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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody's LeVar Arrington.

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Speaker 2: Here, we got takeaways from the u c l A.

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Speaker 2: We got traveling to the West Coast State College Airport.

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Speaker 2: I love it as ce, but man, we could use

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Speaker 2: a bigger runway.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you that.

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Speaker 2: Listen, we're gonna talk health of the team, Nick Singleton, Uh,

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Speaker 2: our fronts, defensive, offensive fronts. We got a lot to

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Speaker 2: get to in a little bit of time. Buckle up,

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Speaker 2: buckle in. It's quite Franklin with coach James Franklin, myself

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Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame or Penn State legend. Yeah, LeVar Arrington,

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Speaker 2: here we go, coming straight at you.

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Speaker 1: Let's go takeaways from the u c l A game.

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Speaker 1: What what what you got? What?

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Speaker 2: What did you see that was good? What can the

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Speaker 2: team improve on? What was your take?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I think again we're finding different ways to win each week,

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Speaker 3: which I think is important. You know, good teams are

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Speaker 3: gonna have to find different ways throughout a season to winn.

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Speaker 4: I think we're doing that.

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Speaker 3: When you talk about finding out just before kick that

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Speaker 3: you don't have Nick Singleton one of our pieces of

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Speaker 3: our puzzle. That's an important piece. Uh, And our guys

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Speaker 3: responded really well. Next man up, whether that's k Tron

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Speaker 3: taking on a bigger loader, whether that was Quintin. I

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Speaker 3: thought that was a positive that we handled that.

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Speaker 4: I thought that.

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Speaker 3: Liam Clifford seeing now that there's another weapon that they're

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Speaker 3: gonna have to deal with, here's another guy that could

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Speaker 4: I thought that was a positive.

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Speaker 3: And then obviously just the way that our defense has

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Speaker 3: been playing in the third quarter and really in the

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Speaker 3: second half has been has been very impressive. And then

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Speaker 3: our field goal kicker being able to go in and

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Speaker 3: make make a couple of big kicks.

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Speaker 4: Was important for us as well. So we got to

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Speaker 3: I think that's gonna be really important for us to

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Speaker 3: start out better really in all three phases.

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Speaker 4: But besides that, a ton of good things to learn from.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting that you says start out better.

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Speaker 2: The question that I got a million times over after

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Speaker 2: this last game and just kind of in.

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Speaker 1: Weeks past was why do we start so slow? Now?

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Speaker 2: My reasoning was this, I think it's a slow drip.

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Speaker 2: I think this team, now that I've gotten an opportunity

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Speaker 2: over again on my own time and at my own speed.

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Speaker 2: We we tend to have a our offense. Our offense

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Speaker 2: is not doing it. It's not starting slow. In my opinion,

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Speaker 2: we're I think we're beaten up. We're beaten teams down

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Speaker 2: while we're figuring out what we want to do. And listen,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to call I don't want to call

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Speaker 2: you out. I'm right there with you on the sideline.

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Speaker 2: If somebody doesn't know that you have a method in

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Speaker 2: Because I watched you take the clock all the way down,

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Speaker 1: And then go score or the next play.

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Speaker 2: So clearly, you guys are getting a feel for what

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Speaker 2: it is that's taking place, and there's a method to it.

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Speaker 1: It's the slow start of method.

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Speaker 2: Now our defense, it's like the offenses start a little

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Speaker 2: just it appears that we're figuring out what they're doing.

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Speaker 2: And once we figure out what they're doing, it goes

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Speaker 2: lights out. It goes from they have some success to

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Speaker 2: really really dominant play by our defense. Am I am

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Speaker 2: I off for sitting there saying that I'm looking at

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Speaker 2: how our coordinators and how our coach is work and

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Speaker 2: how you're you're operating this it's a slow drip like

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Speaker 2: maybe it's not a quick it ain't a quick one,

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Speaker 2: but I'd rather you be a counterpuncher than somebody that

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Speaker 2: comes out and gives it everything you got and you

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Speaker 3: I mean the way we're running the ball and the

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Speaker 3: and I think those body blows after, you know, after

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Speaker 4: So I think that's definitely fair.

