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that we found a way to win. We were able to get points. We were five for five in scoring in the red zone, but there's no doubt about it, we have got to do a bet- ter job of scoring touchdowns to maxi- mize our opportunities. On the participation report you had seven offensive linemen who played, and it looked to me like five starters really played a lot. Are you close to being able to play more guys? Would you like to be able to play more, and are you close to being able to play more in terms of developing that sec- ond group? The offensive line isn't really a posi- tion you typically do that with. You look all across the country – college, high school, NFL – you don't rotate offensive linemen in like you do at other posi- tions, D‑line and things like that. You're trying to get that group to work to- gether. We talked about this earlier in the year, that we are probably going to have seven or eight guys who we're going to play with, and create flexibility and depth by having them back up multiple positions. When did you first start to notice DaeSean Hamilton asserting himself in practices? It's hard for me to speak about that, because I wasn't here last year. He didn't do really a whole lot this spring, either. I know talking to our guys in the summer, I felt like he had a really pro- ductive summer. If you look at him, he's a big, physical, impressive-looking athlete. He's very, very smart. Runs the offense extremely well and obviously with going out and playing the way he did on Saturday, I think had a chance to build on his confi- dence and his execution. So I was pleased with him. Geno [Lewis] did some really nice things, as well. It can be challenging if you've got one guy who everybody is focused on when you can have somebody on either side that people have to deal with. It's going to make both of them that much more effective. And I think it's going to give Hack more options, and it's also going to help in his development, because we all know last year, I think maybe 70 percent or higher of the offense, especially in the passing game, was Robinson. So having multiple threats with our wide receivers and our tight ends, I think is critical. Penn State received quite a few votes this week, coming in at 30th or so. For a program that has not been ranked since 2011, what, if anything, would it mean to you to get back into consideration for the Top 25? Those things are outside of our con- trol, and to be honest with you, outside of our concern. We are focused on Akron and Coach Bowden and their players and excited about opening the season at home. That's what our focus is on. Rankings and those other things like that, that's great for the media and that's great for the fans, but that's out- side of our control, so we don't spend any time talking about it or discussing it or studying it. All our attention and all our energy is spent on how do we create our best Penn State team that we possi- bly can both on and off the field. S E P T E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 3 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 14 FRANKLIN CONTINUED FROM 13 Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Hey Sports Fans ...Get 15% Off your hotel stay! 15% discount lioncountrylodging.com When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Hey Spor Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ts Fans ...Get Hey Spor Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ts Fans ...Get 15% Off your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê 15% discount Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountrylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com lioncountr Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê

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