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Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Fresh out of a Monday afternoon press conference with Penn State interim coach Terry Smith, we review his case for the full-time job, feedback on player development and motivation to reach a bowl game by beating Rutgers. Plus, where do things stand with the Nittany Lions coaching search 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. I am Tyler Downey. They are Mark Brennan and Daniel
0:09.4	Gowan, and we have reached the final game week of this 2025 Penn State regular season. Ruckers
0:15.2	will be the finish line for Big Ten action. A trip to Piscataway awaits Penn State. And these two on Saturday, 3.30 kickoff
0:22.8	at SHA Stadium. We'll have a chance to break that one down a little bit later in the week and
0:27.3	give you the latest on how we see this one turning out with our score predictions. And can Penn State get bowl eligible?
0:33.4	Both of these teams looking to finish the regular season at six and 6 coming into the matchup with five wins apiece.
0:40.2	We'll talk about this team's motivation to reach a 13th matchup in the postseason a little bit later here on the show.
0:46.3	The Nintney Lions favored by 10 and a half points.
0:49.1	They're seeking their 18th Street victory over Ruckers.
0:52.5	And if you're watching on YouTube, you have seen that my wife has transformed us from
0:56.6	Halloween town to Christmas town now, which tells you it is getting late on the calendar.
1:01.4	And Pat Kraft's time to find a new coach also starting to dwindle.
1:05.0	We'll talk about where things stand with this coach search a little bit later to finish up the episode.
1:10.3	But first things
1:11.0	first, as we always do on Mondays, or at least as we have done for the last 11 following a game
1:15.6	week, we bring in Mark Brennan's opinion on the latest matchup. Daniel and I spend about 45 to 50
1:22.5	minutes on our post game podcast. May have gone an hour. I'm not quite sure. We had a lot to discuss
1:27.0	very late slash early in Beaver Stadium Saturday night into Sunday morning. We hooked on our post game podcast may have gone an hour i'm not quite sure we had a lot to discuss very
1:27.7	late slash early in beaver stadium saturday night into sunday morning we hope you caught that one
1:32.5	bunch of commentary from a 37 to 10 victory over the corn uskers a lot about the post game scene
1:38.0	i want to hear about both of those things from you mark because you were on the field
1:41.6	right next to terry smith as much of this was going on walking
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