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tally, physically, emotionally. That's the whole package. This Saturday, is there more a sense of urgency? Is there a line that you draw that says to the young players that they are no longer young? From a youth standpoint, the young guys who are playing, they're no longer freshmen. That can't be an excuse any- more. Even the guys on the scout team, I met with them and told them they have to make sure they're not in the redshirt mode, because if [they are], they won't be ready to compete for jobs come spring practice or for a job if something changes and they need to go in and play. We do start cutting back practice a lit- tle bit. I think I told you guys that al- ready. We started to do that last week. I think that's been helpful. On offense, you know, you have some challenges. You have to practice to get better, but you only have so many bodies to really get it done with. The fine line is how you go about developing those guys in practice. Most people have 85 scholar- ship and 125 guys on the team, and that affects everybody's development. It af- fects the second-team corner's devel- opment, the second-team quarterback's development, the sec- ond-team line's development, because we don't have a second offensive line. That's where we are right now. You talked about Angelo [Mangiro] moving around on the line. Does it look like, at least at this point, that he is going to be able to go back to center and Donovan [Smith] is going to be able to go this weekend? That's to be determined. We're antici- pating that. We're anticipating being able to have [Smith] back. We liked hav- ing Wendy [Laurent] at center and cre- ating flexibility with Angelo at guard, so that's what we're hopeful for. You've talked about wanting your defense to be more explosive and cre- ating those "X" plays. You got a lot of that last week against Ohio State, but going forward, how is that sustain- able? How hard or difficult or easy is that to sustain without the prime- time, big-time atmosphere? I think that's a really good question, and we talked about that. I talked to the team on Sunday aCer the game [and said] that I felt a difference in our team in terms of their focus and in terms of their prepara- tion and in terms of their enthusiasm and energy. I don't know if that was Ohio State, I don't know if that was the White Out, I don't know what it was because of the primetime game or whatever it may be. I talked to them about making sure that our approach and preparation and attention to detail are consistent week in and week out. It shouldn't be based on the opponent, it shouldn't be based on what time the game is. It shouldn't be based on outfits that people decide to wear to the game, shouldn't be based on any of those things. It should be based on us wanting to go out and play at our highest level. Now, are we all human and do those things affect us? Yes. But what we're trying to do is to get them to understand we need to have that type of commitment and respect for our opponent and approach week in and week out regardless, be- cause ultimately it's about us. O C T O B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 14 FRANKLIN CONTINUED FROM 13 814 . 861 . DINE (3463) West College & Cato Ave., State College SOUTHERN TABLE gigisdining.com NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. NSPIRED. West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave ., ., West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave West College & Cato Ave State College State College State College State College State College State College State College State College State College State College State College State College SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN SOUTHERN TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE State College

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