Hola! Bowen, Charles departures, Early Signing Day recap + Close to 2018 class - Episode 46

Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Donohue of Lions247, part of the 247Sports network, is joined by 247Sports and Penn State guests to give the latest on Nittany Lions football, recruiting and more - all things PSU.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Lions 24-7 podcast. It's a big week for the Nitti
0:06.0	Lions just a few days away from the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against Washington.
0:09.6	We will get to that later. Penn State signed 21 players in the early signing period last week.
0:14.8	Of course we will get to that.
0:16.6	But before we get started this week, some sad news.
0:20.3	The Penn State football family suffered a huge loss last week.
0:23.2	As I'm sure you know, former offensive tackle Adam Gress passed away at a far too young age of 26
0:28.3	in a fall in the Pittsburgh area last Thursday.
0:31.4	Adam left behind a fiance. He was to be married next summer, and really an unforgettable legacy, not so much for his play, but his personality.
0:39.3	On the field, Adam Gress was a footnote in Penn State football history.
0:42.7	He started just 12 games in his final two seasons,
0:45.2	nine of the last 10 under Bill O'Brien.
0:47.1	And he was fine.
0:48.6	He wasn't a world beater by any stretch,
0:50.3	and he'd be the first to tell you that.
0:52.4	He went undrafted and went to mini camp with the Giants and was cut after the preseason.
0:56.0	He did get to play against and beat his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers in a preseason game,
1:00.0	which I'm sure was a thrill.
1:02.0	Gress was a huge Pittsburgh sports guy and even though he's a football player
1:06.1	He really really loved the penguins hockey season was always a special time for him. He would often send out snaps from from the game at console and I was
1:14.3	I really always wonder how pissed the guy behind him would be getting those seats
1:18.7	behind that big sasquatch as they called him.
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