Penn State opponent intel on Clemson's path to Pinstripe Bowl, player opt-outs and top talent
Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast
247Sports, Penn State, Penn State Nittany Lions, Penn State Football, Penn State athletics, College
4.8 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Penn State has reached its final game week of the 2025 season, preparing for a Pinstripe Bowl matchup versus Clemson. We chat with a 247Sports Tigers insider to learn more about the Nittany Lions’ opponent, including a fall from Top-5 ranking to 7-5, coach Dabo Swinney’s approach and the impact of key player absences. (Note: We dealt with some connection issues for Hannon. Thanks for your patience.)
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| 0:33.7 | Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast. |
| 0:36.8 | I am Tyler Donny-Dew and we have reached Penn State's final game week of the 2025 football season. |
| 0:43.2 | Penn State versus Clemson will wrap things up Saturday afternoon in the Bronx, New York City, Yankee Stadium. |
| 0:49.9 | Not exactly the way we thought this nitty line season would end, but you get a pretty marquee opponent in a situation that Penn State has a chance to finish with a four-game |
| 0:57.9 | win streak under interim head coach Terry Smith before he hands the baton back over to new |
| 1:03.2 | head coach Matt Campbell and takes his job as a top assistant here with the Nittany Lions. We have a |
| 1:08.3 | ton to cover beyond the playing field right now for the Ninty |
| 1:11.3 | Lions as we addressed on our last episode of this podcast. If you missed that, it went live on |
| 1:16.3 | Friday. My colleagues, Tyler Calvaruso, Daniel Gallen hopped on board. We did a lot on the |
| 1:22.2 | coaching staff, the moving parts there, who's leaving, who has already left, who is now on campus and following |
| 1:28.2 | Matt Campbell from Iowa State. What are the ramifications for this program? What do we think |
| 1:33.6 | about some of these people a lot on the last episode on the staff? We also addressed some of the |
| 1:37.9 | roster developments, Chas Coleman's plans to enter the portal as a standout freshman prospect. |
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