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

Audio recording of The BWI Live Post Game Show. Penn State defeated Ball State 44-13 at Beaver Stadium on Saturday and host Thomas Frank Carr is live 15 minutes after every game to give post-game analysis and reactions to what happened on the field. Penn State rushed for over 200 yards and quarterback Sean Clifford completed 21-29 passes for 230 yards on the way to an efficient victory over the 20...

With the first home game in over a year tomorrow, Penn State Nittany Lions Recruiting Insider Ryan Snyder takes you through the players to know that will be at the game on Saturday. Host Thomas Frank Carr takes you through several questions in Ryan's mailbag as well to get you ready for a big football weekend.  They discuss the two players that are heading up to Happy Valley this weekend for the B...

The Penn State Nittany Lions welcome The #BallState Cardinals to a nearly sold out Beaver Stadium on Saturday and host Thomas Frank Carr has your scouting report with from The Star Press, Robby General. Robby gives his thoughts on Ball State and what type of team they return this year after a 7-1 season that included a bowl win, AP ranking, and MAC Championship in 2020. T-Frank and Robby begin wit...

The Penn State offense had an up-and-down performance in Week 1 and much of the talk about why is centered around starting quarterback Sean Clifford. But just how well, or poorly did he perform on Saturday? Host Thomas Frank Carr and BWI Senior Editor Nate Bauer discuss in-depth his performance, and what type of quarterback he seems to be in his fifth-year on campus for the Penn State Football Tea...

Host Thomas Frank Carr and Blue White Illustrated staff writer Dave Eckert take a look at Week 2 for the Penn State football program. They start by discussing where they believe that Penn State will rank in the newest national polls this week and why that matters to the team both internally and from a perception standpoint. Then they discuss areas that they think Penn State should focus on heading...

The #PennState #NittanyLions are 1-0 and heading on to Week 2, when they will open Beaver Stadium for the first time in 2021 opposite Ball State. Blue-White Illustrated hosts Ryan Snyder and Greg Pickel are back for the latest recruiting podcast. This week, they break down what the visitor list could look like for the 3:30 p.m. kickoff on FS1. Will many prospects come to town, or might they wait f...

Host Thomas Frank Carr takes you through three quick notes about the Penn State's win over Wisconsin that are interesting to note going forward, but had less impact on the game because the Nittany Lions got a win over Wisconsin on Saturday. He starts with the running back rotation and comments on how James Franklin and company used their deep stable of backs in a game where the offense was looking...

Host Thomas Frank Carr and recruiting insider Ryan Snyder end the week of the BWI Daily Edition by discussing a variety of topics. They start with Ryan giving a recruiting tidbit from the, with another tight end prospect getting an offer from the Nittany Lions. They also recap the five things that we learned from Penn State recruiting in August including: Drew Allar's rise in the Rivals rankings,...

Penn State will face the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison this Saturday and BWI Daily Host Thomas Frank Carr takes a look at that game and the season with PFF's Senior College Analyst, Anthony Treash. The two start out by discussing Graham Mertz, the young and potentially promising quarterback for Wisconsin. Is he the guy from week 1 of 2020? Or the player who struggled the rest of the season. Anthony...

To our audio listeners: To get the full list of strength and testing metrics for each athlete, check out our YouTube show or the link below to Nate Bauer's story.  Every year The Athletics' Bruce Feldman puts out his annual Freaks list of the best athletes in college football. BWI Senior Editor asked Head Strength coach at Penn State Dwight Galt to put together his own top five freaks for the 2021...

The #PennState #NittanyLions are now just days away from starting the 2021 season, which is exactly what some of the program's Class of 2022 verbal commitments did last weekend. In the latest Blue-White Illustrated football and recruiting podcast, hosts Ryan Snyder and Greg Pickel discuss some standout performances, preview the matchup with the Badgers, and answer mailbag questions that focus on D...

