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Penn State will face the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison this Saturday and BWI Daily Host Thomas Frank Carr takes a look at that game and the season with PFF's Senior College Analyst, Anthony Treash.

The two start out by discussing Graham Mertz, the young and potentially promising quarterback for Wisconsin. Is he the guy from week 1 of 2020? Or the player who struggled the rest of the season. Anthony gives his take on whether or not Mertz is "the guy".

Conversely, Treash has a very defined and strong opinion on who Sean Clifford is as a passer and what he can be in 2021. Treash gets into why he's low on the Nittany Lion's third year starter. They also discuss Mike Yurcich and how his offense is not a great fit for Clifford based on the data.

Then they shift to talking about the young Penn State offensive line and how those players have the recruiting profile, but don't have the reps on film yet to prove that they are ready to protect their QB.

Treash then gets into the front seven of the Wisconsin defense and the players he's going to be watching on Saturday. With all of the points laid out in the Wisconsin game, Treash gives his season prediction for what he thinks the Nittany Lions are in store for this season.

They wrap up by discussing some non-Penn State teams and players with Anthony's bold predictions for 2021.

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To our audio listeners: To get the full list of strength and testing metrics for each athlete, check out our YouTube show or the link below to Nate Bauer's story. 

Every year The Athletics' Bruce Feldman puts out his annual Freaks list of the best athletes in college football. BWI Senior Editor asked Head Strength coach at Penn State Dwight Galt to put together his own top five freaks for the 2021 Penn State football team.

The results do not disappoint. Bauer takes host Thomas Frank Carr through the list of the best athletes per testing scores on Penn State's roster and what makes each of them so special.

Before they get to the list, T-Frank and Nate give their impressions on Penn State Head Coach James Franklin's game-week press conference and what they took away from his comments.

They also discuss depth charts (T-Frank's favorite).

To get the full article by Bauer, follow the link below. https://bwi.rivals.com/news/who-are-penn-state-s-freak-athletes-dwight-galt-ranks-top-nittany-lions

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The #PennState #NittanyLions are now just days away from starting the 2021 season, which is exactly what some of the program's Class of 2022 verbal commitments did last weekend.

In the latest Blue-White Illustrated football and recruiting podcast, hosts Ryan Snyder and Greg Pickel discuss some standout performances, preview the matchup with the Badgers, and answer mailbag questions that focus on Drew Allar, uncommitted targets to know, and much more.

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Penn State will face Wisconsin on Saturday at noon eastern, so we caught up with Badgers Blitz Insider Jake Kocorowski to get an in-depth preview of the Nittany Lion's first opponent of the season.

Jake gives a preview of what Penn State fans who are traveling to Wisconsin should expect from the experience at Camp Randall Stadium from a COVID protocol perspective, but also drops some good places to check out before the game for those arriving before Saturday.

T-Frank gets Jake's thoughts on the Wisconsin offense and the camp battles that went on in Madison over the last month. They discuss the offensive line and some potential names that you haven't heard yet, but may be the next great Badgers lineman.

Graham Mertz had an up and down 2020, which Jakes gives context to in terms of what happened to the first-year starter and tells T-Frank if he thinks that Mertz can be 'the guy' at QB for Wisconsin.

They discuss the Badger's secondary, which is returning a bevvy of experience, and then take a look at the front-seven which is changing some things schematically, and could be in for a breakout season.

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Penn State travels to Wisconsin for one of the toughest openers in school history when they face the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium. Host Thomas Frank Carr and reporter Greg Pickel of Blue White Illustrated give you an early preview of Wisconsin and what to expect from the Badgers.

They start by taking a look at the 2020 season for Wisconsin, which was tumultuous and rocky because of COVID 19, with multiple missed weeks and cancelled games. Sandwiched between several good wins, were some rough losses that T-Frank points out as to why you might want to think twice about having the Badgers as the runaway favorite.

Greg also gives you a preview of what to expect from the Wisconsin offense, which is not the same ground and pound attack that you're used to seeing from the team from Madison. They discuss Graham Mertz, the passing attack and how Wisconsin has changed several things in their arsenal since the last time the two teams met in 2018.

T-Frank and Greg take a look at the Wisconsin offensive line against the Penn State defensive line and see who has the advantage in the trenches, before looking at the Badgers' defense and the strength of the team, it's secondary. Finally they give game predictions and Greg gives you the line and where he's putting his money.

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The quest for players is never done and the Penn State's football program has quite the list of offers out to talent around the state and region for the upcoming recruiting classes. Rivals recruiting insider Ryan Snyder joins joins host and prospect analyst Thomas Frank Carr to tell you which games to pay attention to this weekend.

