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The Obligatory PSU Podcast
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 (’92-97), campus icon Mike “the Mailman” Herr, Mount Nittany Conservancy Board Secretary Kevin Horne, and seven-time Sam's Club Member Chris Buchignani. Along with a rotating cast of characters from around State College and…
Episodes
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FALL '24 Episode 2: Can't Spell "Nihilist" without NIL
Are you frustrated because the Nittany Lions appear to be losing out on recruits, at home in PA and across the country, because Old State can't seem to meet…
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FALL '24 Episode 1: Obligatory Origins
Hey folks. Great news (maybe). If you’re reading this, it’s probably at least good news: The most lovable, least reliable Penn State podcast on earth is back…
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FALL '23 Episode 10: More Like "Episode 10-2," Amirite?
Penn State wrapped up another 10-2 regular season that was, yes, in some respects a failure - a failure to achieve the lofty goals that were set justifiably…
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FALL '23 Episode 9: Big Blues
What more can you say? We try to come up with something. The guys wrap up the Michigan win over Penn State that slammed on the door on the Nittany Lions' hopes…
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FALL '23 Episode 8: [Connor Stalions Stole The Title]
For the second time in four weeks, James Franklin and the Nittany Lions are facing one of the biggest games in recent program history. This time, they will…
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FALL '23 Episode 7: Indiana Escape
Penn State narrowly escapes what would have been a devastating loss to a terrible Indiana Hoosiers team and instead travels to College Park to face nose-diving…
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FALL '23 Episode 6: Same S**t, Different Year
Another meeting of top tens for the Nittany Lions. Another matchup with the Buckeyes. Another trip to the Horseshoe. And yet another predictably miserable…
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FALL '23 Episode 5: Ohio State Vibes, "There is no 'try'"
A fair reading of James Franklin's decade-long tenure at Penn State is that the entire thing has led up to this Saturday's game in Columbus, a meeting of…
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FALL '23 Episode 4: UMass Hysteria
Penn State made the rounds of all the national college football news outlets this week and even managed to rile up the famously even-tempered denizens of…
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FALL '23 Episode 3: Hello, Good Bye Week
Your Penn State Nittany Lions roll into the Bye week 5-0 and ranked #6 in the nation, featuring a dominant defense and an offense that, despite averaging over…
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FALL '23 Episode 2: We're Goin' Streaking
One, on its own, is an isolated incident. Two in a row is the start of a streak. So this podcast is going streaking. The guys are back this week to revel in…
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FALL '23 Episode 1: Like Riding a Bike
A few minor issues. A couple of miscues. Several handfuls of chocolate chips, and all the Utz chips you can eat for the next 32 years. The full cast…
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FALL '22 Episode 1: We're Back. Is Penn State?
Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, or brain-eating zombies rising from the dead, or Notre Dame football underperforming unearned lofty expectations - the…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastWrapping Up Blue-White: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
The format wasn't exactly a game, but if you traveled to Happy Valley or tuned to the Big Ten Network for exciting football action, your cause was already long…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastBlue-White Weekend: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
The first "normal" Blue-White Weekend in nearly three years is nearly upon us, so Chris and Jim ruminate on the appeal of the overall event weekend, the…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastFavorite Penn State Players: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
Every sports fan forms lasting connections with certain players on their favorite teams, whether because of skill, toughness, personality, or all three…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastBest Beaver Stadium Moments: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
What is your favorite memory of Penn State football? Practically every fan of the Nittany Lions has at least one play, moment, or game from which they can…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastIs Penn State Losing at NIL?: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
Astronomical payouts to star recruits, entire position groups, and even full recruiting classes have headlined the first year of Name, Image, and Likeness…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastSandy Barbour Special: Obligatory Keystone Crossover
With Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour announcing her retirement plans, the search is on for the next person to lead…
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The Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 19
In a very short time, the transfer portal has become the talk of the college football world, with the sport's de facto free agent market emerging as a key…
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The Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 16
While starting quarterback Sean Clifford's decision to return and play one final season for the Nittany Lions may have divided Penn State's online fan base…
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The Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 14
All over the college football landscape, loyalties and fortunes (in every sense of the word) are shifting at breakneck speed as head coaches are making bigger…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastThe Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 12
After a brief update on the status of the regular podcast, Chris and Jim take a broader look at the landscape of college football and the mounting challenges…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastThe Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 10
With all the rumors swirling around James Franklin's future at Penn State and many talking heads insisting that certain jobs are obviously better than others…
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FALL '21 Episode 17: Ohio State, Maryland & Playoff Rankings
Maybe moral victories are the best we can hope for when it comes to Penn State versus Ohio State. As another year passes without a win over the Buckeyes (this…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastThe Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 8
One relatively routine hit on QB Sean Clifford during the first quarter of the Iowa game produced a dramatic ripple effect on Penn State's 2021 season and…
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FALL '21 Episode 16: Post-Illinois, Pre-Ohio State Mega Show
Over four agonizing, rain-soaked quarters and 75 overtime periods only vaguely resembling the sport of football, what had mostly felt like a…
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FALL '21 Episode 15: Penn State, By the Numbers
As the Nittany Lions prepare to return to action, Chris and Mailman are joined by Nathan Wilmot, the analytics columnist for For The Blogy, who has developed…
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FALL '21 Episode 14: Will Nittany Lions Become Penn State Employees?
Even as the Nittany Lions chase another Big Ten title, fighting to defend a Top 10 ranking while battling the injury bug, it wouldn't be a season of the…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastThe Obligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 6
Hair metal rockers Cinderella perhaps put it best with their 1988 hit: "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)." Sean Clifford was shredding the vaunted Iowa…
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FALL '21 Episode 13: Post-Iowa Therapy
A game that began with the promise and excitement of a top 5 matchup for your Penn State Nittany Lions rapidly devolved into a frustrating and dispiriting war…
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FALL '21 Episode 12: Penn State at Iowa
Wrapping a week's worth of Penn State football news into one whirlwind podcast, our full cast of characters share one long, lingering glance back at the Stripe…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastObligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 5
In the midst of an exciting season that has seen the Penn State Nittany Lions rise to fourth in the nation after five weeks and on the eve of their biggest yet…
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FALL '21 Episode 11: Indiana at Penn State
No Penn State fan needs to be reminded about what transpired the last time the Nittany Lions faced Indiana's football team. The debacle of sloppy and…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastObligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 4
Maybe it's time to go back to "Legends" and "Leaders." After years of the scales tipping in favor of the Big Ten's East division, home to college football…
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FALL '21 Episode 10: So Much for the Afterglow
No matter how rosy and promising the big picture may appear, no matter how satisfying and cathartic the experience has been, no matter how well your…