Penn State will face Wisconsin on Saturday at noon eastern, so we caught up with Badgers Blitz Insider Jake Kocorowski to get an in-depth preview of the Nittany Lion's first opponent of the season. Jake gives a preview of what Penn State fans who are traveling to Wisconsin should expect from the experience at Camp Randall Stadium from a COVID protocol perspective, but also drops some good places t...

Penn State travels to Wisconsin for one of the toughest openers in school history when they face the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Host Thomas Frank Carr and reporter Greg Pickel of Blue White Illustrated give you an early preview of Wisconsin and what to expect from the Badgers. They start by taking a look at the 2020 season for Wisconsin, which was tumultuous and rocky because of CO...

The quest for players is never done and the Penn State's football program has quite the list of offers out to talent around the state and region for the upcoming recruiting classes. Rivals recruiting insider Ryan Snyder joins joins host and prospect analyst Thomas Frank Carr to tell you which games to pay attention to this weekend. They start in Harrisburg with a clash of La Salle College High Sch...

Host Thomas Frank Carr and senior editor of Blue White Illustrated Nate Bauer give an update on their observations from Penn State's training camp. The Lions held their final open practice of training camp before game week and they give their final observations about key positions, battles and players as the team is separated into the two-deep. T-Frank starts by asking Nate what starting safety Ja...

Former Nittany Lion quarterback Matt McGloin joins the Blue White Illustrated Daily Edition to discuss the upcoming Penn State football season with host Thomas Frank Carr and BWI Senior Editor Nate Bauer. They start by catching up with McGloin and what he's been doing since leaving football in 2018 after a five year NFL career with various teams, but primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Matt discus...

As promised, host Thomas Frank Carr brings in other experts to give their confidence in Penn State's roster by position in a series called "Confidence Factor". T-Frank and senior editor Nate Bauer discuss each positional group and how confident Nate is that that position group will play up to their level of expectation. Here is T-Frank's chart for what each number means. CONFIDENCE FACTOR CHART 50...

In the latest Penn State football and recruiting podcast from Blue-White Illustrated, hosts Ryan Snyder and Greg Pickel cover plenty of ground. The conversation begins with thoughts about the alliance being formed by the Big Ten, ACC, and PAC-12 before moving on to recruiting news notes, including thoughts on Andre Roye's top four and the first senior season action for Drew Allar, Kadan Saunders,...

Host Thomas Frank Carr has taken you through the Penn State training camp on the Daily Edition and now he gives you his assessment of the roster by position. He starts with the quarterback position and tries to paint a picture of what starting quarterback Sean Clifford can be in 2021 by looking at what he has been the in the past. Then he gives you how confident he is that that can become a realit...

The BWI Daily continues its look at positional battles throughout Penn State's roster with the defensive end position. Host Thomas Frank Carr and Greg Pickel take you through what was said and observed through the first two weeks of practice at Penn State's fall training camp. First, they discuss projected starting defensive end Nick Tarburton's journey to where he is today, which includes a posit...

Host Thomas Frank Carr and Blue White Illustrated Senior Editor Nate Bauer discuss Penn State's receivers after open practice on August 18th. They discuss the comments made by receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield post-practice and take a look at the players outside of Parker Washington and Jahan Dotson to see who is stepping up to take snaps at the third receiver position. You'll also hear Stubblef...

Host Thomas Frank Carr of the BWI Daily Edition and Senior Editor Nate Bauer take a long look at the Penn State Nittany Lions depth chart in this episode. As camp battles are going on right now, T-Frank and Nate look at what the best case scenarios for those battles would look like and how key reserve pieces fit into that puzzle. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for in...

Hosts Ryan Snyder, David Eckert, and Greg Pickel cover everything from Power-5 conference picks to Penn State's win total, how many games it will cover, the race for the Heisman Trophy, and more in this week's Blue-White Illustrated football and recruiting podcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advert...

Host Thomas Frank Carr runs down the top 5 Penn State Nittany Lions football players he thinks will have improved on-field play in 2021. Players from previous lists, like breakout players, or players that have been discussed in-depth are were not considered for this list. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...