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The Obligatory PSU Podcast features wide-ranging discussions of Penn State sports, Nittany Lions football in particular, and all things Penn State and Happy Valley from the cast of The Obligatory PSU Pregame Show: Former Penn State and NFL defensive lineman Brandon Noble…
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FALL '26 Episode 11: Bull Session (opens the original)
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If Week One offered a pleasant distraction from the harsh realities of college football, Penn State's second game and first road contest of the season - a bus trip to the City of Brotherly Love to face the Temple Owls at the Eagles' stadium - quickly reminded coaches, players, and fans that the game can be as unforgiving as it is unpredictable. The guys recap the lessons and wakeup calls from a closer-than-necessary 27-9 victory and examine evidence around how Matt Campbell's staff and players a
FALL '26 Episode 10: Philadelphia Freedom (opens the original)
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For the moment at least, the bad memories were banished - the lengthy, lingering shadows of a shattered season ripe with promise, a messy divorce rife with mutual recrimination and the ensuing miserable slog of a coaching search riddled with dead ends and false starts, an offseason loaded with uncertainties and a chorus of skeptics ritually chanting "Iowa State East" - all were swept away like so much dust on the wind in one breezy, sun-drenched afternoon in Happy Valley. As a blissfully relaxed
FALL '26 Episode 9: Marshall the Troops (opens the original)
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FINALLY, FOOTBALL! And just in time, the gang is back to preview the highly unusual occasion of a new Penn State head football coach making his debut (ironically, the most "normal" such instance in nearly 60 years). Matt Campbell will lead the Nittany Lions out of the tunnel for the first time against Marshall. What should fans be expecting from this team, a unique blended family under the leadership of a man who's hit all the right notes this offseason, but will now be judged on the unforgiving
FALL '26 Episode 8: Penn State Roster Review (Defense) (opens the original)
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Chris welcomes back his old LION 90.7fm radio partner Mike Levine for a second week to complete their analysis of 2026 Nittany Lions roster. Led by former Penn State corner D'Anton Lynn, who left his post as defensive coordinator at USC to assume the same role under Matt Campbell, this defense looks to blend a combination of homegrown stars with imported Iowa State stalwarts and other transfers. A shift in scheme and philosophy appears set to give the Lions more bulk up front and greater freedom
FALL '26 Episode 7: Penn State Roster Review (Offense) (opens the original)
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Per Obligatory tradition, Chris enlists the assistance of his fellow LION 90.7fm alum Mike Levine to analyze the 2026 Nittany Lions roster in two installments, beginning with the offense. As undergrads, they brought a handful fo distracted listeners alternative live commentary on such unforgettable Penn State moments as Joe Paterno's record-breaking 324th career win versus Ohio State and such forgettable disappointments as most other games of that 2001 season. Now they unpack the offensive talen
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