Cornerback Kalen King and the rest of the No. 7 Penn State defense have built plenty of momentum to this point and believe they can feed off what will be a raucous, White Out environment again on Saturday when Penn State hosts No. 24 Iowa in a white-walled Beaver Stadium.
It usually is when these two teams tangle.
Iowa, meanwhile, has trucked on in its typical fashion. The Hawkeyes held Western Michigan to just 35 yards and one first down in the second half last week and sit 18th in scoring defense. So far, Penn State has run just nine plays for 20 yards or more. The Nittany Lions generated 68 last year. Franklin believes more big plays are coming, especially in the running game with star backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton.“It’s been very obvious that over the first three weeks people are saying their defensive game plan is going to be based on stopping our running game,” Franklin said.