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Speaker 1: This is Quite Franklin with LeVar Errington.

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Speaker 2: Each week, Penn State head coach James Franklin and Penn

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Speaker 2: State legend LeVar Arrington will discuss game strategy and other

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Speaker 2: insights on Penn State football.

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Speaker 3: Quite Franklin with LeVar Arrington is time.

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Speaker 1: What's up everybody? That's right? It's another exciting addition.

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Speaker 3: Quite Franklin with my guy, the coach himself, James Franklin.

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Speaker 1: I'll be leading you along the way. I'm LeVar Arrington.

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Speaker 3: We got some interesting questions to get to, some interesting

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Speaker 3: conversation between us. I want to start with the most

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Speaker 3: important of them all, coach. And this is a hard one,

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Speaker 3: and I know everybody is waiting to hear this one

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Speaker 3: and wants to know the response to this. But Halloween

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Speaker 3: just passed yesterday evening. It's a very interesting holiday when

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Speaker 3: you become an adult versus when you're a kid. Do

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Speaker 3: you have any fond memories of Halloween when you were

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Speaker 3: growing up? Any It could be high school, it could

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Speaker 3: be teen years, could be college years, could be younger years.

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Speaker 3: I remember plastic Darth Vader outfits that I had to use,

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Speaker 3: maybe three years in a row. And I remember I

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Speaker 3: was fast enough to catch one dude that grabbed my bag.

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Speaker 3: One year, we used to use pillow bags to get candy.

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Speaker 3: It's kind of funny. But one kid grabbed my bag

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Speaker 3: and I hacked him down. So maybe I was one

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Speaker 3: of the times I knew I was supposed to play

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Speaker 3: defense in school. But you got any fond memories.

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Speaker 2: Well, we had the Halloween party at the facility. We

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Speaker 2: always do that on Monday, mainly the coaches and the

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Speaker 4: But it makes me think about.

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Speaker 2: Just how much Halloween has changed, right, I mean, we

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Speaker 2: grew up like you got your costume, you made your costume,

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Speaker 2: you bought a cheap costume, whatever it was, and.

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Speaker 4: You left the house and you didn't come back, and

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Speaker 4: your parents really didn't know what you were, and you.

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Speaker 5: Were hitting up different neighborhoods and everybody knew that the

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Speaker 4: You'd be out forever.

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Speaker 2: And now Halloween is almost like playdates, like it's set up.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna go to the mall and do it or

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Speaker 2: this certain area. So it's just a very different experience.

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying better or worse, just just very different.

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Speaker 4: But I was the other on Monday, I was run DMC.

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Speaker 1: You know I had which one? Did you run? What's

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Speaker 4: But that's what I was just gonna say.

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Speaker 2: It was somewhat embarrassing because I was dressed up like that.

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Speaker 2: A Z and his whole family were dressed up like that,

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Speaker 2: But they all had like the legit Adidas sweatshuit on

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Speaker 4: And it had it all happened stripes, two stripes, say.

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Speaker 3: My Adidas with two stripes two stripes, I'm like, look,

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Speaker 3: I think I can afford a third stripe, Like yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that is true. But when you got it, you know

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Speaker 3: it is what it is. Let's move to the easier questions, coach.

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Speaker 3: So this week you we we saw we saw some

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Speaker 3: We saw a number eleven Oregon State team fall to Arizona.

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Speaker 3: We we saw a North Carolina team that is seventeenth

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Speaker 1: You guys were.

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Speaker 3: Coming off of, maybe even a more difficult scenario than

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Speaker 3: They gave us, they gave us a lot of competition

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Speaker 2: To your point, we talk about it every Sunday in

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Speaker 4: You know, all the way down to the wires.

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Speaker 2: So so I think the biggest message that that we

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Speaker 2: It is challenging to win, to sustain it over an

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Speaker 2: So finding a way to get a win. People may

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Speaker 2: I was pleased with how we battled and how we

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Speaker 2: But obviously we got to learn from it. We got

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Speaker 3: Now coming into this game against Maryland, we saw what

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Speaker 3: so many people have talked about. Everybody continues to question

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Speaker 3: the same? Did it just did that opportunity open itself

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Speaker 1: What? What was what was your thought process and going

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the plan was the same.

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Speaker 2: We typically have and call typically between eight and twelve

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Speaker 2: that we were able to take take a few more.

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Speaker 2: We hit a few, we didn't hit a few, but

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Speaker 2: it wasn't like this game the plan was any different.

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Speaker 2: I think it was also some times where he checked

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Speaker 2: You know, the one the one ball that Drew missed

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Speaker 4: There, and he worked through his progression.

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Speaker 2: So really the model and the and the plan hadn't

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Speaker 2: changed this week. But there's gonna be some weeks where

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Speaker 1: I think that's a good way of looking at it.

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Speaker 3: You guys go into Maryland, you guys are going into

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Speaker 3: Maryland wants to beat James Franklin more than they want

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Speaker 3: How do you how do you internalize knowing that there's

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Speaker 3: you learned a lot coach Freesian, super dope coach, some

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Speaker 3: great times, y'all. Y'all feel there's some really amazing teams

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Speaker 3: during that time period. How does that impact you going

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Speaker 1: How do you eternalized that?

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Speaker 2: Well, First of all, I got a ton of respect

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Speaker 4: I was there for eight years.

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Speaker 2: I had a great experience. Me and Locks were on

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Speaker 2: But I do think your point is, you know, obviously

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Speaker 4: It was a battle.

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Speaker 2: But then on top of that, obviously to your point,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but uh, but.

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Speaker 2: For us, you know, We got a lot of respect

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Speaker 2: for them. I think it's one of the more talented teams,

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Speaker 2: They do a really good job of recruiting talent and

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Speaker 2: developing talent. So we're gonna have to be prepared. You know,

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Speaker 2: their quarterback is a problem, Their wide receivers or problems.

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Speaker 2: They're running backs a problem, Their linebackers are a problem,

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Speaker 2: you know, So they've done a really good job of

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Speaker 4: We're gonna be We're gonna need to be ready to play.

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Speaker 1: They they have been.

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Speaker 2: But I think I think we know though LeVar right.

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Speaker 2: My point is we're going to get the team that

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Speaker 3: All Right, my last question to you before I let

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Speaker 3: going one to know? The playoff, the playoff of ranking

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Speaker 1: But do you do you.

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Speaker 3: In your mind entertain the idea of here's the ranking, here's.

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Speaker 1: What we got left.

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Speaker 3: How how are you looking at that the ranking comes

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Speaker 1: is it just one to oh well, I think you know.

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Speaker 2: The reality is is we take the same approach every

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Speaker 4: Everybody's aware. I don't need to say it. Everybody is

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Speaker 2: But if you're not careful, you spend too much time

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Speaker 4: Yes, so it's it's interesting.

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Speaker 2: So we'll again, let's just handle our business and let's

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Speaker 2: I love the Stick City shirt you got on man.

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Speaker 1: You know it's a place man. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: You know, I need to see some more sticks, baby,

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Speaker 3: I need to see more.

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Speaker 1: He seems like he's speeding up. He's getting there.

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Speaker 3: Maybe we're gonna get his best football as as we

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Speaker 2: So we'll get we'll get his best football this stretch,

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Speaker 4: There's no doubt Abdul is gonna have a big game

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Speaker 2: We need him to have a big game this week

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Speaker 3: And the coach has been a pleasure, always a pleasure.

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Speaker 3: That's Coach Franklin. Make sure you check us out. You

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Speaker 1: I mean, y'all be asking them bad questions.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, you did have a six to the is

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