BWI Live: Recapping the First Week of Penn State Training Camp and Media Day
Penn State football is nearly a calendar week through fall training camp and the 2024 season is a full-go after Media Day on Saturday. On today’s BWI Live Show, we’ll discuss what we’ve seen so far from the team’s two open practices, and discuss the most interesting comments we heard during the day-long media session this past weekend.
Penn State Football experts Sean Fitz and Nate Bauer discuss the team’s progress through the first three practices and what they learned from their conversations on Saturday. We’ll discuss the receiver room’s progress this offseason, according to it’s coaches, and take your comments throughout the show! It’s a busy week but we’ll still make time for the BWI Mailbag to get your thoughts and questions to cap off the day!
Join us live on YouTube at 10 a.m. Tues-Thurs or watch the replay anytime here on the site. There’s never been a better time to join Blue White Illustrated or the BWI YouTube Channel than right now!
Fitz’s recruiting update
Penn State got a surprise commitment after a week of surprise commitments this past weekend. Pennsylvania native and 2027 running back Kemon Spell committed to the program on Sunday, nearly three full years before his college enrollment date. Fitz will discuss the meaning of such an early commitment and what it says about Spell.
He’ll also discuss some of the rule changes in college football and how they are affecting the team’s recruiting strategies for the Class of 2025 and beyond.
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Dylan Raiola injury
Nebraska QB will play vs. USC
- 2
Elko pokes at Kiffin
A&M coach jokes over kick times
- 3New
SEC changes course
Alcohol sales at SEC Championship Game
- 4
Bryce Underwood
Michigan prepared to offer No. 1 recruit $10.5M over 4 years
- 5Trending
Dan Lanning
Oregon coach getting NFL buzz
Penn State press conferences: Between the lines
There were thousands of questions and answers during Penn State Media Day, and our experts highligh the most interesting for today’s show. We’ll discuss what Fitz and Bauer discussed with their interview subjects, plus highlight comments that head coach James Franklin and offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki made at the podium.
We discuss the defensive end depth situation after the losses to that position since the spring and we dive into a conversation about the wide receivers. Are they ready to play with more physicality? We’ll play a clip from Kotelnicki that raises the question.
BWI Mailbag
Finally, we’ll get to your questions in the BWI Mailbag to conclude the show. We’ll address the situation at guard and center with Cooper Cousins. Is there a new plan for the freshman lineman? From there, we’ll discuss the opening game against West Virginia and highlight special teams. Want to ask your own question? Join the show live at 10 a.m. and put your thoughts into the live chat during the show.
