Richie is joined by Ryan Young of Trojan Sports to discuss everything ahead of Penn State's matchup with USC out in California this Saturday. They discuss...

-- Vibe around USC joining the Big Ten this year (0:27)

-- The Trojans offense under new QB Miller Moss (1:51)

-- Struggles amongst the WR room (3:50) and Offensive Line (8:50)

-- Potent run game under new RB Woody Marks (9:47)

-- New Defense under D'Anton Lynn so far this season (13:10)

-- Poor run defense and the reason why it's had issues (15:50)

-- Linebacker unit + is breakout star Eric Gentry healthy (18:11)

-- Defensive X-Factor for USC (21:30) and Offensive X-Factor for USC (22:24)

-- Trojans Special Teams Units (23:10)

-- Predictions (26:05)

-- NIL (29:02)

Richie and Dylan talks about each of the committed prospects who visited campus this weekend and break down Penn State Football's chances of flipping each of them.

-- Now Former Louisville DB commit Josh Johnson (0:30)

-- South Carolina WR commit Lex Cyrus (3:53)

-- Oregon DB commit Brandon Finney (7:09)

-- Duke ATH commit Bradley Gompers (10:43)

Richie and Dylan break down everything they saw in a rewatch of Penn State's 27-11 win over UCLA (0:20), the team's slow start (3:04) and break down the run game with and without Nick Singleton (5:29). 

They close by taking an early look at this upcoming opponent in the USC Trojans (18:20).

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HappyValleyInsider.com publisher Richie O'Leary offers an instant reaction to #PennState Football's 27-11 win over #UCLA on Saturday afternoon.

Dylan and Richie talk about the ongoing situation with the placekicker (0:30) before transitioning to talk about the UCLA Bruins ahead of this week's game (2:05).

They wrap things up by talking about this weekend's recruit visitor list (17:05) and a new FutureCast in favor of Penn State (17:34). Then close talking about where Penn State Basketball landed in the Big Ten Media Day preseason poll (23:43).

Dylan and Richie preview the unexpected big time recruiting weekend for Penn State Football as they take on Illinois.

-- Notable 2025 recruits (0:50)

-- Notable 2026 recruits (5:09)

-- Notable 2027 recruits (22:50)

Dylan and Marty of Happy Valley Insider preview the Illinois game starting with the opening spread (0:35) before diving into this year’s Illinois offense (3:05) and how the Penn State linebacker room will fare against them despite injuries (6:49). 

The guys then talk about Andy Kotelnicki’s offense versus the Illini defense (26:02) and wrap it up with score predictions (39:04).

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Richie and Dylan offer an instant reaction to Penn State Football HC James Frtanklin announcing that star safety KJ Winston will be out with a long term injury.