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S E P T E M B E R   1 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 reduce the explosive plays. And then we've [lost] two onside kicks. We'll take responsibility for [one of them] because I didn't think we were aligned correctly – way too much space in the middle of the field. And then the second one, they made a play on the ball. We've done some really good things, but we've also given up some big plays. So we've got to get those things cleaned up. There are still only 13 black head coaches among 130 FBS teams, and this is one of the few games all season that will have one on both teams. How do you feel about where the diversity issue is in coaching right now, and are you seeing strides being made or not? I'd love for us to get to a point where this really isn't even a conversation anymore. Obviously, I don't think we're there yet. But I remember thinking back as an assis- tant, when Tony Dungy and Lovie [Smith] were playing against each other in a Super Bowl, and I said this is going to have an impact. And I think it did. I think it did, especially in the NFL. I do think there's a lot of progress that still needs to be made in college and prob- ably the NFL as well. But at the end of the day, I think all that anybody wants is that people have opportunities, and whether that is people of color, whether that is women, whether that is whatever it may be, that they have opportunities. And at the end of the day that the most qualified people get the job and that if you are going to take a chance or risk on someone who maybe is less qualified, that again the same opportunities are there. So I have so much respect for Coach [Smith] and what he has done in his ca- reer. I look at guys like Lovie coming up in this profession as kind of role models and mentors for me from a distance. I don't know Lovie as well as maybe some other guys. But again, I'm working like crazy, num- ber one, for Penn State. I'm working like crazy for our players. I'm working like crazy for our lettermen and for this com- munity. I'm working like crazy for my family. But I also feel like I carry a little bit of that weight that I'm also working for thousands of young African-American football coaches all over the country so that when someone gets into my position, the success that we have here hopefully opens some opportunities for other guys in the future.

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