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Emergency Pod! Penn State is headed back to Pasadena! As was widely-rumored, the Nittany Lions will indeed be returning to the Rose Bowl to take on Utah this holiday season. Bill and Nick got together to break down initial thoughts about the game and what it means. We'll have plenty more on this game in the coming weeks, so stick with us for more! ________Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite not being in action on the field this weekend, it's been quite the eventful week for the Nittany Lions. Nick and Flip get together to break down two of the biggest stories of the week between the news that Penn State seems to be Rose Bowl-bound and that the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams starting in 2024. They also touch on... Joey Porter Jr. declaring for the NFL Christian Veilleux entering the portal One-time commit Dont'e Thornton as an option in the portal A possible commitment from 4-star cornerback Daniel Harris ________Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Penn State put the wraps on yet another double-digit win season with a comfortable beatdown of Michigan State on Saturday, reclaiming the world's greatest treasure in the process – the Land Grant Trophy. That wasn't the only good news of the weekend, however, as left tackle and potential top-10 NFL draft pick Olu Fashanu announced that he will return to Happy Valley for at least once more season in 2023. Bill and Matt are here to break down the Lions' win, the huge Fashanu news, and much more in today's episode. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "CYBERMONDAY" at checkout to receive 20% off your order. The offer is valid until the end of the day on 11/29!Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform

It's time for the most prestigious rivalry in sports – Penn State vs. Michigan State for the illustrious Land Grant Trophy. Nick and Matt are here to break down the regular season finale for the Nittany Lions as they attempt to lock up a 10-win season and keep the Spartans out of a bowl game. The guys talk through the matchup and touch on this week's College Football Playoff rankings. The guys finish up with a brief appreciation of Sean Clifford and his Penn State career ahead of his final appearance in Beaver Stadium. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "BLACKFRIDAY" at checkout to receive 20% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In case you haven't noticed, Penn State Basketball is off to a hot start through the first few weeks of the 2023-23 season. Thanks to some hot shooting, the Lions are 5-1 with only a very narrow loss to a Top-25 caliber Virginia Tech team. Flip and Vince are back again to break down how the team got here, whether they can keep it up, and what needs to improve as the team inches closer to its conference schedule. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "BLACKFRIDAY" at checkout to receive 20% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Penn State made easy work of Rutgers on Saturday thanks to fireworks from all three phases of the game – special teams, offense, and defense.Bill and Craig are here today to break down how the Nittany Lions were able to dispatch the Scarlet Knights so easily, give out game balls, find key takeaways, and even talk Christmas music.________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "BLACKFRIDAY" at checkout to receive 20% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Rutgers Week... ...which means we're only going to talk about the football game this weekend as much as we need to! Nick and Craig got together to break down the game and what they want to see from Penn State on Saturday. Then the guys dive into other topics such as playoff ranking talk, Nittany Lion-Scarlet Knight trivia, and twitter memories. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take another break from our regularly-scheduled football podcast this week to break down a hot start from the Penn State hockey program. Nick is joined by fellow Roar Lions Roar alum Jacob Cheris to get the inside scoop on how the Nittany Lions have managed to beat the number-one ranked team in the country two weekends in a row en route to moving up to #6 in the USCHO Polls. Jacob gives us the scoop on how the Lions have gotten here, who the breakout players are, and what Guy Gadowsky's team still needs to improve on to keep things going. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When does a game that ends 30-0 somehow feel even more dominant than that? When the team that scores 30 holds the other team to fewer yards in the first half than points scored in the game. Penn State steamrolled Maryland yet again en route to moving to 8-2 on the season. Nick and Matt get together to break down the win, give out game balls, and heave praise upon the roster's incredible group of underclassmen. The guys then move on to discussing the future of the Nittany Lion program and how the underclassmen group's success this year affects it. Finally, they discuss everyone's favorite topic – Sean Clifford versus Drew Allar. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer

Penn State will attempt to move to 8-2 on the season when the Terrapins come to town on Saturday. Bill is joined by Daniel Gallen of Lions247 to break down this matchup with Maryland and discuss whether or not the Nittany Lions really need to feel threatened by the Terps who more often than not end up all bark and no bite. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isn't it fun when a good team does what it's supposed to do against bad teams? That's exactly what Penn State did on Saturday in its dismantling of the lowly Hoosiers. Indiana simply couldn't hang with the Nittany Lions so Bill and Craig are here to break down exactly why that was the case. The guys talk through the solid offensive and dominant defensive performance as well as spend some time talking about the outstanding freshman class. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the big storylines in James Franklin's tenure at Penn State has been his team's unfortunate habit of allowing a loss to Ohio State to carry over into the next week. On Saturday, they have the chance to prove that such a habit is a thing of the past. Bill is joined by our buddy Jacob Rude of Locked on Hoosiers today to break down the upcoming clash between the Nittany Lions and Indiana. Jacob breaks down where the pulse of the fanbase is at these days with head coach Tom Allen and the program in general and gives some insight on the Hoosiers' season to this point. Then, the pair talk through what has to happen for each side to walk away with a win on Saturday and make final score predictions. Be sure to follow Jacob on Twitter, as well as his podcast, Locked on Hoosiers.________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and every

