BWI Live: A Penn State football podcast from Blue White Illustrated

Penn State's recruiting efforts for the Class of 2023 came into sharper clarity this week with the release of the On300 from Blue White Illustrated's parent company. The BWI Daily Edition, Recruiting show focuses on that list and details where Penn State's commits and targets ended up in the new rankings. Then, host Greg Pickel and recruiting insider, Ryan Snyder, go through the most important pla...

Penn State recruiting got off to an early start in the Class of 2023 with three-star lineman from Virginia, Josh Miller. The Life Christian Academy right tackle chose Penn State over Clemson and had Virginia Tech, North Carolina, and Tennessee in his top five schools. So what has Miller been doing since his December 20th announcement? Host of the BWI Daily Edition, Thomas Frank Carr, invited him o...

The month of March starts tomorrow, which means things open back up for Penn State football shortly. The BWI Live crew of Nate Bauer, Dave Eckert, and Thomas Frank Carr prepare you for spring practice with an in-depth look at the Nittany Lions' roster.  However, they start with the highlights of the Class of 2022, Penn State's five-star players. Bauer went through the last ten years of recruiting...

Penn State recruiting is still in a dead period, so it's a great time to look ahead to the Class of 2024. So that's what happens on the Friday edition of the BWI Daily. Host Thomas Frank Carr and recruiting insider Ryan Snyder begin the initial foray into the sophomores, standing out and getting offers from Penn State. They get to that after discussing the news about the Class of 2023 that dropped...

This week, Penn State football has a new round of winter workout winners, and they take center stage during the BWI Daily Edition Mailbag show. Host Thomas Frank Carr and reporter Dave Eckert answer your questions and discuss the day's breaking news for Penn State recruiting. Before they get to the weekly mailbag, they start with the news of the day. On Thursday, Penn State commit for the Class of...

Penn State recruiting isn’t just coaches convincing players to join a program. Some of the team’s best recruiters are the players already committed to a class. For the Class of 2023, one of those recruiters is cornerback Lamont Payne. The three-star defensive back from Chartiers Valley in Bridgeville, PA, sat down with film analyst and host of the BWI Daily Edition, Thomas Frank Carr. They discuss...

This week, Penn State recruiting is making headway with a top target in the Class of 2023. Host Greg Pickel and recruiting insider Ryan Snyder cover that, and more on the BWI Daily, Recruiting Show. It's the first show in a new format for the offseason, where the recruiting podcast and Daily Edition merge into one show moving forward.  Pickel and Snyder start by discussing Penn State spring break....

Penn State wrestling concluded their dominance for the 2021-22 season by blanking Ryder 45-0 to cap an undefeated regular season. Reporter Greg Pickel joins the BWI Daily Edition to recap the win and give perspective to the team heading into the postseason.  They start with the fact that Penn State had a key lineup change on Sunday. As many had speculated, senior Brady Berge moved down to the 157-...

The Penn State football team is one month away from spring practice, and there is light at the end of the tunnel for the winter. At the same time, Penn State basketball is coming down the home stretch for their 2021-22 season. The BWI Live crew of Thomas Frank Carr, Nate Bauer, and Dave Eckert cover all of that and take your questions live at noon on YouTube. As always, they'll start with football...

This week, Penn State basketball took a step forward with two key wins in the Big Ten. First, they secured an upset victory over Michigan State on Tuesday night. Next, trounced Minnesota in a COVID-19 rescheduled game 67-46 yesterday afternoon to start a potential winning streak. Basketball reporter Dave Eckert joins the BWI Daily Edition to discuss that and a look ahead to a critical part of the...

Penn State football is in the middle of winter conditioning, hard at work to shape the futuer of the football team for next fall. Who is emerging out of the crowd? Who isn't mentioned by assistant coaches each week? Senior Editor for Nate Bauer and host of the BWI Daily Edition, Thomas Frank Carr discuss that topic, and more. It's a mailbag episode of the Daily where they take your questions and a...

When four-star offensive lineman J'ven Williams announced that he was committing to Penn State this winter, he thanked several people. One of those people was former NFL offensive lineman and host of the Ross Tucker football podcast, Ross Tucker. The former Princeton offensive lineman joins the BWI Daily Edition to discuss his role in J'ven's recruitment and fill host Thomas Frank Carr in on what...

