State College, Pennsylvania - With just over a month remaining before the Penn State and Michigan football fans clash, it seems that the trash talk leading up to the highly anticipated showdown has already kicked off.

During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin seemingly aimed a dig at the Wolverines.

Franklin implied that in the Big Ten, there was a team actively canceling a number of contracts to schedule matchups against weaker opponents in an attempt to increase their chances of finishing the season undefeated.

"There's a team in this conference specifically that's buying out a ton of game contracts that are already signed to go in a complete opposite direction," Franklin told reporters. "You gotta do whatever you possibly can to give yourself a chance to be undefeated."

Franklin further asserted that there is another team in the conference that has achieved considerable success by adopting this strategy and scheduling relatively easy opponents.

While coach James Franklin didn't specify the team he appeared to shade, the college football world - especially Wolverine fans - appeared to think he was talking about Michigan.

The Wolverines are notoriously known for their easy non-conference schedule over the past few years, which many believe is a direct result of their recent success on the field.

However, Michigan fans didn't take Franklin's comments lightly and responded swiftly with trash talk of their own.

"Didn't PSU schedule Delaware and UMass this year?" one fan argued.

"Why can't Michigan grow some balls and play a REAL school like UMass or Delaware," another sarcastically added.

"No chance James Franklin said these words at a presser leading into a game vs 1-6 UMass," one fan tweeted.

Franklin will lead his Penn State team against a relatively non-competitive UMass squad that currently boast a losing 1-6 record this season.