Penn State Sports Magazine
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N O V E M B E R 1 5 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 14 PENN STATE RADIO NETWORK COACHES STATION SIGNAL CITY/MARKET* GAME SHOW** WAEB 790-AM Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton ✔ ✔ WVAM 1430-AM Altoona ✔ ✔ WRKY 104.9-FM Altoona/Hollidaysburg ✔ WAVL 910-AM Apollo ✔ ✔ WPGG 1450-AM Atlantic City, N.J. ✔ WPG 104.1-FM Atlantic City, N.J. ✔ 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 ✔ ✔ WWCB 1370-AM Corry ✔ ✔ WAGL 103.9-FM Coudersport ✔ ✔ WAGL 99.1-FM Coudersport ✔ ✔ WZDB 95.9-FM DuBois/Sykesville ✔ ✔ 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 ✔ ✔ WVNJ 1160-AM New York Metro ✔ ✔ WKQW 96.3-FM Oil City ✔ ✔ WKQW 1120-AM Oil City ✔ ✔ WNTP 990-AM Philadelphia ✔ ✔ KQV 1410-AM Pittsburgh ✔ ✔ WAVT 101.9-FM Pottsville ✔ WPPA 1360-AM. Pottsville ✔ ✔ WIOV 1240 AM Reading ✔ ✔ WIOV 98.5-FM 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 ✔ ✔ WNDA 1490-AM Wellsboro ✔ ✔ WNDA 93.5-FM Wellsboro ✔ ✔ WILK 980-AM Wilkes-Barre ✔ ✔ WKSB 102.7-FM Williamsport ✔ WRAK 1400-AM Williamsport ✔ WSBA 910-AM York ✔ ✔ WGLD 1440-AM York/Red Lion ✔ * Pennsylvania unless otherwise noted | ** Airs Thursdays at 6:05 p.m. don't see it that much in this league. To me, it's like Stanford, for example. Stanford runs a pro-style, pound-you- in-the-mouth offense in the Pac-12, which doesn't really fit the rest of the teams out there. So in some ways it gives them an advantage. For us, it's our guys being confident enough to understand how our blocking rules and protection rules change for a 3-4 versus a 4-3. I'm assuming you heard the comments from Jonathan Vilma on ESPN about how the offense might be telegraphing plays based on how one of the tackles lines up, but it's something a lot of fans have been talking about on social media. Is that something you agree with, espe- cially considering how many RPOs and check-with-me's you guys use? Yeah, but that's what defenses do. I can say that about every offense in the coun- try. There are tells. That's what our de- fense does. That's what our offense does. Are there some things that we can do bet- ter? Yes, no doubt about it. But that's a lot of stuff we did during the bye week: scout ourselves from the opposite side of the ball. And whether it's the tight end's alignment or whether it's the back's alignment or depth of those things, there are tells. Every offense has them, and every defense has them. That's what we spend our weeks studying. I'd also say… we're averaging [37.7] points a game. And if everybody knew what they were doing on most of our plays, I would think we'd be scoring a lot less than that. But are there some things that we need to get better at? There's no doubt. Are there some things that we're doing with backs' alignment and things like that, disguising? Yes. And I think people have seen that the last couple of weeks. But I would tell you the most important thing that we've got to do from a coaching perspective is fundamentals and tech- niques and making sure that we're win- ning the one-on-one battles at the wide receiver position, at the tight end posi- tion, at the offensive line position, run- ning back position and quarterback position, that we're winning our one-on- one battles and knocking people off the ball and sustaining blocks, that coaches are doing everything in their power dur- ing the week to make sure that we're dis- guising some of the tendencies and tells that we have. But he's talking about ten- dencies, which everybody has.