Penn State's fallout from UCLA loss; top takeaways from James Franklin's Monday press conference

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Penn State is attempting to pick up the pieces after an all-time ugly loss at UCLA. Fresh out of a James Franklin press conference in Beaver Stadium, we break down the most concerning elements of that Nittany Lions defeat and top takeaways from the 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.
0:06.6	Things may feel differently here on the first Monday of October regarding the Penn
0:10.2	State football program, but it's business as usual for us here on the podcast.
0:14.4	And over at the site, we've got you covered with everything you need to know about where
0:17.1	things stand with this Nittany Lions team.
0:19.6	Daniel Gallen joins us.
0:20.7	He's over in
0:21.2	Philly following his traveling and Mark Brennan back as well from the West Coast.
0:26.0	We mentioned this on the post game podcast, Lions 24-7 among the professional outlets, the only
0:30.3	one with multiple reporters out in Pasadena. So we've got as good a perspective on this particular
0:35.5	podcast as you're going to find regarding Penn State's performance against UCLA.
0:39.6	And as usual, I won't waste any time this time around.
0:42.9	Mark, we got to get your thoughts on the 42, 37 loss against UCLA on Saturday afternoon.
0:48.4	Well, first of all, Daniel and I were on a direct flight from LAX, if I can spit it out, to Harrisburg after that game.
0:58.9	And as you might imagine, there were quite a few Penn State fans on that flight.
1:02.5	And they were none too happy.
1:04.4	But I appreciate everybody who took the time to reach out and say hello and ask a few questions about the game.
1:09.7	There were a lot of people riled up.
1:11.7	Listen, I don't know that you could look at that game and say anything other than James
1:16.1	Franklin and Andy Codlnicki and Jim Knowles were severely outcoached.
1:21.1	And it's amazing because when you look at the other side of the field, none of those guys
1:26.9	who were in the key positions opposite them, interim head coach, they're actually don't even call them coordinators.
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