Preview Show: Fresh Off Bye, Penn State Welcomes Purdue

Black Shoe Diaries: Penn State Football Podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 2m

The bye week is over and Penn State is back into Big Ten action this Saturday with a late afternoon kick against the Purdue Boilermakers. We break down if the Nittany Lions can pick up their first Big Ten win of the season (please).

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:59 Discussing our Waning Enthusiasm for the CFB Season

5:11 Thoughts on the 24-Team Playoff

18:06 Previewing Purdue

29:20 Quick Plug for our Channel (Please Subscribe!)

30:26 Overreactions from Week 8

51:11 No. 22 Arizona at No. 13 Texas Tech (-3.5)

54:52 No. 17 Florida vs. No. 3 Georgia (-11.5)

58:20 No. 20 Northwestern at Oregon (-3.5)