POSTGAME POD: Penn State wins wild game at Rutgers to earn bowl eligibility, enters uncertain phase

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Penn State battled back and forth with Rutgers in a game that featured more than 1,000 total yards, ultimately earning a third straight win and bowl eligibility. What stood out during and after the matchup as the Nittany Lions enter an unpredictable timeline? 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 on the course of the podcast.
0:06.8	It is our 12th and final regular season post-game podcast edition
0:11.6	because we have a 13th game to get to.
0:14.3	Penn State secured bowl eligibility today in New Jersey,
0:17.8	winning 40 to 36 in S.H. High Stadium in Piscataway, a game flow that we did not
0:24.1	anticipate. I'm coming to you from a remote location in New England, and we've got Daniel
0:29.1	Gallen coming to you from a hotel not too far from Piscataway, New Jersey, where he joined
0:33.8	Mark Brennan and Grace Brennan to give you on-site coverage of Penn State's four-point victory over a Big Ten opponent.
0:42.0	Daniel, we got a lot to get to more than we probably anticipated from this matchup in New Jersey.
0:46.8	We're going to get into in just a moment some of the postgame feedback that you got because this team isn't done just yet.
0:52.8	Kind of surprise some people and finishing out
0:55.5	with a three-game win streak under interim coach Terry Smith. But I mean, first things first,
1:00.6	we got more than we bargained for in this Big Ten battle. Yeah. I mean, I think that all of us
1:06.2	were having a hard time putting Ruckers over that 10 point threshold when we were picking the game.
1:12.7	Do you know, Rutgers, since they joined the Big Ten, hadn't scored more than 10 points against
1:16.7	Penn State. That's the background there. And they blew by it. You know, they had 14 points at the
1:21.6	end of the first quarter. I think a little bit of an unexpected track meet based on how both of these teams had been playing lately.
1:30.0	And it made for a lot of fun football, a fun afternoon at the stadium.
1:36.2	You know, it was a nice afternoon.
1:37.8	You had the sun.
1:39.0	It was chilly, little windy.
1:40.5	I'm sure it got cold as the game went on.
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