Big Recruiting News Ahead? | Penn State vs. FIU Game Preview and Predictions

The Penn State Nittany Lions Football team takes on FIU on Saturday at noon in the second of a three-game non-conference slate to start the 2025 season. There was concern this offseason that it would be hard to attract top talent to Happy Valley in the first month of the season, given the team’s opponents and the annual White Out Game’s presence at the end of the month. However, after a strong first weekend, Penn State is poised to have another important weekend. Join the BWI Live Recruiting Show as recruiting reporters Sean Fitz and Ryan Snyder discuss the important names planning to travel to Penn State this weekend.

We’ll also discuss the biggest high school games of the weekend that Snyder is tracking. Of course, we’ll discuss the latest news with the Penn State football team, recapping practice, previewing the game and giving our final score predictions.

Join the BWI Live Recruiting Show today at 10 a.m. on YouTube. We’ll be taking questions and comments from the live chat throughout the show. However, if you can’t catch us live, check us out on replay anywhere you get your podcasts, in this article, or on the channel.

Penn State practice update

We’ll start the show by discussing the biggest recruiting news of the week. Snyder discusses what Penn State fans need to know about the team’s efforts to acquire more talent for the upcoming classes of 2026 and 2027.

From there, we’ll dive into what we saw from Penn State’s open practice on Wednesday night. We’ll discuss what head coach James Franklin had to say afterward, including a status update on starters Zuriah Fisher and nickel defender Zion Tracy.

Nevada visit recap and FIU Preview

Last weekend, Penn State saw over 50 prospects join the team for the 46-11 win over Nevada to open the season. This week, several notable players are joining the program for the noon game against FIU. Snyder will discuss the feedback he got from key recruits who joined the program a week ago. Next, we’ll discuss PA prospect Tavian Branch’s decision to join the program for an official visit this weekend.

Will Penn State get a flip this weekend? We’ll discuss that and which other players are coming to the game this weekend.

Snyder will also outline the important high school games coming this weekend that include Penn State targets and commits.

FIU Preview

Finally, we’ll discuss the game between Penn State and FIU on Saturday. We’ll break down what we want to see from the Nittany Lions on Saturday and what sort of team they’ll face in the Golden Panthers. Join us to give your score predictions to end the show!