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Back to SearchFALL '20 Episode 5: Penn Staters in the NFL feat. Chris Adamski
Episode 62
When James Franklin arrived at Penn State, he listed preparing his players for a shot at the NFL among his top goals, and the program has had great success sending alumni to the next level. With the …
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
FALL '20 Episode 4: Penn State Game Day Rituals
Episode 61
After plowing through the festering heap of college football "news" from this week - from unsolicited phone calls from the POTUS to unfounded Twitter rumor-mongering from oddly-named accounts - the g…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
FALL '20 Episode 3: Why All the Big Ten Secrecy?
Episode 60
Thanks to pretrial action for a lawsuit that presumably stands little chance of actually succeeding in court, we can finally confirm that there was, in fact, a vote by university leaders to cancel th…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
FALL '20 Episode 2: Classic Nonsense
Episode 59
What better time for a classic Obligatory digression than the pretend start of a non-existent football season? As the gang assembles (like The Avengers, but very different) to begin filming Season 5 …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
FALL '20 Episode 1: Countdown to Remote at Penn State?
Episode 58
Place your bets. Mike the Mailman sets the official Obligatory over/under on weeks until Penn State becomes the latest to make the move to remote learning. With students returning to Happy Valley and…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
SUMMER '20 Episode 16: College Sports Chaos w/ Dr. R. Scott Kretchmar
Episode 57
Some technical issues held up release of this latest episode, recorded literally as the first news of the Big Ten season's cancellation reached the public. The late-breaking news fit perfectly, howev…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
SUMMER '20 Episode 15: Fake Schedules & No Fans feat. Thomas Frank Carr
Episode 56
The first week of August brought more Penn State and college football news than we've had in like three months - from the release of the Nittany Lions' 2020 schedule to the announcement that the Beav…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
SUMMER '20 Episode 14: A Ticket to Ride
Episode 55
Enough of these wide-ranging conversations with interesting guests; time to get back to the basics of Obligatory. With Brandon Noble off for the day, Mailman, Kevin, and Chris get the stage to themse…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
SUMMER '20 Episode 13: Mark Wogenrich, Sports Illustrated
Episode 54
Mark Wogenrich has covered Penn Sate football since 1999, as the long-time Nittany Lions beat reporter for The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and most recently for Sports Illustrated’s Penn…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
SUMMER '20 Episode 12: Let's Talk Penn State
Episode 53
It's never a bad time to welcome in the hosts of our sister podcast "Let's Talk Penn State." Steve Garguilo and Tim Buckley join the show to talk about the process of producing a Penn State-centric s…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago