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Wisconsin and Michigan State. The gulf between the starters and the backups is diminishing as the team's overall talent level improves, and Franklin hopes that this year's game will reflect that growth. "You'll see the spring game will be a little bit different this year," he said in March. "I don't want to go ones and twos vs. everybody else. I want to have ones vs. twos and hopefully, for the first time, have a really competitive scrim- mage. That should be fun and exciting." That sounds good; excitement is al- ways better than tedium. But at the risk of offending anyone steeped in the his- tory and tradition of the Blue (or the White), no one goes to the spring game for the outcome. They go for the individ- ual performances, particularly those of the younger players who will be stepping into bigger roles, those who have been winning rave reviews in spring practice and those who will be making their pub- lic debuts. This year, that means most eyes will be on receivers Irvin Charles and Juwan Johnson, offensive linemen Michal Menet and Mike Miranda, run- ning back Miles Sanders, defensive backs Ayron Monroe and Lamont Wade, and defensive ends Shane Simmons and Shaka Toney, among others. Of course, there will also be a contin- gent of attendees who won't be paying attention to those players or anyone else. In recent years, the university has promoted the Blue-White Game not just as a pigskin fix wedged into the middle of a long, mostly football-free off-sea- son but as the centerpiece of a reunion weekend, a chance to catch up with your college buddies and revisit old haunts, Beaver Stadium being one of the oldest. So in addition to the hardcore football crowd, a lot of the people on hand Sat- urday will be there for the tailgating or the autograph session or the chance to work on their tan. But hey, those people matter, too. Part of Penn State's effort to build on last year's success involves sending a mes- sage – to the rest of the college football world and especially to potential recruits – that there is a groundswell of energy running through the program. An atten- tion-grabbing attendance figure would help further that cause. It may be the only number from the spring game that actually counts. "A lot of people say, 'Why is spring game attendance a big deal?' I would make the argument that, No. 1, it's an opportunity to get together with your buddies. I kind of look at it as a home- coming during the spring," Franklin said. "I think it does make a statement, na- tionally, that football is important at Penn State. I think it shows our players that we're all in this thing together. "It makes a statement to our recruits, it makes a statement to our team and it makes a statement to the country that football is a very, very important part of Penn State. 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