Penn State Football with Rich Scarcella

Episode 17: Fiesta Bowl edition

readingeagle — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:18:06 -0400

Rich wraps the first season of the Penn State Football Podcast with conversations with Joe Juliano of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Donnie Collins of the Scranton Times-Tribune. They talk about the Fiesta Bowl, Washington and Saquon Barkley.

Episode 16: Audrey Snyder and Ben Jones

readingeagle — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:22:43 -0400

Audrey Snyder of DK Pittsburgh Spots and Ben Jones of State College.com join Rich to discuss Penn State’s invitation to the Fiesta Bowl, Saquon Barkley’s Heisman snub and the coaching staff changes.

Episode 15: Frank Bodani and Mike Gross

readingeagle — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:16:05 -0400

Frank Bodani of the York Daily Record and Mike Gross of Lancaster Newspapers are the guests on this week’s episode. They discussed Penn State’s regular season and the state of the program, Joe Moorhead, Saquon Barkley and the Nittany Lions’ possible bowl destinations.

Episode 14: Mark Wogenrich

readingeagle — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:57:51 -0400

Mark Wogenrich of The Morning Call is the guest on this week’s podcast. We discussed Saquon Barkley’s Penn State career and his future, the Nittany Lions’ regular season and their finale at Maryland.

Episode 13: Derek Levarse and John McGonigal

readingeagle — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:31:22 -0400

Derek Levarse of the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and John McGonigal of the Centre Daily Times were my guests. We reviewed Penn State’s win over Rutgers, previewed the Nittany Lions’ game against Nebraska and discussed Saquon Barkley’s Heisman Trophy chances and possible bowl destinations.

Episode 12: Andrew Callahan and Bil Rabinowitz

readingeagle — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:21:00 -0400

Andrew Callahan of Lions 247 breaks down Penn State’s loss to Michigan State and previews Saturday’s Rutgers game and Bill Rabinowitz of the Columbus Dispatch reviews Ohio State’s stunning loss to Iowa.

Episode 11: Heather Dinich and Donnie Collins

readingeagle — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:28:44 -0400

Heather Dinich of ESPN, a former Reading Eagle intern, discusses the College Football Playoff rankings and Donnie Collins of the Scranton Times-Tribune analyzes the Penn State-Michigan State matchup.

Episode 10: Steve Jones

readingeagle — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:08:52 -0400

Steve Jones, the voice of Penn State football since 2000, is this week’s guest. Jones and Scarcella discuss the history of the Nittany Lions’ series with Ohio State and some of their memorable wins and also analyze the matchup between the Lions and the Buckeyes.

Penn State Football with Rich Scarcella: Week Nine

readingeagle — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:36:48 -0400

Nate Bauer of Blue-White Illustrated talks to Rich Scarcella. Nate has covered Penn State for the last 10 years.

Episode Eight: Kim Jones

readingeagle — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:36:57 -0400

Rich’s guest this week is Kim Jones of The NFL Network. They discuss her upcoming profile of Penn State running back Saquon Barkley and his NFL prospects, Christian Hackenberg’s status with the New York Jets and former Penn Staters in the NFL.

Episode Seven: Teddy Greenstein

readingeagle — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:02:14 -0400

Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune has covered the Big Ten for more than 20 years.

Episode Six: Joe Juliano

readingeagle — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:25:25 -0400

This week, Rich talks to Joe Juliano of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe covers Penn State football and golf and has covered Villanova basketball, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Penn Relays for the Inquirer. They discussed Penn State’s thrilling victory over Iowa, Saquon Barkley’s Heisman Trophy chances, the Nittany Lions’ upcoming game against Indiana and also the scandal that rocked college basketball this week.

Episode Five: Tom Dienhart

readingeagle — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:35:23 -0400

This week, Penn State beat writer Rich Scarcella talks to Tom Dienhart, senior writer for the Big Ten Network website. He’s a former writer for The Sporting News.

Episode Four: Mark Brennan

readingeagle — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:29:06 -0400

This week, Rich talks about Penn State’s recruiting efforts with Mark Brennan, owner and publisher of FightOnState.com.

Episode Three: Ron Cook

readingeagle — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:05:51 -0400

Rich talks with Ron Cook, the veteran columnist with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The two discuss the history of the rivalry between Penn State and Pittsburgh.

Episode Two: Matt Brown

readingeagle — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:01:00 -0400

This week, Rich Scarcella talks with Matt Brown of sportsonearth.com.

Episode One: Neil Rudal

readingeagle — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:14:18 -0400

Altoona Mirror editor Neil Rudel, who has covered Penn State football for four decades, discusses the Nittany Lions’ 2017 season in the first Penn State Football with Rich Scarcella weekly podcast.