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Radio PA Roundtable 11.30.12

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Matt Paul breaks down the sweeping recommendations of Pennsylvania’s Task Force on Child Protection. He’ll also be jointed by Radio PA Sports Director Rick Becker to look back at an unprecedented season of Penn State football, and learn how budget cuts are affecting the state’s nonprofit sector.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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The Focus Finally Shifts to Football, But Uncertainty Remains

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It’s been an unprecedented off-season for the Penn State football program, but trials, memorial services and NCAA sanctions give way to actual football this Saturday as the Nittany Lions open their 2012 season against Ohio University.

While the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal will still be on everyone’s minds, and reminders of child sex abuse victims will be evident everywhere at Beaver Stadium including on the players’ uniforms, for three hours this weekend Penn State fans can once again focus on the game they love. Many things have, of course, changed since the last time Penn State took the field. Legendary Head Coach Joe Paterno passed away in January and the team is operating under harsh sanctions imposed by the NCAA.

New Head Coach Bill O’Brien is the man being asked to pick up the pieces of a broken football program. He has drawn rave reviews for his handling of a difficult situation at Penn State so far. Fans, school officials, and even the governor of Pennsylvania, have remarked at how well O’Brien has taken the reins, but no one knows yet if the New England Patriots’ former Offensive Coordinator can win on the field as a Head Coach.

Fans get their first taste of the new era of Penn State football at noon on Saturday.

 

 

RadioPA Roundtable

Radio PA Roundtable 08.24.12

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul preview Penn State’s attempt to shift focus from off-the-field disasters to the team that will take the field next Saturday for the 2012 season opener against Ohio University. You’ll also get an update on a select committee on property taxes and hear details about the report generated by the governor’s Advisory Committee on Manufacturing.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week.

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A New Era of Penn State Football

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The Penn State football team understands the position it’s in, and coach Bill O’Brien says the players know this season is about more than just football.  “This is about helping a community, this is about bringing much more awareness to child abuse, this is about making sure that we help lead this university… just to be a part of leading this university through the next three or four years that will be a challenge.”

O’Brien believes it’s time to move the university forward, and Governor Tom Corbett agrees.  “He has my 159% support,” Corbett said of O’Brien on Radio PA’s “Ask the Governor” program.  Corbett went on to say that he’ll be there to assist O’Brien in any way he can – whether as governor, a trustee or a fan.

Media Day on Thursday also gave coach O’Brien the chance to publicly address Penn State’s uniform changes for the upcoming season.  For the first time in the history of Penn State football, the players’ names will appear on the backs of their jerseys.

While stressing that he’s respectful of Penn State’s traditions, O’Brien said he wanted to give the players the recognition they deserve for going through tough times and sticking with the university.  But O’Brien said the most important patch on the Penn State uniforms this fall will be the blue ribbon that will show support for the victims of child abuse.

The new uniforms will make their debut on September 1st when the Nittany Lions open their season against the Ohio University Bobcats at Beaver Stadium.