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The Penn State Nittany Lions football team is now fully into its preparations for the 2025 season with new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles on the staff and meeting with his players. Of course, Penn State fans are smart and want to know the immediate return on the highest-paid coordinator in college football history now. Given the need to play complimentary football on a team that doesn't return an explosive, superstar offense, can the defense get up to speed under Knowles and power a championship run? We're discussing that, plus the latest recruiting intel on today's BWI Live Show. 

Join us at 10 a.m. on YouTube as we discuss our expectations of the defense, plus answer your questions in the BWI Mailbag. We're taking questions from the message board and featuring them on our show's final segment, but we're talking to you in the live chat all show long! Join us to get your thoughts and opinions heard. The best way to know when we go live is to subscribe to the BWI YouTube Channel and enable notifications so you never miss any of our news and information. 

Penn State introduces Jim Knowles this week

Penn State will host its introductory press conference for Jim Knowles on Tuesday, which is why our show has been moved to Monday morning. We'll continue our extended discussion on Knowles and what he brings to Penn State on today's show. So far, we've been asking you questions about what you want to know about his defense, but today, we're asking the experts what they're curious to learn. Sean Fitz and Nate Bauer will discuss the questions they're eager to hear answered in Knowles's first impression with the media. 

The main thrust of the conversation around the hire is that Penn State fans are worried that this change will set the defense back in a very important year for the program. The team retained most of its senior talent, who could have moved on to the NFL Draft this spring. Will they be up to speed in the defensive system to capitalize on this momentum toward a championship run? 

Fitz's recruiting update 

With January in the books, it was a truncated recruiting month for the football program, which took it's 2024 season deep into the playoffs. How did things turn out after two recruiting weekends? The team wrapped up Junior Days on Saturday and Fitz has the latest news you need to know about the program and it's push for a top ten class in 2026. 

Finally, we'll end the show with the BWI Mailbag. Join the show at 10 a.m. to discuss the questions submitted before the show, or ask your own! 

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