Collegian Football Podcast, Episode 69: A long awaited trip to Indiana by The Daily Collegian

On this week's episode of We Are... Trying Our Best, Braden and James are joined by Evan Patrick and Ben Ferree, the hosts of the Collegian Football Podcast.

With Penn State football returning this weekend, James, Braden, Evan and Ben discuss the upcoming seasons and tell the stories of their time as football reporters.

James and Braden try their best to record this football podcast.

In the latest episode of the Collegian Football Podcast, co-hosts Ben Ferree and Evan Patrick preview the Nittany Lions defense ahead of the 2020 season. The pair looks at each position group and its strengths and weaknesses as Penn State looks to return to the Big Ten Championship game this fall. The two discuss the loss of Micah Parsons as well as what other players are expected to take on bigger roles this season for Brent Pry's group.

In this week’s special edition episode of The Daily Collegian’s Friendly Neighborhood Podcast, co-hosts Jared Smith and Alexis Yoder are joined by Gary Abdullah, the assistant dean for diversity and inclusion at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Abdullah talks about the Black Lives Matter movement, why diversity work is important and what people of color can get out of an institution like Penn State.

In the latest episode of the Collegian Football Podcast, co-hosts Ben Ferree and Evan Patrick previewing the Nittany Lions offense ahead of the 2020 season. The pair looks at each position group and its strengths and weakness as Penn State looks to return to the Big Ten Championship game. The pair also discusses new offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca and what he could bring to the Penn State program in his first season.

On this week's episode of "We Are...Trying Our Best," co-hosts James Langan and Braden Dyreson discuss how Penn State students are breaking coronavirus protocols. The duo held a stakeout in the HUB-Robeson Center to catch the rule breakers. This may not be the top podcast out there, but they are trying their best.

Who knows the true impact of the coronavirus on the world? Are there any benefits coming out of using Zoom? In this week’s episode of The Daily Collegian’s “Friendly Neighborhood Podcast”, co-hosts Jared Smith and Alexis Yoder are joined by associate professor of sound design Curtis Craig to answer those questions, talk about teaching classes during the coronavirus pandemic and discuss the virus' impact on the theatre industry.

In this week's episode, co-hosts James Langan and Braden Dyreson interview their former boss and Collegian editor-in-chief Elena Rose. Rose discusses what her life has been like post-graduation and her experience working at a downtown State College bar. Furthermore, she talks about how she recently broke her toe with a 165 pound keg at work.

In the latest episode of the Collegian Football Podcast, co-hosts Ben Ferree and Evan Patrick discuss the latest news surrounding the Big Ten’s decision to play football this fall. The two open the episode by discussing what changed to allow the conference to vote to play and reverse its previous decision from Aug. 11. The two then preview Penn State’s schedule and highlight the biggest games including Ohio State on Oct. 31. The pair then concludes the episode by discussing the potential of Micah Parsons opting back in and playing for the Nittany Lions this fall.

In this week’s episode of The Daily Collegian’s “Friendly Neighborhood Podcast”, co-hosts Jared Smith and Alexis Yoder share fun activities to do in and around State College.

Some of the suggested activities include hiking up Mt. Nittany and going to play miniature golf.

Smith and Yoder finish the episode with a game of ‘would you rather’ relating to the recent announcement of the return of Big Ten football.