Penn State football has another option on the transfer market for their offensive line, wrestling is set for their final dual and more this week. Reporter Greg Pickel joins the BWI Daily Edition to discuss that with host Thomas Frank Carr. T-Frank and Pickel start with Penn State wrestling head coach Cael Sanderson’s comments from his Monday press conference. Did Sanderson give an update about whe...

With recruiting news slowing down in the middle of the February dead period, Greg Pickel and Ryan Snyder open up our Feb. 15 podcast looking back on a variety of Penn State-related NFL topics. In addition to Haley and Scott winning it all, there are a handful players in their original Penn State class, the Class of 2014, who are having great careers in the NFL. That list includes Mike Gesicki, Chr...

While the current Penn State football players are hard at work in the weight room getting ready for the 2022 season, eight former Nittany Lions are gearing up for the next step in their career. Starting Tuesday, March 1st, these players will put their skills to the test at the annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis in front of 32 teams. Which players need to make the most of an impact? You can make a...

Two Penn State football players are Super Bowl champions this morning. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI last night in LA. Starting safety Nick Scott and backup corner Grant Haley earned their first Super Bowl rings as a part of the Rams. The BWI Live crew of Nate Bauer, Dave Eckert, and Thomas Frank Carr will discuss that and more on the BWI Live Monday...

This week, Penn State football is amid winter workouts while the rest of the sports world is eagerly awaiting the end of the 2021-22 football season with Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. Host Thomas Frank Carr tackles both topics on today's BWI Daily Edition.  He answers the show by answering viewer mailbag questions with Senior editor of Blue White Illustrated, Nate Bauer. The two take questions from bo...

Penn State recruiting is in the middle of one of the dead periods in the NCAA recruiting calendar, so things have slowed down on that front for the Nittany Lions coaching staff. While recruiting never stops, this is an excellent time to learn more about the process and how things work to acquire more talent for head coach James Franklin's team. With that in mind, recruiting insider Ryan Snyder joi...

This offseason, there might not be a bigger topic for Penn State football fans than the offensive line. Yes, quarterback always dominates the discussion but with sixth-year player Sean Clifford coming back to start another season, his protection is paramount.  After a run of offensive line commits over the past two weeks, has Penn State gotten to the point that they will be markedly better in 2022...

Penn State may be in the midst of a dead period, but it's been anything but over the last couple of weeks for the Nittany Lions. As we detailed last week, Penn State added 2022 offensive lineman Vega Ioane on National Signing Day, as well as 2024 prospect Cooper Cousins a few days prior. Now, they've added two more coveted offensive linemen, the first of which was from 2023 On300 prospect Jven Wil...

This week, Penn State football made some off-field additions to their coaching staff, with a former Nittany Lion legend headlining the group. This week, the all-time leading tackler in Penn State history, Dan Connor, joined the program as an off-field analyst. Former Temple running backs coach Gabe Infante and Manny Diaz assistant at Miami, Rick Lyster round out head coach James Franklin's latest...

As the 2022 offseason marches on, current, former, and future Penn State football players are making news over the past week. The BWI Monday Live Show distills all of that information into 60 minutes to start each week. Join host Thomas Frank Carr, reporter Dave Eckert and senior Editor Nate Bauer live on YouTube today as they discuss various topics surrounding the football and basketball team. Th...

Penn State received word Monday afternoon that they were getting their second commitment via the transfer portal. BWI Daily host Thomas Frank Carr starts the show with the news that Cornell offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad chose the Nittany Lions over Iowa. Nourzad is the latest in a fistful of commitments along the offensive line by assistant Phil Trautwein. T-Frank details who can participate ne...

Penn State football wrapped up the Class of 2022 earlier this week so it's on to the next cycle. That's not just true for the Nittany Lions, but also Blue White Illustrated recruiting insider Ryan Snyder and the rest of the recruiting world as well. He joins host Thomas Frank Carr to give you Penn State's top targets at each position in the upcoming Class of 2023.  They start, as you always should...

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