It's time to take a quick break from our regularly-schedule football podcast to talk Penn State Basketball! Flip and Vincent are here to break down everything related to Micah Shrewsberry's team, going position-by-position to identify potential breakout players, those who need to step up, and more. You can expect to find hoops podcasts all throughout the season, so be sure to be on the lookout! ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I mean...that could have been worse? That's surely little solace to Penn State fans after watching approximately 3.5 quarters of an upset win over the Buckeyes, but the truth is that Penn State followed the script to beating Ohio State NEARLY perfectly. And then there were the turnovers. Flip and Matt got together for a #MattCast to discuss the second regular season loss for the Nittany Lions, what we should take away from it, and what it means for the season going forward. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's about that time, folks! It may not be the Whiteout game as it usually is when the Buckeyes come to town, but Penn State and its fanbase are ready to host Ohio State with a raucous home crowd anyway come Saturday at noon ET. To help break down this clash of heavyweight Big Ten foes, Bill sat down with Bill Landis of Rivals to hear what the other side of the coin is thinking and feeling about this one. They break down how Ohio State has handled its foes so easily this year, what its potential weaknesses could be, and make final score predictions. Nick and Matt also add more Penn State-sided thoughts, draw some more parallels to 2016, and make some guesses about the outcome. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a questio

The Whiteout game for Penn State not only represents a chance to showcase the best environment in college football for the fans and those watching on television, but also provides an opportunity to show off everything the Nittany Lions have to offer to some of the top recruits in the entire country. With another Whiteout weekend in the books, we were grateful to be joined by Ryan Snyder of On3 to break down everything recruiting-related when it comes to Penn State. He joined Nick to talk about the current 2023 class, including who could still be added and who some under-the-radar names are. Ryan also gave us the download on the 2024 names to know who were in town last weekend, as well as a few 2025 prospects and beyond. Ryan also lends his thoughts on the biggest surprises among the current true freshmen (the 2022 recruiting class) and how they've performed to this point. ________Be sure to check out all of Ryan's work, as well as the rest of the great Blue White Illustrated staff over on On3.________Take adv

The Whiteout may not offer a cure for the common cold, but it was able to cure an ailing Penn State offense. Nick and Bill are back to break down what was an emphatic win for the Nittany Lions over Minnesota in a packed Beaver Stadium on Saturday night. The crowd that was in attendance not only witnessed Penn State getting back into the win column but saw James Franklin's team post the most points ever by the good guys in the Whiteout with the 45-17 victory. The guys talk through the win, what worked so well that allowed the offense and defense to flourish as they did, and how much we should actually be taking away from the blowout win over PJ Fleck's crippled Gophers. The guys also appreciate Sean Clifford for his outstanding performance, the offensive line for getting back on track, Curtis Jacobs for one of his best games played in the blue and white, and a whole lot more. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your

Which narrative will prevail this week, folks? Penn State always showing up for the Whiteout or Penn State having a bad habit of stacking losses? Nick and Bill break down everything to do with this Nittany Lions-Golden Gophers showdown on Saturday night in Happy Valley. They briefly touch on the Michigan game to identify the things that Minnesota will try to emulate of the Wolverines, try to figure out what is so wrong with Mike Yurcich's offense, make final score predictions, and more. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order.Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens has had one of the most unique career arcs of any quarterback to come through Happy Valley. From first joining the Nittany Lions partially thanks to an insane recruiting domino effect to carving out a role in the offense despite being the backup quarterback to eventually transferring to causing an arms race between two NFL programs as the draft wound down, Stevens has plenty of stories to tell about his football career to this point. Tommy was kind enough to sit down with Nick to discuss all of this, the new chapter of his career with the Calgary Stampeders, and much more in today's episode of the podcast. Huge thanks to Tommy for stopping by, sharing some fascinating stories we hadn't heard before, and adding new backstories about things we thought we knew. If you want to watch Tommy and the Stampeders play, you can catch all of their games on ESPN+ (full schedule here). The Stampeders have just two regular season games left before the playoffs begin, for which the

Well...that wasn't great. Bill and Flip got together to discuss the murder that occurred on Saturday in Ann Arbor when the Nittany Lions' corpse was left motionless on the field in Michigan Stadium. Are we being dramatic? Perhaps! But things sure don't feel great in the Penn State universe right now, so the guys are here to try and dig through it all, dissect what it means for the short-term and long-term, and where James Franklin's program goes from here. ________Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! If you leave a question with your review, we'll happily answer it on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.