Happy Valley Insider's Richie O'Leary breaks down Penn State Football adding Stan Drayton to the staff as the new running backs coach. 

After that he breaks down his past, his impact on the position group and how he will fare as a recruiter. He also offers his take on why the Nittany Lions actually upgraded the room with this hire. 

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Happy Valley Insider's Richie O'Leary talks about Penn State Football losing Running Backs coach Ja'Juan Seider (0:30) and how much of a loss this is for the program (1:25).

After that, he breaks down some of the top candidates out there to replace Seider, including a two-time National Champion (5:53) and several others with Big Ten Conference ties (8:28).

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Happy Valley Insider's Richie O'Leary breaks down Penn State Football's most recent hire in Albany Head Coach Greg Gattuso (0:59) and the two new analysts with ties to Knowles that arrive in State College (7:27).

After that, he offers his best bets (not gambling advice) for this weekend's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles (10:38). 

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Happy Valley Insiders⁠ Richie and Joey talk about Penn State Wrestling losing out on top ranked in-state recruit Bo Bassett, as he commits to Iowa over a top four of Oklahoma State, Penn State and Virginia Tech. (0:16)

The guys go in depth on how NIL was one of the driving factors here (2:40), how it will effect college wrestling recruiting going forward (9:20) and can the Nittany Lions keep up with the NIL race in wrestling? (16:32). They finish up talking about where things stand with another recruiting target in Jax Forrest (24:47).

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Happy Valley Insider⁠ Richie O'Leary previews this upcoming Saturday's Penn State Football Junior Day, as he talks about which committed prospect will be on campus (1:40), which top targets are visiting (3:51) and who could be on commit watch (10:40).

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Happy Valley Insiders⁠ Richie and Joey recap Penn State Wrestling's 31-3 victory over Rutgers last weekend (0:21) and they dive into the biggest takeaways from the match (3:30).

The guys then pivot to previewing and predicting the Friday night Big Ten showdown between No.1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa inside of the Bryce Jordan Center (4:18).

- 125-pounds (5:37)

- 133-pounds (7:46)

- 141-pounds (10:18)

- 149-pounds (13:35)

- 157-pounds (16:39)

- 165-pounds (19:14)

- 174-pounds (22:07)

- 184-pounds (23:33)

- 197-pounds (30:17)

- 285-pounds (32:32)

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Happy Valley Insiders⁠ Richie and Dylan offer their instant reactions to Penn State Football hiring Ohio State assistant coach Jim Knowles as the Nittany Lions new Defensive Coordinator (0:00).

The guys talk about how much money he could be making with Penn State (2:49) and what are the Nittany Lions getting in arguably the nation's top Defensive Coordinator (3:34). They then talk about why Knowles ended up with the Nittany Lions (9:16).

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Happy Valley Insider⁠ Richie O'Leary offers his reaction on Penn State Football landing 2026 Four-Star cornerback Julian Peterson (0:45) and breaks down what the Nittany Lions are getting in the New Jersey star prospect (2:01).

After that he talks about which kids on campus this weekend and next weekend could be the next recruit to join Penn State's top five ranked recruiting class (6:55).

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Happy Valley Insiders⁠ Richie and Joey recap Penn State Wrestling's 31-7 victory over Nebraska last weekend(0:26) and they dive into the losses for Braeden Davis (4:34) and Shayne Van Ness (15:05).

The guys then pivot to previewing and predicting the Friday night Big Ten showdown between Penn State and Rutgers inside of Jersey Mike's Arena (21:12). 

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Happy Valley Insider⁠ Publisher Richie O'Leary breaks down the latest on Penn State Football's search for a Defensive Coordinator as Anthony Campanile and Lyle Hemphill are now off the list (0:50).

After that, he breaks down the latest on Anthony Poindexter's chances at the job (6:45) and then breaks down the three team race involving Penn State for arguably the best DC in the country (11:30).

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