James Franklin benched Garrett Sickels for the first half against Ohio State for skipping a class before the bye week. The veteran leader took it as an opportunity to make things right, and he did just that.
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A combination of a night game, Beaver Stadium's new security measures, the White Out, and students all trying to get in before kickoff forced stadium personnel to let students in at Gate A without swiping their IDs, therefore not giving them tickets for any section.
"Garrett has been a model citizen for us for three years," Franklin said. "We just had a situation where we had a bye week and some guys wanted to get home early for the long weekend. He ended up not going to a class."