Penn State Sports Magazine
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D E C E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 12 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. personnel. He knows our coaches. He knows the overall philosophy. I'm not saying that every hire that we make over the next 20 years is always going to be an internal candidate. But when you have one, I think it makes a lot of sense for everybody involved. With all of your bowl game experi- ences in your career, how would you compare finishing one season strong and how can a game be a springboard for the next season? Obviously, you always want to end on a positive note. There are very few teams at the end of the season happy. Really, you've got one that's truly happy. It's in- teresting just talking to recruits, being on the road and kind of looking back and having some time for some perspective. We lost two games this year by four points, and if you go all the way back to last year, we've lost our last three games by seven total points. So you want to end the season on a posi- tive note. You want those seniors to have that last experience as a real positive one that they can savor for the rest of their lives. You prefer the coaches not to go into the offseason with a bad taste in their mouth. The same for the fans and the media members and the administration. You want to end on a positive note. You want to be successful. You want to be 1-0. I don't think there's any doubt about the importance of that. And then obviously, I do think there is some momentum that kind of leads you into the next year, and I think that's tied to the whole bowl experience: the extra practices, the extra time and just the good vibes of going away to a different envi- ronment for your players to experience. I'm going to ask today to try to find out how many of our players have ever even been to Arizona before. All those things are part of the unique experiences through college athletics and through college football that's important. I think it does both. I think it's impor- tant that you end the season on a positive note so everybody feels good and there's good mojo, and obviously I do think it has an impact of going into the following sea- son based on all of the things I just men- tioned: the extra practices, the last time people have seen you, how they view you. They start talking about your returning players, the previous season and the bowl game, and how it ended.