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Penn State Media Day Roundup

Check out our quick hitters from the Nittany Lions’ press event at Beaver Stadium.

One thing was made abundantly clear at Penn State's Media Day on Thursday: Everyone has a chip on his shoulder.

Second-year head coach James Franklin uttered that phrase, and others followed suit. Repeatedly. Insistently.

And why, pray tell, is that the case?

“You've got a bunch of prideful, passionate guys,” Franklin said, “that have come to Penn State to do something special. And I think that we're going to have that chip on our shoulder until we get where we want to go -- and that's to build the No.