Roar Lions Roar: A Penn State Football Podcast

Penn State's running back room got a little deeper this week. Flip and Bill discuss Trey Potts' transfer to the Nittany Lions and give their thoughts on what the team has needed to improve on this spring. Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcas...

Mike Rhoades is officially Penn State's new men's basketball coach. Bill & Flip talk through the hire, what it means for the future of the program, and more! ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhe...

Penn State needs a new basketball coach. On today's episode of the pod, Bill is joined by Sam Cooper of Yahoo Sports to discuss why Micah Shrewsberry left for Notre Dame and what the school needs to do in the aftermath. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the...

Penn State basketball's remarkable season has come to end after a heartbreaking loss to Texas in the round of 32. Matt and Bill talk through the game, appreciate this senior class, and ponder what the future may hold for this program. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're su...

Penn State destroyed Texas A&M on Thursday night. Let's talk about it. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and everywhere else you listen. Please also take the time to leave us a 5-star review if you can! I...

The drought is finally over. Penn State basketball is going dancing. Bill & Vincent break down the Big Ten Tournament and then shift the focus to the big dance. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and every...

After three seasons in Happy Valley, John Scott Jr. is moving on. Matt Flip and Matt de Bear recap his tenure, look at some potential candidates for the job, and take a quick look at spring ball. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcas...

Penn State basketball is riding a high but is still on the outside looking in of the NCAA Tournament. Bill and Vincent talk all things hoops as the season comes down the final stretch. With Jalen Pickett on his way to All-America status, the Nittany Lions need to steal a few wins to get themselves dancing. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSRO...

Penn State has a new wide receivers coach! It's about time we talk about it! Bill and Nick are back to break down the hire of the new Nittany Lion receivers coach, Marques Hagans. They talk through what he brings to Happy Valley and what fans should expect. The guys also have a discussion on position coaches in general and what their true impact on the roster is. ________ Take advantage of our dis...

If you'll remember, before the 2023 college football season began, Bill, Flip, and Nick got together to make some picks on Flip's manufactured prop bets about the upcoming season. Now that the season has come and gone, it's time to look back, see how we did, how our expectations changed as the season played out, and which one of us was crowned the winner. ________ Take advantage of our discount wi...

Penn State's wide receiver room looks quite different than it did just a week ago. Nick and Bill are back today to break down the many changes with the Nittany Lion receivers including the additions of Dante Cephas and Malik McClain via the transfer portal as well as the departure of positional coach Taylor Stubblefield. The guys also talk about two more entrants to the transfer portal on Penn Sta...

The 2022 Penn State roster was loaded with NFL-caliber talent. Much to the glee of James Franklin and his staff, a lot of that talent will still be on the roster in 2023. Nick and Flip are back on the podcast to break down the Nittany Lions who could have declared early for the NFL Draft but decided to stick around in Happy Valley for at least one more year. You know the big names like Olu Fashanu...

The 2022 Penn State Football season may be over, but that doesn't mean the machine comes to a halt. With the start of the new semester, the newest batch of early enrollees, Bill and Flip are back today to break down that group, expectations for each of them, and how soon we can expect them to contribute. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR...

Friends, it's time to start paying some attention to Penn State Basketball. The Nittany Lions (11-4, 2-2) are playing some of the best basketball in the conference right now and despite a loss to Michigan this week, have an opportunity to get some love on the national scale in the coming days and weeks. Flip and Vince recap the season so far and look ahead to a looming matchup with Purdue in Phill...

Another year, another New Years Six bowl win for Penn State under James Franklin. While it may not have been the playoff berth fans were hoping for, Penn State capped its season with a comfortable win in the Rose Bowl over No. 8 Utah. Bill and Flip are here to break down the game from Sean Clifford's stellar performance to yet another strong defensive showing. ________ Take advantage of our discou...

The Rose Bowl is finally here. Bill and Flip break down the Nittany Lions and Utes, discuss what each team's path to victory is, and make their predictions for the biggest bowl game in the land. ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homefield Apparel and use the code "ROARLIONSROAR" at checkout to receive 15% off of your first order. Be sure you're subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcast...

With the Rose Bowl fast approaching, let's take stock of things with the Penn State program. Nick and Bill get together to get you all caught up on the happenings within the Nittany Lion program. They talk through the two newest additions to the 2023 recruiting class, discuss the latest with top targets in the transfer portal, and new opt-outs for the Rose Bowl. Finally, they talk through some que...

Emergency Pod! Penn State is headed back to Pasadena! As was widely-rumored, the Nittany Lions will indeed be returning to the Rose Bowl to take on Utah this holiday season. Bill and Nick got together to break down initial thoughts about the game and what it means. We'll have plenty more on this game in the coming weeks, so stick with us for more! ________ Take advantage of our discount with Homef...

Despite not being in action on the field this weekend, it's been quite the eventful week for the Nittany Lions. Nick and Flip get together to break down two of the biggest stories of the week between the news that Penn State seems to be Rose Bowl-bound and that the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams starting in 2024. They also touch on... Joey Porter Jr. declaring for the NFL Christi...

Penn State put the wraps on yet another double-digit win season with a comfortable beatdown of Michigan State on Saturday, reclaiming the world's greatest treasure in the process – the Land Grant Trophy. That wasn't the only good news of the weekend, however, as left tackle and potential top-10 NFL draft pick Olu Fashanu announced that he will return to Happy Valley for at least once more season i...

It's time for the most prestigious rivalry in sports – Penn State vs. Michigan State for the illustrious Land Grant Trophy. Nick and Matt are here to break down the regular season finale for the Nittany Lions as they attempt to lock up a 10-win season and keep the Spartans out of a bowl game. The guys talk through the matchup and touch on this week's College Football Playoff rankings. The guys fin...

In case you haven't noticed, Penn State Basketball is off to a hot start through the first few weeks of the 2023-23 season. Thanks to some hot shooting, the Lions are 5-1 with only a very narrow loss to a Top-25 caliber Virginia Tech team. Flip and Vince are back again to break down how the team got here, whether they can keep it up, and what needs to improve as the team inches closer to its confe...

Penn State made easy work of Rutgers on Saturday thanks to fireworks from all three phases of the game – special teams, offense, and defense. Bill and Craig are here today to break down how the Nittany Lions were able to dispatch the Scarlet Knights so easily, give out game balls, find key takeaways, and even talk Christmas music. ________ Take advantage of our discount code with Homefield Apparel...

It's Rutgers Week... ...which means we're only going to talk about the football game this weekend as much as we need to! Nick and Craig got together to break down the game and what they want to see from Penn State on Saturday. Then the guys dive into other topics such as playoff ranking talk, Nittany Lion-Scarlet Knight trivia, and twitter memories. ________ Take advantage of our discount code wit...

We take another break from our regularly-scheduled football podcast this week to break down a hot start from the Penn State hockey program. Nick is joined by fellow Roar Lions Roar alum Jacob Cheris to get the inside scoop on how the Nittany Lions have managed to beat the number-one ranked team in the country two weekends in a row en route to moving up to #6 in the USCHO Polls. Jacob gives us the...