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Tuesday takeaways: Penn State fired up, optimistic for season opener

Jahan Dotson and his Penn State teammates want everyone to forget about last year's terrible start, and they'll enter this week's season opener at Wisconsin with a great deal of confidence.

"We’ve got a lot of guys this year who are ready to prove that that team last year at Penn State was not us," Dotson, the Nittany Lions' standout wide receiver, said Tuesday.

Dotson and left tackle Rasheed Walker spoke to the media Tuesday, then James Franklin held his weekly news conference.

Here are the top 10 takeaways from those discussions.

1: "We're in a good place"

That's how Franklin described the program, added that this is a "highly motivated team and coaching staff.