Stuff Somers Says With Steve: A Penn State Podcast

This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s loss to Ohio State. Darian shares his thoughts on the Gameday experience at Ohio Stadium. And the two talk about who they want as head coach. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by ESPN’s Ryan McGee for a conversation about his love of college football, storytelling and BBQ. 
Plus, Darian and Steve discuss Big Noon Kickoff and Fox’s broadcast ahead of the Penn State game on the network against Ohio State, Penn State men’s hockey’s season thus far and more. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Cailey Thalman, a Penn State student who works as a sideline reporter for B1G+ and helps create content for Penn State athletics. 
Plus, Darian and Steve discuss James Franklin’s College Gameday interview and Penn State’s loss to Iowa. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve sum up the end of the James Franklin era of Penn State. What happened. Why it happened. All of it. 
Plus, thoughts from Pat Kraft’s biggest press conference yet – and maybe ever. 
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In our second episode this week, Darian and Steve are joined by Darren Rovell of Cllct.com to discuss how he helped the sports business journalism industry boom and to discuss how Cllct is changing the way we collect things. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve discuss Penn State’s loss to UCLA and everything that comes with it surrounding James Franklin’s future. 
Alternate titles for this episode are: "Uhh...."
"Penn State Lost To UCLA. This Is Bad."
"Steve & Darian Have The Talk"
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Penn State Football Radio broadcast engineer Bob Taylor to discuss what goes in to getting the words of Steve Jones and Jack Ham into your ears.
Plus, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s loss to Oregon and preview Penn State men’s hockey’s 2025-26 season. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by Charlie Dammeyer, who is the director of NBC’s Big Ten Saturday Night game broadcast. Charlie shares his preparation for directing the first White Out game to air on NBC, the strategy for broadcasting the game and more. 
Then, Darian and Steve discuss the White Out as Penn State takes on Oregon at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve recap Penn State's 52-6 win over Villanova. 
Plus, they chat about their gameday experiences as Darian was inside the stadium and Steve listened on the radio. Lastly, should broadcasters make you aware of betting storylines? 
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This week on the podcast, Darian and Steve are joined by The Dominion Post’s West Virginia Football beat writer and Penn State alum Spencer Ripchik. Spencer is an AP voter and gives us a glimpse on the process and how he decides who to put where. 
Plus, Darian and Steve recap Penn State’s win over FIU, 34-0, and have their first conversation about Penn State’s new adidas deal.