So, What Is Up With Penn State?

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for 247Sports. He joins Alex to talk about the Nittany Lions’ long road to the doorstep of the national title game, including:

* How the university responded to James Franklin’s request for more investment in the football program

* The relationship between the coach and the fanbase

* An athletic director swap in the middle of Franklin’s tenure

* What’s been different about this year’s team

* Whether Franklin is on his way to being a Penn State lifer

* The impact of this year’s coordinator hires

* Fiesta Bowl hospitality

And more. With Penn State on the verge of something big, we thought it was time to talk more in depth about how they got here. Penn State plays Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl semifinal this week.

Find Daniel’s work: https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/

Read Audrey Snyder’s story about Penn State’s resources: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3738241/2022/10/28/penn-state-james-franklin-facilities-football/

Host: Alex Kirshner

Producer: Anthony Vito

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0:00.0	We're coming, and we ain't backing down.
0:02.1	We don't need a bunch of cats in here looking in the mirror.
0:04.8	Everybody just do your job.
0:07.0	You understand that?
0:07.9	Hey, will you shut up?
0:08.9	I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:11.4	Guys being dudes.
0:12.6	And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man.
0:15.0	Ah, fuck it.
0:16.6	Thank you, Lee.
0:17.5	Thank you to our Splitzone Duo.com subscribers.
0:19.9	We hugely appreciate your support of this program.
0:22.8	And we have a special treat for you today.
0:25.0	Joining us is Daniel Gowan, one of my oldest friends in the sports media industry, as it turns out.
0:30.8	But also, that's not why he's here, though I do like spending time with them.
0:34.1	Daniel is a Penn State Nittney Lions beat reporter for 24-7 sports. He has been on the Penn
0:39.6	State beat at a couple of outlets for a while. How many years now, Dan? This is year number
0:44.7	four for me, and it's year three with 24-7 sports over at Lions 24-7. This is, and you can find
0:51.2	this at Pennstate.247sports.com. You can read all of Daniels work there.
0:55.1	I am a very happy subscriber myself. And aside from the fact that I like to spend time with you, my dear Gallen, you're on the program this week because Penn State is in the semifinals of the college football playoff.
1:07.4	And, you know, though I did grow up a pit fan and, you know, generally speaking,
1:12.5	have to cop to like more rooting against Penn State than not in my daily life, you know,
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