James Franklin isn’t the type of coach who will be grumpy after a win, let alone a 52-6 dismantling of Villanova on Saturday.

On paper, scoring 52 points looks impressive. But it was at least a little eye-opening when the Lions only led 13-0 until the final minute of the first half.

Drew Allar may have been a little more accurate than he was in last week’s 34-0 shutout over Florida International, but there was still more to be desired.

He finished the day 16 for 29 with 209 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Allar said he may have been “overthinking” situations last week against Florida International, but he felt better about his performance on Saturday.

“We just have to string together a few more things, and finish some drives instead of settling for three (points),” he said.

As for the interception to the Wildcats’ Omari Bursey in the red zone, well, let’s just say that everyone on the PSU sideline would like to have it back.

“The one turnover — that one drives me crazy,” Franklin said. “We had a missed assignment. Once one bad thing happens, you can’t turn it into two. We have to help (Allar) get into a rhythm.”

Franklin certainly isn’t going to complain about the rushing performance of 237 yards, led by Kaytron Allen’s 86 yards on 10 carries. Nicholas Singleton had twice as many carries (20) as Allen with 84 yards.

Nor will Franklin complain about nine different receivers getting into the reception column, led by tight end Luke Reynolds with 73 yards on four catches.

But what will bother him? There were five pre-snap penalties — a false start for offensive linemen Nolan Rucci and Vega Ioane, an offsides each for Zuriah Fisher and Yvan Kemajou, and a rare defensive delay of game.

“Although it wasn’t as clean as I’d like it to be, and I think we made it harder than it needs to be at times, I do think we are playing winning football,” Franklin said.

Winning football against Villanova, that is. But will it be winning football against Oregon in two weeks?

It seems to be a good time for a bye week, a time for players with bumps and bruises to get healed before the biggest home game of the year.

But it also sounds like it won’t be your typical, run-of-the-mill bye week for the 3-0 Lions, who started with a night practice at Beaver Stadium on Sunday evening to get a feel for the new lighting.

“This is not an off week, by any means,” Franklin said.

“I think the biggest thing for us is having the right mindset going into the bye week, and it’s a work week to get better,” Allar said.

And the Nittany Lions will have to be a lot better in order to beat Oregon.

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Andy Stine can be reached at astine@altoonamirror.com.