Blue and White Brothers

As inexplicable as the loss to Illinois may have been, Tom & Andy managed to record their longest podcast of the season as they try and grapple with the slow-motion disaster that was the Illinois game. Then they stare down the monster that is this year's Ohio State team, as they anticipate a second consecutive Halloween fright-night for Saturday's game against the nation's top offense.

Coming out of a bye week with no Penn State football, Tom & Andy take the opportunity to look across the landscape of college football halfway through the 2021 season. They also take stock of Penn State at the midpoint and look ahead to the Illinois game with starting QB Sean Clifford's injury status unknown.

It started great but ended in disaster. Tom & Andy commiserate over Penn State's loss to Iowa and discuss the injury to starting QB Sean Clifford. In addition to analyzing the game, they also ponder the implications of Penn State's first loss as the team heads into the bye week and conclude by delving into the mailbag.

After a vindicating victory over Indiana, Penn State turns its attention to the biggest matchup of the season, a top-5 clash with Big Ten West foe Iowa. Tom & Andy discuss the highs and lows of the win over the Hoosiers and the promise and peril of their imminent face-off with the Hawkeyes.

Tom and Andy recap a businesslike, if uninspired, win against Villanova and look ahead to their first chance to avenge last year's opening-game loss to Indiana. Coming off a disappointing 2-2 start, this still-dangerous Indiana team will look to prove last year was not a fluke, while Penn State looks to shake off last year's loss and show that their top-4 ranking is well-deserved.

It was a glorious evening in Happy Valley as Tom & Andy recount the sights and sounds of a White Out win, as the Nittany Lions prevailed over the visiting Auburn Tigers. As they revel in the team's success, they simultaneously manage to avoid spending too much time nit-picking the abysmal officiating. The close by taking stock of the team a quarter of the way through the season, and reserve a bit of room at the end to preview their upcoming opponent, FCS contender Villanova.

It's whiteout week! With #22 Auburn coming to town for a major cross-conference matchup, the brothers all kinds of excited, especially after Penn State took care of defending MAC-champ Ball State on Saturday. Tom and Andy break down the Ball State game and dig into what is sure to be an exciting game against the one of college football's blue-bloods. Will Auburn turn out to be a paper tiger, or will they put a crimp in Penn State's ambitions to finally join the CFP club?

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What a difference a year makes! In a situation that mirrored of last year's opening game, Penn State flipped the script and came away from a hard-fought first game with a huge road win against a B1G West behemoth Wisconsin. Tom & Andy celebrate the good times as they break down the win, discuss room for improvement, and take a look at their next opponent, a sneaky-good defending MAC champion Ball State.

In this final loo at the NIttany Lions before the season gets underway, Tom and Andy take a look at the challenging 2021 schedule, dig into their upcoming top-25 matchup against an always-tough Wisconsin squad, and give their season predictions.

Want to hear about Tom's other life as The Real Hiking Viking? Check out his guest appearance on The Obligatory PSU Podcast, where he goes in-depth about the hiking life as well as his love for all things Penn State Football.

Tom and Andy discuss how this year's defense and special teams are shaping up after a disappointing 2020 campaign for both squads. Can they bounce back from last year's sub-par performance? They also debut a new "Mailbag" segment and get into the latest on the rumored B1G/ACC/PAC-12 alliance. It's all in a day's work for the Blue & White Brothers.