POSTGAME POD: Penn State shows plenty of fight but falls to No. 2 Indiana in final minute

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Penn State battled back from a 13-point deficit to take a late lead over No. 2 Indiana on Saturday afternoon but ultimately lost in heartbreaking fashion. Following postgame interviews, we bring fresh perspective, notes and quotes while recording from high atop Beaver Stadium. 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.
0:06.5	It is our post-game podcast edition, number nine on the season.
0:10.4	And Penn State, through nine games, now at three and six.
0:13.8	It was quite the game, a back-and-forth affair late in this matchup between number two, Indiana, and the Nidney Lions.
0:20.2	But ultimately ultimately a familiar
0:21.3	outcome for Penn State, a sixth consecutive loss.
0:24.7	27 to 24, the Hoosiers get out of town at 10 and 0.
0:28.4	It's Indiana's first ever win in Beaver Stadium, but it was much harder earned than anticipated.
0:33.5	We talked about it to touchdown underdog situation for Penn State leading up to the matchup.
0:38.9	All three of us on our pregame podcast pick Indiana to cover.
0:42.8	Indiana did lead 20 to 7 midway through the third quarter via 13 unanswered points,
0:47.5	but Penn State battled back, made it a 24 to 20 lead for the Nittany Lions in the final minutes
0:52.9	with 17 unanswered points of their own,
0:55.0	but ultimately in Indiana victory, 27 to 24, touchdown with 36 seconds to left, a score that
1:01.2	not many of us will forget anytime soon. Fernando Mendoza finds Omar Cooper Jr. for a touchdown.
1:07.5	He got a toe or two in bounds, and that was enough for Indiana to pick up
1:12.4	the victory. Daniel, we got a lot to get to. We're going to break it down defense, offense,
1:17.7	this team's mentality, what we heard after the game. But I think just to start, I was personally
1:22.4	concerned about Penn State's motivation coming into this matchup. I was wrong about that,
1:26.9	ultimately. I was concerned about this fever stadium crowd's energy coming into this matchup. I was wrong about that, ultimately. I was concerned about this Beaver Stadium crowd's energy coming into today. And I think that was reaffirmed a little bit when we sat here and watched kind of during the pregame setting. It was quiet. The player introductions were quiet. But by the end of the first quarter, midway through the first quarter, this place really started to fill up. And I was wrong about that, too.
1:44.6	It proved to be a really quality game setting.
1:47.0	I know fans want to see wins.
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