The Penn State Nittany Lions relied heavily on their defense, especially in the first half, of their win over the SMU Mustangs in the College Football Playoff. One player who stood out in particular to head coach James Franklin was Dom DeLuca,

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For all of James Franklin's success at Penn State -- and he's had plenty of it -- there's been a prevailing narrative that the 11th year coach cannot deliver in crucial moments. The ironic moniker "Big Game James" has been thrown around to ridicule his efforts against top competition,