Penn State interim head football coach Terry Smith repeated Monday that he wants to be named the permanent coach but he wouldn’t definitively say whether there has been a job interview scheduled.

“I think there will be an opportunity to sit with Pat (director of athletics Pat Kraft),” Smith said. “We’ll just go from there.”

The 56-year-old Smith was named the interim coach Oct. 12 after Kraft fired James Franklin in the middle of his 12th season following a one-point loss to Northwestern that dropped the Nittany Lions to 3-3.

Smith has guided Penn State to a 2-3 record, including decisive wins over Nebraska and Michigan State the last two weeks. The Lions (2-6 Big Ten, 5-6) need to beat Rutgers (2-6, 5-6) Saturday at 3:30 (TV-BTN) in New Jersey in the regular season finale to become bow

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