BWI Live: Penn State Winter Media Day Recap
The Penn State football team held Winter Media Day yesterday, allowing reporters to sit down with Penn State head coach James Franklin for an update on the latest moves within the program. They officially introduced the 2024 freshman class for the first time during a two-hour interview session with the young players. Reporter Greg Pickel was at the event and joins the show today to discuss what he heard and learned from yesterday. We’ll also be discussing the latest in the Penn State running backs coach search and more.
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The latest on the Penn State running backs coach search
Yesterday, Franklin discussed the timeline and criteria for the team’s running backs coach search during his roughly 40-minute talk to the media. While we’ll get into those details later in the show, we’ll start with the latest names that are part of the search. Pickel will discuss what he knows about who is in the candidate pool. He’ll also discuss what the freshmen running backs had to say about the situation during their interviews with the media yesterday afternoon.
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Next, we’ll discuss the coaching search from Franklin’s perspective. He discussed what he’s looking for in his next leader of the running back room. He once again stressed that the team doesn’t have time to wait and needs a coach who can immediately make an impact.
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However, he brought up some other topics within that answer that may or may not have to do with the current coaching search. We’ll discuss those thoughts, plus potential changes to spring football during Between the Lines.
Freshman Media Day
Finally, we’ll discuss the young players we talked to and the main takeaways from those conversations. From Cooper Cousins to Ethan Grunkemyer, we met with the entire freshman class, and we’ll discuss what we learned about the personalities on display yesterday. We’ll also discuss the information about player development and goals for the coming year.
Want to ask a question about your favorite player we met yesterday? Join the show in the live chat and discuss it with us! We’ll take questions and comments during the hour-long show.
