BWI Live: Can Penn State Find A Top Gear In The Run Game Against Wisconsin?
The Penn State Nittany Lions kick off the final stretch of the 2024 football season this weekend when they travel to Wisconsin to face the Badgers in a primetime clash. Today on the BWI Live Show, we discuss the start of the week with James Franklin’s press conference and your questions about the upcoming game.
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Fitz’s Recruiting Update
Before we dive into the football content, we will start with our weekly recruiting update from industry expert Sean Fitz. With the bye week giving the team extra time to check out commits over the weekend, Fitz has a report on which players the team prioritized on Friday and Saturday. He’ll also recap the latest movement in the On300 rankings update for the 2026 recruiting cycle.
The junior seasons for many of Penn State’s top targets are nearing their conclusions. Is there a group of targets starting to emerge? We’ll discuss where the team’s commits and regional targets rank after the fresh update.
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Penn State kicks off Wisconsin Week
Today, we’ll discuss Franklin’s conversation with the media on Monday afternoon. Franklin spoke for nearly 40 minutes on Monday to preview the upcoming game and discuss the state of his team coming out of the bye week.
Among the reoccurring topics from Monday include Quinton Martin’s redshirt status, the team’s run game efficiency, and KJ Winston’s potential availability for the rest of the year. What did Franklin say about these topics? We’ll discuss and dive deeper into your questions and comments during the live show.
BWI Mailbag
Finally, we end the show with your questions and comments in the BWI Mailbag. If you’d like to submit a question for the show to be featured on the segment, subscribe to Blue White Illustrated and check out the Mailbag Submission Thread on Monday night or Tuesday morning before the show. We take the best questions from the chat that we can answer on the show and discuss them. We’ll also take questions from the live chat. Today’s topics include Tom Allen’s defensive adjustments at halftime, linebacker depth, and a preview of the most challenging aspects of the Wisconsin offense and defense.
