Saturday November 10, 2018 12:15 AM Penn State puts losses behind to focus on Wisconsin. Written by Rich Scarcella STATE COLLEGE – Their hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff and winning the Big Ten championship have been extinguished. Their chances of landing a berth in a third straight New Year’s Six bowl are remote. So what will motivate the Penn State Nittany Lions in their final three regular season games? “I think we still have a lot ahead of us,” safety Garrett Taylor said. “I think we have a lot to play for. We owe it to ourselves to go out and play hard these next couple games. “We’ve done a good job of not looking back but looking forward and sticking to Coach (James) Franklin’s mantra of trying to go to 1-0 each week. That’s going to be our motivation.” No. 21 Penn State (3-3 Big Ten, 6-3) will try to rebound from a lopsided loss at Michigan when it takes on Wisconsin (4-2, 6-3) today at noon at Beaver Stadium (TV-ABC; WEEU-AM/830). “Nobody likes to lose,” defensive tackle Antonio Shelton said. “Losing’s not fun, but you have to get over it quick. Coach Pry (defensive coordinator Brent Pry) said to watch the (Michigan) film and then move onto Wisconsin. “They don’t care that we just lost. We have to get over it.” It’s the first meeting between the Lions and the Badgers since the 2016 Big Ten championship game, which Penn State won 38-31. After being the… [Read full story]
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