Penn State Sports Magazine
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A U G U S T 2 9 , 2 0 1 8 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 12 PENN STATE RADIO NETWORK STATION SIGNAL CITY/MARKET* WAEB 790-AM Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton WVAM 1430-AM Altoona WRKY 104.9-FM Altoona/Hollidaysburg WAVL 910-AM Apollo WILK 103.1-FM Avoca WAYC 1600-AM Bedford WAYC 100.9-FM Bedford WAGL 103.9-FM Bradford WAGL 99.1-FM Bradford WISR 680-AM Butler WJEJ 1240-AM Chambersburg/Hagerstown, Md. WCCR 92.7-FM Clarion WCPA 900-AM Clearfield WCPA 98.5-FM Clearfield WWCB 1370-AM Corry WAGL 103.9-FM Coudersport WAGL 99.1-FM Coudersport WWLZ 820-AM Elmira, N.Y./Ithaca, N.Y. WWLZ 101.3-FM Elmira, N.Y./Ithaca, N.Y. WPSE 1450-AM Erie WPSE 107.1-FM Erie WAVL 98.7-FM Greensburg Sports Radio 96.5 FM Harrisburg Sports Radio 95.3-FM Harrisburg Sports Radio 1400-AM Harrisburg Sports Radio 93.5-FM (HD) Harrisburg WKZN 1300-AM Hazleton WCCL 101.7-FM Johnstown WAGL 103.9-FM Kane WAGL 99.1-FM Kane WNPV 1440-AM Lansdale WLBR 1270-AM Lebanon WLIU 670-AM Lewistown WLIU 92.9-FM Lewistown WOGA 92.9-FM Mansfield WOGA 93.1-FM Mansfield WJST 1280-AM New Castle WVNJ 1160-AM New York Metro WKQW 96.3-FM Oil City WKQW 1120-AM Oil City WNTP 990-AM Philadelphia WPIT 730-AM Pittsburgh WPIT 96.5-FM Pittsburgh WAVT 101.9-FM Pottsville WPPA 1360-AM Pottsville WEEU 830-AM Reading WBZU 910-AM Scranton WAGL 103.9-FM Smethport WAGL 99.1-FM Smethport WQWK 1450-AM State College WBUS 93.7-FM State College WKOK 1070-AM Sunbury WCCL 101.7-FM Somerset WHGL 100.3-FM Troy/Canton WTRN 1340-AM Tyrone WTRN 100.7-FM Tyrone WRQY 96.5-FM Wheeling, W.Va. WNDA 1490-AM Wellsboro WNDA 93.5-FM Wellsboro WILK 980-AM Wilkes-Barre WKSB 102.7-FM Williamsport WSBA 910-AM York WSBA 93.9-FM York * Pennsylvania unless otherwise noted and you learn a lot about that. You learn about what the guys are fussing and moaning and complaining about. But we don't have a whole lot of that right now in any of the areas. When you've got 120 guys on your ros- ter, there's usually some of that. So I think we're in a good place. I think guys are putting the team and the program first, and they understand that they can still achieve all their individual goals. But typ- ically, those individual goals go to guys who are part of the best teams and the best organizations, and if they were inter- ested in individual goals and objectives, then they could have played tennis or swimming or golf, or they chose to play the greatest team sport there is. So I think our guys have really embraced that and our leadership has been tremendous with those things. Going back to your days as a player, a5er all the build-up, what are the emotions heading into the first game of the season? Obviously, there's excitement. I was getting a bunch of texts on Saturday night from guys, Antonio Shelton was blowing me up about how excited he is. And we've got to balance that. We had a discussion in the staff meeting last week and a discussion with our team, as well, in a team meeting, about making sure that our players understand that those feelings are natural, because those feelings, really, are there to help you. Those feelings, those butterfly feelings in your stomach – that nervous energy, that increased heart rate, that sweating. That's your body telling you that you are ready, and we talked about that a lot as a staff and we talked about that a lot with the players. If you're a player or just a person in general and you perceive that as "I'm ready, my body is reacting like this because this is something that's impor- tant to me, and this energy that I'm get- ting from my heart rate and from these things is actually going to go to allow me to be the best football player I possibly can be," that's a positive. There are other people who interpret that energy as a negative: I'm stressed, I'm not prepared, I have anxiety. It's really the same exact feeling. It's all based on how you interpret that feeling and that energy. So we talk to our players and our coaches about embracing that, embracing that and using that.