Focus on Lions roster retention for next coach; breaking down unbeaten Indiana before PSU matchup

Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Penn State is set for another challenge this Saturday with No. 2 Indiana seeking its first victory in Beaver Stadium, and we break things down with a Hoosiers insider. Then we focus on young Nittany Lions who should be key roster retention targets for PSU's next head coach. Enjoy complete Penn State coverage anytime at Lions247.com. Follow the team on X: @Lions247 @TDsTake @danieljtgallen @tyler_calvaruso @MarkXBrennan. Follow or subscribe to the Lions247 Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. And watch every episode on YouTube. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast.
0:06.5	I am Tyler Donahue.
0:07.6	It's episode number two of game week number nine here in the 2025 Penn State football season.
0:13.0	The Ninty Lions working their way toward another top-ranked opponent.
0:16.3	After losing at number one Ohio State last Saturday, they will host number two, Indiana, another on beating out of the Big Ten with college
0:23.9	football playoff ambitions.
0:26.0	Of course, this is one that we had circled as a key matchup overall nationally here
0:30.8	in the Big Ten here for Penn State.
0:32.5	That has gone awry in many different ways here over the last five matchups as Penn State
0:37.0	working its way
0:37.9	through a losing streak, as Terry Smith has said repeatedly trying to get out of the current storm.
0:43.3	We'll be back on the practice field later this Wednesday.
0:45.6	We'll hear from Terry Smith for the second time this week.
0:47.8	We'll get a look at the practice field.
0:49.8	We'll give you our notebooks, our photo galleries, our video highlights over at lines 247.com on Wednesday
0:55.3	evening. For now, we're going to get to our next podcast with Tyler Calvaruso, just a little
1:01.0	bit later with our second segment on the show. We'll talk about the premier young players on this
1:05.9	Penn State roster who are going to be roster retention necessities for the next coaching staff,
1:11.4	whoever is the next head coach here at Penn State,
1:13.8	who are they going to make sure they try to keep around before the future,
1:17.7	not just for 2026, but also beyond that.
1:20.2	And we'll also get into some conversation on the recruiting trail with Tyler Calveruso
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