Black Shoe Podcast

Penn State football picked up a monster recruit last week, as four-star offensive tackle Michal Menet announced that he will join the Nittany Lions' 2016 recruiting class. He is the latest star prospect to join what is shaping up to be one of the best classes in school history. In this episode of the Black Shoe Podcast, Bill, Nick and Matt will take a look at what Menet's commitment means in the immediate future, they'll take a look at the class as it's currently constructed and they'll end...

After a long three months where Penn Staters got to soak in their first bowl victory since the 2009 season, the #BlackShoePodcast returns! Adam Collyer (@AdamCollyer) is joined as usual by Cari Greene (@NotCarlotta), Bill DiFilippo (@bflip33), and former star Penn State cornerback Stephon Morris to preview this weekend's Blue/White Game, talk Nittany Lions in the NFL Draft, and chat with a few special guests!

Don't worry, we have no idea why we're doing this, either. This Sunday is Wrestlemania 31, the biggest event in fake sports of the year. Because we're a bunch of children, we decided to do a podcast dedicate to WWE's premier event. Adam Collyer, Bill DiFilippo, BSD alum Dan Vecellio and CoachingSearch.com Managing Editor/contributor to The Only Colors (the network's Michigan State blog) Chris Vannini got together to talk about this year's card. If you have nothing better to do, we highly...

Finally, it is over. The 2014-15 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team's season is over. The squad ended the year with an 18-16 mark, and went out on about as high of a note as it could have, with two wins in the Big Ten Tournament and a Cinderella run to the quarterfinals. On this week's episode of the BSD Basketbro show, Bill, Chad and Dan -- who is making his first appearance on the pod -- will tie up what will hopefully be a lovely bow on this year, they'll reminisce on their...

After last week's State of Penn State hoops podcast, a lot of people had questions. We decided that -- since Penn State's two games this week to close out the regular season are against Ohio State and Minnesota and the Nittany Lions have played both of those teams this year -- we would do a quick Iowa recap then dive into the bounty of questions that our beautiful readers have asked. Bill, Eric and Chad talk everything from their thoughts on another potential CBI birth to some burning...

This week sucked. This week in Penn State basketball really, really sucked. The Nittany Lions lost a heartbreaking game against Wisconsin, then the squad got completely smoked by Northwestern, it blew. Fortunately, after the NU loss, there was a silver lining: AD Sandy Barbour gave a public endorsement of Pat Chambers going forward. On this week's episode of the BSD Basketbro Show, Bill, Eric and Chad welcome special guest Tim Beidel, and the guys discuss the state of Penn State hoops. Is...

Penn State basketball happened this week, folks. It happened big time. First, the Nittany Lions had the hell beaten out of them by Ohio State. Then, they lost against Maryland thanks to garbarge officiating. Then Pat Chambers decided to tell a bunch of Big Ten refs that they should go straight to hell. Hooray! To break down the week of Penn State hoops action, Bill and Chad are joined by former SLAM Magazine Editor-in-chief and Penn State alumnus Ryan Jones. The guys talk about everything....

A lot of stuff happened to Penn State basketball this week, and it was mostly good! Sure, the Nittany Lions kicked off its recent stretch of games losing to Maryland in College Park, but the squad was able to bounce back with an ugly and well-deserved win over Nebraska. However, the biggest news of the week came when former PSU guard Tim Frazier got called up to the Philadelphia 76ers and became the school's first alumnus to make the NBA since Calvin Booth in 2009. Bill and Chad will...

Welcome to a special edition of the Black Shoe Podcast. On this episode of the pod, we look at National Signing Day 2015. Bill DiFilippo, Matt de Bear and Nick Polak will talk about everything that occurred during the biggest recruiting day of the year in Happy Valley. Which recruits are going to be the biggest stars? Which under-the-rader commits will you need to remember in the future? What should we expect for the 2016 class, which is shaping up to be one of the best in school history?...

The good news was that Penn State basketball won a game this week. The bad news is that the squad lost one, too. On the latest episode of the BSD Basketbro Show, Bill, Chad and Eric convene to discuss the last week in Penn State basketball. What worked so well for Pat Chambers' Nittany Lions during the team's win over Minnesota? What went wrong during the game against Illinois? What should we expect for the Nittany Lions in the near future, as it kicks off its toughest stretch of the...

Penn State hoops finally won a conference game this week! The Nittany Lions went 1-1 during its most recent stretch of games, as they lost in controversial fashion to Michigan State before taking down Rutgers at home. Actually, that's a bit weak. Penn State tied Rutgers to a tree and beat it over and over with a 9 Iron. Yeah, that's better. On this episode of the BSD Basketbro Show, Bill, Chad and Tim discuss the week in PSU hoops. The guys hit on everything from the games to Brandon...

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH. Penn State basketball went out and Penn State basketball'd all over the place over the last two weeks. The Nittany Lions fell to Michigan, Indiana and Purdue by a combined 19 points and generally found ways to clench defeat from the jaws of victory. We're gonna try to cheer you up with the latest episode of the BSD Basketbro Show, in which Bill DiFilippo and Chad Markulics are joined by Onward State's Noel Purcell. The guys talk about the losses, preview the next week...

The good news is that the BSD Basketbro Show is back. The really good news is that we're joined this week by PennLive basketball reporter and all-around fantastic dude Stephen Pianovich, which you should really be following on Twitter immediately. The bad news is that Bill DiFilippo, Chad Markulics and the Piano man have to discuss Penn State basketball's last two games against Wisconsin and Rutgers. They were both losses. The latter was infinitely more painful than the former. At least...