Penn State Sports Magazine
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S E P T E M B E R 1 2 , 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 going to be aspects of your offense that are magnified. Mike's skill set is going to be different than Pat Freiermuth's, for ex- ample. Our system will tweak a little bit based on our personnel, based on our staff, but the core nucleus of who we are and how we operate and how we do things will stay the same. You didn't really see 12 person- nel a lot in the past, and you're seeing more of that right now. Why is that? Well, because I felt like we could be better in some of our short-yardage and some of our low red zone stuff. I think we probably look how I ex- pected us to look based on all the con- versations we had in the off-season. One of the things I've thought Ricky has done a really nice job of is not only being in- volved in everything the last couple years, but also, once he did take over, he had a very clear picture in his mind and image of how he wanted to do it. I think one of the biggest mistakes that you can make as a head coach or as a coordinator is that you get into that role and then you try to be like the person who was there before you. As you guys know, Billy [O'Brien] is a really good friend of mine. We lived in the same neighborhood at the University of Maryland. We've got a very similar background. But how Billy coaches and how Billy leads is very different and I can't come in and try to be Billy. It's the same way with Ricky. Ricky has got a very different personality than Joe [Moorhead]. And I want to surround my- self with players and coaches who are very comfortable in their own skin and own who they are. I think that's why you see guys like Mar- cus Allen, his personality, because that's who Marcus is, but also, we embrace that. You know, you see that with Ricky. You see that now with K.J. Hamler. I see that with Mike Hazel. I see that with Kris Pe- tersen, my staff. I don't want to be sur- rounded by all the same personalities and all the same opinions and a bunch of yes- men. I want to be surrounded by a bunch of different people with different per- spectives – diversity, diverse back- grounds, diverse perspectives, diverse ideas – because the only way I'm going to make the best decisions for Penn State is to hear all those things and see all those things and say, OK, great, I've got all the information, now here's the direction we're going.