FALL '26 Episode 16: Searching for the Bottom

How much farther until we hit rock bottom? As the guys, in their post-Bye Week return, entertain some perhaps-surprising optimism about the team's short-term outlook for this weekend versus Purdue, they inevitably broaden their perspective to question just how long and how degrading Penn State's fall from grace will - and, perhaps, must - be until things start to turn around. From the root causes of our persistent NIL woes to the potential necessity of time spent adrift before they can be fixed, our panel stares boldly into the abyss.

Go State! Beat Purdue!

HOSTED BY: Mike "The Mailman" Herr, Kevin Horne, Chris Buchignani

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