Stuff Somers Says With Steve: A Penn State Podcast

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap the sports media aspects around Indiana winning a national title (That still feels weird to say.) Plus, they share the 2025 Penn State football end of season survey results and discuss the future of the Blue-White game… if there is one. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Penn State alum Mike Conti. Mike is the play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta United and Brand Manager of Sports Radio 92.9 The Game in Atlanta. 
Plus, Steve has five questions for Darian. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are back to discuss Penn State’s win in the Pinstripe Bowl, how the Nittany Lions have handled the portal and setting the table for 2026 in Penn State athletics. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve discuss what they noticed while watching the College Football Playoff, preview Penn State’s trip to the Pinstripe Bowl against Clemson and discuss Penn State wrestling’s 77-match winning streak. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Mike DeCourcy for a conversation about his career as a sports columnist, bracketologist and analyst on BTN. 
Plus, the biggest moments that changed the way Penn State fans consumed Penn State sports in 2025. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve discuss Penn State hiring Matt Campbell as its new head coach, why he makes a lot of sense for the position and how he won his opening press conference. 
Plus, we talk about the Pat Kraft leaked audio. (A quick heads up there will be swearing in this episode…for journalistic purposes.) 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve discuss Penn State missing on BYU’s Kalani Sitake for the open head coaching position in Happy Valley. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Lions247 Beat Writer Tyler Donohue for a conversation about covering the Penn State’s coaching search, life on the message boards and more. 
Plus, we talk about The Button. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Penn State’s Deputy AD for Strategic Engagement and Brand Advancement Leah Beasley. Leah, who joined Penn State this season, talks through her approach to evaluating the gameday experience and helping the Penn State brand grow. 
Plus, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over Michigan State, discuss James Franklin heading to Virginia Tech and share what clauses they want in the new head coach’s contract. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined once again by Dana O’Neil as she returns to journalism, working as a sports writer at CNN. Dana explains why she returned to sports writing after working at Villanova, her love of feature writing and gives her Peanuts specials rankings. 
Plus, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s loss to Indiana and debate whether or not Gus Johnson’s call of the game took from the moment. 
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