Ohio State coach Ryan Day called it a “big win” against Penn State on Saturday, while Nittany Lions coach James Franklin lamented his team’s eighth straight loss to the Buckeyes. Ohio State made a goal-line stop, then ran out the clock, in a Victory 20-13 in front of the largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history.

Here’s what the coaches said afterward.

Penn State coach James Franklin

On the game: First of all, you have to give credit to Ohio State. They did a very good job today. We did some things that were good enough to win and some things that weren’t. We can’t have the ball twice inside the 5-yard line and come out with no points. A turnover, which is very unusual for us, then another turnover which is essentially down. Pick six was an important element of the game,
but we only scored six points on offense and seven points on defense against a very, very good team. Are they good in defense? Yes. But do we need to find ways to make points and yards? There is no doubt about it. We didn’t succeed. Give them a ton of credit.

As for whether he considered giving Tyler Warren the ball at the goal line in the fourth quarter:
Yeah, we gave the ball to the running back (Kaytron Allen), I think three times, we threw the ball
on the last one. Yeah, should we? Should we probably give the ball to Tyler Warren after the pieces he made. Yeah, I understand the question. I understand.

On Ohio State making 11 straight plays in its series-clinching series: They had a championship run right at the end. We didn’t play well in an obvious running situation. Didn’t handle well the fact that the offense didn’t score well in this situation.

On the team’s focus after the loss: We have to do a great job to make sure we come in tomorrow and make their corrections, but Sunday night we have to clear things out and move on to Washington. We cannot allow one defeat to turn into two. The reality of college football is that everything is still ahead of us, and we have to do a great job of making the corrections, eliminating the unforced errors that happened today, and then we have to find a way to win next week at the house, and
everything is still ahead of us.

On sanctions: Jumping offside in an obvious third down situation extended a drive for them, and tackling and standing over a guy for unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a third down extended a
to drive. We can’t do that. I can’t, I can’t, I can’t do these things. It happened last week and it happened again this week. It’s on me. We have to be a disciplined football team. We weren’t disciplined sometimes
Today.

On his message to fans: I understand their frustration. The guys in the locker room are just as frustrated, if not more. But college football has changed and we have an opportunity to right some of the wrongs of today, and that’s what we’re going to focus on. I understand. We have an incredible crowd here. We are receiving incredible support. We don’t do this without passion. And there are great things that come from it, and there are difficult things that come from it. It’s part of the job and I own it all.

On Beau Pribula: I think the plan was to involve Beau more, based on how practice went this week with Drew, but we didn’t have much success when he was there. So I think that probably played a part. When we didn’t have much success when he was there, we moved away from him.

On the importance of this game: No one looks harder in the mirror than me. I will say this, and I’ve said this before, 99 percent of college football programs would die to do what we’ve been able to do during our time here. But I also understand that when you’re at a place like Penn State, the expectations are really high. When you’re at a place like Ohio State, there’s a really, really high
expectations. I understand. So we looked at all these things very carefully. We will continue to look at these things very carefully.

On Ohio State’s interception late in the second quarter: Drew made a nice throw. We had the chance to
go down with the ball. At first they called it incomplete, then they revised it and called it INT. The guys watching on TV have a better idea of ​​how it all played out. There were a ton of 50/50 calls in this game that you could follow either way. There are tons of them in this game. The fumble on the sideline, in the near arm that goes out on the 2 yard line, obviously, and that’s called a touchdown (on the field). There are a ton of 50/50 calls that could be sent
anyway, and in this type of game they are essential. Other than that, I don’t have much else to offer you. But, you know, obviously, turning the ball over in the red zone and getting stopped on downs, two
turnovers inside the five. This is truly the story of the game.

Ryan Day, Ohio State coach

On victory: It was an important match for us for many reasons. A top-five team thus wins on the road in a tough environment, moving Donnie (Donovan Jackson) to left tackle. We knew we had to gain the rushing yards, that the turnover battle was going to be important, and that there were no negative plays. And that’s what we really focused on, but ultimately we had to find a way to stop and get that supplement first. So, I think that’s going to keep us moving forward, and getting this win for our guys is going to go a long way.

On defense: We had one, then we had the Igbinosun interception, and we go into the end of the half, and then today. It shows that there is great tenacity, a never give up, give me an inch, I will defend her mentality. You have to give Jim and the entire defense staff credit for their preparation before the game. Penn State does a great job of changing formations, moves, different looks, and you know we found a way to get position and when it comes to players, coaches can put you in a situation, but the players have to execute, and that’s exactly what they did.

On quarterback Will Howard: He gives us tenacity at quarterback, running the ball. You saw the run he made between the time the ball was squared away and it was a well-executed play – and Trayveon (Henderson) made a great block there too – and the other guys took it were taking from people and the game ended as it had been. it was like being shot directly in the stomach. But there’s nothing you can do, you have to regroup and keep going. This is the sign of someone who is resilient, who has been through this before and wanted this to happen. He felt like all week that he wasn’t going to lose this game, and he just refused to lose, and that mentality helped us win the game.