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 with a look at how this class could shape up come National Signing Day. Get excited, the Black Shoe Podcast is back!

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 recommend listening as the guys get way too giddy about Brock Lesnar.

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 favorite aspects of this squad and they will pay homage to the careers of the four Nittany Lions who will leave the program after this season: Ross Travis, Kevin Montminy, Alan Wisniewski, and of course, D.J. Newbill.

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 questions regarding 2015-16.