Stuff Somers Says With Steve: A Penn State Podcast

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Penn State alum Amanda Gifford who is the Vice President of Production at ESPN where she is in charge of production for college football. She joins the show to chat about her career, the logistics behind producing a college football game and what a college football broadcast will look like in 10 years.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @St...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s loss to Michigan. Plus, the duo chat about what’s next after Penn State fires offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich and look ahead as Rutgers comes to town for senior day.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting St...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over Maryland, discuss James Franklin’s latest interaction with the media, look ahead to the Nittany Lions’ game with Michigan and chat about Penn State men’s basketball. Also, Darian finds out just how much milk the Sampsell family used to drink.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the web...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve chat about Penn State’s win over Indiana, Steve shares his thoughts on Notre Dame’s gameday experience and the duo look ahead to Penn State and Maryland.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSomersSays.com/TheStuff

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s loss to Ohio State, share their thoughts on Big Noon Kickoff and look ahead to the Nittany Lions’ game against Indiana.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSomersSays.com/TheStuff

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over UMass, including Steve’s return to Beaver Stadium. Then Darian reveals the results of the fan survey. Oh yeah, they also talk about Penn State’s game with Ohio State.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visi...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Rich Scarcella of the Reading Eagle. Rich stops by to share why he still enjoys covering Penn State football after 35 seasons, handling Penn State’s different coaches and what a gameday is like for a beat reporter. Follow Rich on Twitter @NittanyRich.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Pat Romano of the We Are Inn, located in Philipsburg, PA to discuss being a business in the Centre region, the story behind the We Are Inn and, of course, cheesesteaks. Also Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over Northwestern and chat about Penn State men’s hockey’s upcoming season.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over Iowa, look ahead to this week’s game against Northwestern and share their favorite places to visit in the Big Ten and beyond.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSomersSays.com/TheStuff

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Seth Engle of the Daily Collegian. He talks about what it’s like being a student covering Penn State football, what he wants to accomplish in his career and more. Follow Seth on Twitter @bigsengtweets.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today....

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve discuss Penn State football’s 63-7 win over Delaware, chat about the Peacock broadcast experience, look ahead at Illinois and host their first ever CFB announcer draft.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSomersSays.com/T...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over West Virginia, Darian gives his feedback on the gameday experience, Steve rates the NBC broadcast and the gang looks forward to Penn State and Delaware.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today. Go buy Stuff by visiting StuffSome...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve preview the 2023 Penn State football season and Penn State’s first game of the year with West Virginia. The guys also take a look at sports media storylines to keep an eye on this season, and finally, give their predictions for 2023.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by the voice of Penn State football and Penn State men’s basketball Steve Jones. Steve joins the show to chat about his career, his relationship with Jack Ham and chats about how much longer he wants to call Penn State games.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by PennLive's Johnny McGonigal to discuss the differences between covering Pitt and Penn State, where he wants to go with his career and how the AP voting process works. Follow Johnny on Twitter @JMcGonigal9 . Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter to...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve welcome Rodney Martin and Joe Putnam to the show. The duo will be taking over the public address announcer roles this season. Also, Darian and Steve recap Penn State media day. Also, a deep dive on the latest as the Big Ten is once again expanding. Follow Rodney on Twitter @HockeyValley and Joe on Twitter @JPutnamMic.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap this year’s Big Ten Media Days. Plus they ask the questions that will be asked and should be asked at Penn State media day. Be sure to share your view of Beaver Stadium in our latest project by visiting the blog at StuffSomersSays.com  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. J...

This week on the podcast, Ben Jones of StateCollege.com stops by to chat about his career, his relationship with James Franklin and his new found love of fishing. Plus, Darian and Steve celebrate 100 episodes by revealing the results of the Penn State sports media survey they conducted.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.co...

This week on the podcast, Lions247’s Tyler Calvaruso stops by to chat about his career and all things message boards. Tyler also explains his process for putting in a Crystal Ball pick and the weirdest place he’s ever filed a story. Follow Tyler on Twitter @Tyler_Calvaruso.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the n...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve chat about the future of sports media, especially as it pertains to Gen Z. Also on the podcast, is college baseball having its breakthrough moment? Plus, Darian and Steve share if they're iced tea or lemonade kind of people.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newslett...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve break down the massive news in the Penn State world that Success with Honor and Lions Legacy Club are no more as they've joined forces under Happy Valley United.  Also on this week's podcast, Darian and Steve chat about the 2024-25 schedule announcement and how Peacock is going to impact your viewing habits in 2023.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @St...

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve chat about Penn State playing Michigan State on Black Friday at Ford Field, Penn State men's lacrosse loss to Duke, Penn State baseball coach Rob Cooper resigning and auto racing in America. Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @ StuffSomersSays  and @ SteveSamspell . Visit the website at StuffSomersSays.com. Join the newsletter today . 

This week on the podcasts, Darian and Steve are back with a whole bunch to chat about, including not one but two kick times for the 2023 Penn State football season. Plus, the NFL schedule is out. And major sports media news as Pat McAfee is taking his show to ESPN.    Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell . Visit StuffSomersSays.com to subscribe to the podcast, sig...

This week, Darian and Steve discuss several changes at Penn State including the news that Dean DeVore will no longer be the PA announcer inside Beaver Stadium. They also chat about Beaver Stadium upgrades, new CFB rules, the NFL Draft and why Steve's upset about the new Whitney Houston movie.  Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter @StuffSomersSays and @SteveSamspell. Visit StuffSomersSays.com to subs...

This week on the podcast, Jim Brown who is the Sales and Marketing Manager at the Penn State Berkey Creamery joins the show to chat about how they're impacted by football weekends, how the Creamery has changed its marketing strategy over the last few years, and more. Plus Darian and Steve recap this week's Blue-White game and discuss their top 5 sports movies.    Follow Darian and Steve on Twitter...