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Franklin
talks to
reporters
earlier
this
month during
spring practice. He
is getting set for
his fourth Blue-
White Game.
Photo
by Nate
Bauer
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WORK
TO DO
Even after last season's
breakthrough performance,
PSU needs its young players
to step up. They'll be looking
to show their potential
in the spring game
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In addition to the usual attractions –
the bands, the carnival rides, the auto-
graph session – James Franklin has said
Penn State is aiming to stage a competi-
tive football game on Blue-White Week-
end. The Nittany Lions' fourth-year
head coach is looking to fill the majority
of Beaver Stadium's 106,572 seats with
interested, engaged fans, and he's think-
ing that an upgraded roster filled with
rising stars might just do the trick.
Penn State's annual spring scrimmage
is set for 3 p.m. Saturday. It may only
feature cameo appearances from some
of the team's biggest names, players
who helped lead the Nittany Lions to an
11-3 finish and a Big Ten championship
last year and who don't have a whole lot
to prove on the final day of spring prac-
tice. But there are a number of ambi-
tious young Lions who will be looking to
play expanded roles this coming fall.
Some of those players will be making
their public debuts in the Blue-White
Game, and the hope among the coaches
is that they'll create a more competitive
environment than Penn State had last