They start in Harrisburg with a clash of La Salle College High School and Bishop McDevitt to see commit for the class of 2022, Linebacker Abdul Carter face off against a trio of prospects for future classes.

From there he takes us to Central Dauphin East vs Manheim Township to see two Penn State commits in the class of 2022 square off in the secondary at receiver and safety.

The final in-state game he highlights is Imhotep Charter vs Pittsburgh Central Catholic which has a laundry list of commits and prospects to pay attention to.

They also discuss Ryan's article from earlier this week breaking down recruiting classes by Average Points Per Player instead of some of the other metrics that value quantity over quality.

Ryan and T-Frank also discuss the players they're most eager to get senior season film from for the class of 2022, as many of them had their seasons last year disrupted by COVID.

Ryan finishes his chat with T-Frank by giving a list of interesting games outside of the region to pay attention to, focusing on several key prospects in 2022 that live in Ohio.

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Host Thomas Frank Carr and senior editor of Blue White Illustrated Nate Bauer give an update on their observations from Penn State's training camp. The Lions held their final open practice of training camp before game week and they give their final observations about key positions, battles and players as the team is separated into the two-deep.

T-Frank starts by asking Nate what starting safety Jaquan Brisker said to him as practice interviews wrapped up that was both interesting, and noteworthy. They discuss what Brisker said about his quarterback Sean Clifford and if they think he's accurate.

T-Frank adds some information to that topic by telling you what starting tight end Brenton Strange said about one of the receivers who has stepped up this camp to take a bigger role in the offense.

Then they discuss the offensive line situation and how James Franklin left one key position battle very much open heading out of camp and into the regular season. Bauer gives his insight into what he's seen and how murky the picture still is at left guard.

T-Frank gives you a couple of 'looks like' observations from camp of players who have stuck out both good and bad in the brief views of practice they've had.

They transition back to the offense and how it will operate as a system under Mike Yurcich, which is spurred by some comments made by players and coaches this offseason in terms of what to expect of the style of play on the field.

Finally they discuss the new college Football alliance between the Pac 12, ACC and Big 10.

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Former Nittany Lion quarterback Matt McGloin joins the Blue White Illustrated Daily Edition to discuss the upcoming Penn State football season with host Thomas Frank Carr and BWI Senior Editor Nate Bauer.

They start by catching up with McGloin and what he's been doing since leaving football in 2018 after a five year NFL career with various teams, but primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Matt discusses his love of football and scheme with T-Frank, who shares a love of coaches film.

Matt tells the guys about his new podcast, The Paydirt Podcast with Matt McGloin and Tom Hannifan, as well as his other upcoming appearances this fall in the media.

Nate and Matt reflect about McGloin's time at Penn State with Joe Paterno and Bill O'Brien and how the two coaches shaped his career and prepared him for the NFL and life.

Finally, T-Frank and Matt talk about what makes a good quarterback coach and what McGloin has seen from the great ones he worked with in the NFL including O'Brien, Andy Reid and Doug Pederson.

They wrap up by discussing Mike Yurcich and his style of coaching, his ability to help quarterbacks improve, and his coaching style, which McGloin was able to see up close this spring.

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As promised, host Thomas Frank Carr brings in other experts to give their confidence in Penn State's roster by position in a series called "Confidence Factor". T-Frank and senior editor Nate Bauer discuss each positional group and how confident Nate is that that position group will play up to their level of expectation. Here is T-Frank's chart for what each number means.

CONFIDENCE FACTOR CHART

50 or Below: Barely holding their own on the field to actively hurting the team

60-69: A position with some good plays and players but most a support member of the team.

70-79: A group that can produce an mid-tier All-Big 10 candidate

80-89: A group with a surefire All-Big 10 selection and most likely a first-team conference player with the production to match. 90+: All-American Consideration, national awards candidate.

They go through the roster to determine where they feel good, or unsure about the unit that Penn State is fielding.

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In the latest Penn State football and recruiting podcast from Blue-White Illustrated, hosts Ryan Snyder and Greg Pickel cover plenty of ground.

The conversation begins with thoughts about the alliance being formed by the Big Ten, ACC, and PAC-12 before moving on to recruiting news notes, including thoughts on Andre Roye's top four and the first senior season action for Drew Allar, Kadan Saunders, Kaytron Allen, and Cam Miller.

From there, Ryan and Greg dive into some questions facing head coach James Franklin's team as camp winds to a close before finishing the show with a look at the commitments the pair will see play this coming Friday night.

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