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FALL '21 Episode 9: Villanova at Penn State feat. Ben Jones, StateCollege.com
With nearly all of Penn State's divisional opponents in the Big Ten East showing substantial improvement early in the 2021 season and a number of difficult…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastObligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 3
We have been hearing from James Franklin and many others about the immense talent Penn State has at tight end this season and waiting to see how new offensive…
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FALL '21 Episode 8: Auburn Afterglow
There are but a precious few places where the forces of the college football universe can all align to create a special and resonant moment that touches the…
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FALL '21 Episode 7: Auburn at Penn State
A big weekend in Happy Valley looms. In under two decades, the Beaver Stadium White Out has cemented its status among the most distinctive traditions of the…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastObligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 2
When you run the company, you can't get fired. When you're publishing your own podcast, you can't get canceled. And so, the Obligatory Keystone Crossover, an…
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FALL '21 Episode 6: Ball Busted
After 651 days of barren tailgate fields, empty bleachers, and often-uninspiring football played in eerie silence, Happy Valley's home game drought is over…
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FALL '21 Episode 5: Ball State at Penn State
Happy Valley is ready for a family reunion. After an impossibly long layover nobody could have foreseen when the 2019 Nittany Lions closed out their home…
The Obligatory PSU PodcastObligatory Keystone Crossover: Episode 1
Introducing the Obligatory Keystone Crossover, an "alliance" (if you will) between two teams of content creators who share a mutual love for Penn State and the…
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FALL '21 Episode 4: The Joy of 1-0
The wait, long and miserable though it may have been - through global turmoil and an on-again, off-again season that maybe would have been better left staying…
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FALL '21 Episode 3: Penn State at Wisconsin
The long wait - in many respects, far longer than is usual for this time of year - is finally almost over. Penn State travels to Madison, Wisconsin this…
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FALL '21 Episode 2: Penn State Roster Breakdown (Defense)
Per Obligatory tradition, one of our most popular features returns: the Penn State football preview in which Chris enlists the assistance of fellow LION 90.7fm…
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FALL '21 Episode 1: Penn State Roster Breakdown (Offense)
Per Obligatory tradition, one of our most popular features returns: the Penn State football preview in which Chris enlists the assistance of fellow LION 90.7fm…
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SUMMER '21 Episode 5: The Real Hiking Viking
We wrap up our 2021 Summer semester with this extended conversation with returning guest Tom Gathman, better known to outdoor and adventure enthusiasts across…
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SUMMER '21 Episode 4: Unlicensed
On July 1, 2021, the epoch of college football that began in 1869 with Rutgers and Princeton playing a bizarre combination of soccer and rugby came to a close…
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SUMMER '21 Episode 3: College Football Playoff Expansion Pt. 2
Once upon a time, Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions were the new kid on the college football block, struggling to earn respect among the established…
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SUMMER '21 Episode 2: SCOTUS stiff arms the NCAA
When is losing 9-0 more embarrassing than losing 6-4? When you're the governing body of one of the nation's most venerable and popular sports leagues and…
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SUMMER '21 Episode 1: College Football Playoff Expansion Pt. 1
Few teams have been more consistently cheated of the chance to prove their worthiness as title contenders on the field than the Penn State Nittany Lions. Joe…
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SPRING '21 Episode 24: Two White Outs Twice As Nice?
With the announcement that Penn State's highly-anticipated non-conference matchup with Auburn will kick off under the lights at Beaver Stadium, anticipation is…
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SPRING '21 Episode 23: Penn State Letterman Lydell Sargeant
The guys interview Penn State Football Letterman Lydell Sargeant, a Pittsburgh native who committed to PSU as part of Joe Paterno's legendary 2005 recruiting…
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SPRING '21 Episode 22: The Award Winner & The Hiking Viking
Listen to guest Miriam Colvin's award-winning podcast: https://soundcloud.com/miriam-colvin/competition-with-the-best With Spring football and the NFL Draft in…
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SPRING '21 Episode 21: Penn State NFL Draft Wrap-up w/ Sheil Kapadia
Six Penn State Nittany Lions were taken in the 2021 NFL Draft, with linebacker Micah Parsons and edge rusher Odafe (Jayson) Oweh going in the first round…
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SPRING '21 Episode 20: Penn State in the NFL Draft w/ ESPN's Matt Bowen
Which Nittany Lions will hear their names called (and when) in the 2021 NFL Draft? ESPN pro football analyst Matt Bowen joins the show to evaluate Penn State's…
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SPRING '21 Episode 19: Blue-White Redux Review
Why have one real Blue-White Weekend when you can hold two fake ones instead? Well, for plenty of reasons, of course, but after the last 12 months, you take…
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SPRING '21 Episode 18: Penn State alum Rob Lawless (Rob's 10k Friends)
After graduating from Penn State in 2013 with a degree in Finance, Rob Lawless began work at the global consulting firm Deloitte, later moving on to start-up…