Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast as we close out July and welcome you back into Penn State football season.

Preseason camp opens on Wednesday.

We're recording on Wednesday.

There is a lot going on here in Happy Valley, and we're just a few days away from getting back on to the practice fields ourselves for coverage of Penn State Precise and Camp on Saturday. We'll have Media Day, get a chance to hear from a bunch of the coaches, just about every player we want to speak with, and then we'll get back on the field, get a chance to see this team in practice action for the first time since April. And of course, since then, they've added a

bunch of players, transfers and freshmen alike. There are players coming off of injuries that

kept them sideline during spring ball. So we're going to see the real rendition of this

2025 Penn State squad that some people have circled as college football's best team. We're going to

break down with a couple of episodes this week, one dropping on a Wednesday, the other coming your way on Friday, offensive depth chart storylines and defensive depth chart storylines. We're going to try to tackle both in one show. Mark Brennan suggested we split it up. I think it was a good call because we have a lot to get to on both sides of the ball. So without further ado, we're going to bring in Daniel Gallen, Mark Brennan. You heard from Daniel out in Las Vegas. He was joined by Mark at Big Ten Media Days last week. We are all now back in central Pennsylvania, gearing up for our return to the practice field. Guys, good to get you back on board and rock and roll. It is preseason camp. We are go for launch and we are 31 days away from actually kicking off this season.

And we just call all the game theme. So I'm ready. Stripe out helmet stripe game. That's right. Daniel, you've got you got all the details over at lines 247.com. We fill in the blanks for those game things beyond the whiteout.

And so now we have a lot to imagine. And we're going to do that a little bit here today because we haven't seen 11 on 11 football here in Happy Valley since we were inside Beaver Stadium, April 26th for the blue white game.

And Daniel, as we start to roll the ball forward, you did a great job giving us

the lay of the land from Las Vegas, the highs and lows of your coverage experience

there with Penn State.

What is maybe the primary unanswered question that you didn't pick up out there in Nevada

that you're really curious to take a longer look at come Saturday when we speak with

players and coaches, put our binoculars out, and get a look at come Saturday when we speak with players and coaches,

put our binoculars out and get a look at this team. I think the big unanswered question

that a lot of other people, it's a question that they have too, but we're probably not going to

get it answered until the games actually start is where are the playmakers going to come on

offense? That was something that James Franklin

talked about during his media session when he was asked about Drew Aller and where Aller can

take steps as a quarterback. And he brought up that Alar's improved every year. They expect

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