Penn State put a bow on its 2021 spring football practice schedule on Friday night with a second live practice in Beaver Stadium open to fans. Now, head coach James Franklin and his staff begin the next phase of the offseason schedule as the Nittany Lions begin preparing for the 2021 season opener on the road at Wisconsin.
A year after the pandemic destroyed the entire offseason schedule, things are beginning to get back to some degree of normal, although some offseason plans still require some alterations. But Franklin, his staff and the entire roster know what the goals are for 2021, and the work is already underway to prove the 2020 season was just a bizarre year going against the grain of where Penn State really is as a program.
Here is a roundup of everything James Franklin had to say in his post-practice press conferences the last two weeks.