve there. But we're critiquing a Big Ten win on the road where we scored 31 points and basically played shutout football. Do we have to get better? Yeah. … But I feel like we're at the right point where we can go into the bye week and say, these are the things we need to improve on." • Tyler Davis missed another makeable field goal attempt, a 35-yarder in the fourth quarter. He is now 6 for 13 on the season. LOOKING AHEAD Another year, another well-timed bye week. The Nittany Lions won't be in ac- tion again until they welcome Michigan to Beaver Stadium on Oct. 21. The Wolverines were 4-0 and ranked seventh in the country heading into Saturday's in-state rivalry game with Michigan State. Backup John O'Korn is now at quarterback following an injury to starter Wilton Speight, and O'Korn might still be the starter next week when the Wolverines visit Indiana. A year ago, the Lions had an off-week heading into their matchup with Ohio State, and we all know how that worked out. This year's team will no doubt wel- come the opportunity to recuperate from some nagging injuries that have con- tributed to its sporadic offensive difficul- ties. "We're going to enjoy this win for a few hours, and then we're going to go into the bye week," Franklin said. "The bye week will be about our academics. The bye week will be about getting as healthy as we possibly can be. There will be a little bit of young player devel- opment as part of our bye week. They'll have their own practice. And then obviously we'll spend some time cleaning up things that have given us issues on of- fense, defense and special teams. What are the themes? What are the things that we see that everyone is doing against us? Let's clean those things up and then get a head start on that next opponent." Tommy Stevens (2) and Irvin Charles cele- brate Stevens' early touch- down against Northwestern. Photo by Steve Manuel

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