Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 13: Manic Depression

The season comes to a horrific close, with Penn State's demoltion at the hands of Deebo Bielema, Montee Ball, and Russell Wilson. Listen as Kevin F**king Powers and I discuss the various forces conspiring against Penn State's present and future, including:

The fine art of Big Ten officiating
The uselessness of search committees
Urban Meyer's noble crusade to save college football from itself while also destroying Penn State
Truly dark, horrific possible destinations for PSU's coaching search
Russ Rose's amazing ability to multitask the coaching search and his team's NCAA tournament run
The weirdness of the "Senior Woman Administrator" job title
Dan Mullen, Charlie Strong, Tony Dungy and anyone else willing and brave enough to save us
The fine line between firing coaches and administrators
The burden of being Tom Bradley
And much, much more. It's an hour. Much of it spent crying on each others' shoulders.

Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 12: Ohio State Preview With Ramzy Nasrallah

Well, if anyone can appreciate being at the bottom of the media dogpile during a scandal, it's our friends at Ohio State. Ramzy Nasrallah from Eleven Warriors joins us to talk about the Buckeyes, their dynamic offense (pretty sure Ramzy thinks the OSU offense makes PSU look like the Air Raid), and the art of being trolled by Sports By Brooks.

Afterward, Kevin and I have basically had it.

Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 11: Scandal and Heartbreak

It's practically impossible to keep up with the news coming out of University Park, but last night we gave it a shot. Kevin and I brought in our old friend Pat Vint from BHGP, and he added a little perspective via Iowa's bungled sexual assault case a few years ago. Also, he provided the important role of buffer, to prevent Kevin and me from just screaming agreements at each other.

The real star of the show? Of course, it's Ben Jones, who is now up to approximately 38,582 followers on Twitter. I haven't actually checked the number this morning, but given the upward trend last night, I'm sure it's rather close to the actual total.

Black Shoe Diaries Podcast 10: Lost Letterman And Beyond

For this episode, Jeff and I talk to Jim Weber from LostLettermen.com, who updates us on what many of our former favorite Penn Staters are doing these days. Afterward, Jeff and I discuss the Illinois game, Joe Paterno's future, and the tough road still ahead of our Nittany Lions.