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Speaker 3: And I think even defensively, when we say we don't

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Speaker 4: So I think all that is fair.

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Speaker 3: But I do think we can be a little bit

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Speaker 2: So you talked about beating them up and it was

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Speaker 2: k Tron's game. First of all, is how is Nick?

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Speaker 2: Is he how's he feeling? Are we going to have him?

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know if you are able to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we anticipate him back.

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Speaker 3: He practiced yesterday full go, but what I expected him

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Speaker 4: But the difference is he didn't practice last Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: You know, he practiced Tuesday, but I literally didn't find

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Speaker 4: Before game time. So I think we're in a much

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Speaker 3: And obviously his explosive play potential is big, not only

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Speaker 3: how they call things and how they how they guard.

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Speaker 2: Us, and D and K Tron, like you said, did

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Speaker 2: do an amazing job jumping in.

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Speaker 1: There is this offensive line?

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Speaker 2: Where does this It's a better offensive line than last year?

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Speaker 2: My assessment these and that that's not to detract from

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Speaker 2: defensive line. I think these are better. These are better

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Speaker 3: Well, I think we're more physical, specific physical offense line

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Speaker 4: I think we're more physical.

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Speaker 3: And then defensively, I do think we're better at de tackle,

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Speaker 3: So I think that's helping us as much as anything,

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Speaker 4: Up front.

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Speaker 2: It's been impressive watching how physical this offensive front is.

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Speaker 2: It's it's big tim ball, like they are coming off

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Speaker 1: I really have enjoyed.

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Speaker 2: Watching how our offensive line has played heading into this week.

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Speaker 2: We got USC. It's a big game, and now you

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Speaker 2: to go back in time, right, you got to go

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Speaker 5: Well, I think the biggest thing is try to keep

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Speaker 3: So uh, for us, because of where we're located in

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Speaker 3: I think that will be helpful for us, but it's

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Speaker 3: a challenge. I think there's no doubt about it. And

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Speaker 3: if you look at USC their home record compared to

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Speaker 4: So we're not going to make a big deal out

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Speaker 3: We're just going to get out there and get back

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Speaker 2: My last question to you in terms of moving forward

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Speaker 2: you approach a game where obviously there's connections and ties.

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Speaker 2: I tell people all the time, is a beautiful thing

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Speaker 2: I'm very very well connected to this community out here

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Speaker 2: And your name was a name that continued to be

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Speaker 2: Now you come into a scenario where they're a part

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think for us, you know, I try to

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Speaker 3: is a talented roster and we've addressed that with the team,

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Speaker 3: maybe the most talented roster we've played up to this point.

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Speaker 3: They've had a couple tough losses. So this is a

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Speaker 3: ready to go. I don't think there's anything that you know,

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Speaker 3: there's any doubt about that. All those other things obviously

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Speaker 3: we don't. We don't worry about or concern ourselves with.

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Speaker 3: I'm just focused on our team, getting our guys ready

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Speaker 3: to play against a talented team, a team that's got.

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Speaker 4: Great history and tradition just like we do.

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Speaker 3: Uh. And they're playing at home, and as you guys,

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Speaker 3: as you know, LeVar, there's a home field advantage that

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Speaker 3: is significant, whether it's the NFL or college, and we

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Speaker 3: need to make sure that we're ready to deal with it.

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Speaker 1: Coach, good luck to you.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the time as always, And uh, yeah, come on,

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Speaker 2: let's let's get some palm trees and take some palms

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Speaker 2: back in and pass them out, you know, after a

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Speaker 2: big victory.

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Speaker 4: We'll see you soon, brother, We're coming to you.

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Speaker 2: This is quite franklin. And you know what, I'll tell

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Speaker 2: you what. It's gonna be a big game, but I

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Speaker 2: think this is big shoes that these guys are feeling.

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Speaker 2: So stay tuned, looking forward to it. This is quite franklin.

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Speaker 2: We'll catch you next week. Make sure you check it

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Speaker 2: out with this refute as you go to the Penn

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Speaker 2: State website as well the sports site, so that you

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Speaker 2: can see what's going on all things Penn State.

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Speaker 1: We'll check you out, all right, Hey, all right, then

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Speaker 1: we are