Nittany Lion

We're gonna go out to the West Coast for a conversation today.

RJ Abeyta, who covers the USC Trojans for 247Sports and has done so for a while, will join us to break down the Nittany Lions' next opponent, which of course comes in a White Out setting on Saturday evening in Beaver Stadium.

Coming off back-to-back losses, not exactly the momentum builder you're looking for for a matchup like this, but an opportunity for Penn State in a national showcase atmosphere, in a really impressive and incredible environment every single year to find its m- rhythm, to find its momentum, maybe move forward with a little more juice with a road trip to Michigan coming up next.

But we're gonna break down the Trojans, like I said.

I, I like that you mention identity because, uh, Daniel Gallen, my colleague here at Lions247, and I get together for a Tuesday YouTube video, which we did, and people should check it out.

It's about 20 minutes long, from Tuesday recapping the press conference.

And a big part of that conversation for us was five games into his career here with the Nittany Lions, Matt Campbell says his squad is still searching for an identity, and that's essentially the last thing you want to hear if you're a fan of a team and it's going into the second week of October.

Yeah.

I think the market knows something here, and I'm going with Penn State to win this football game by two or more points.

I, I got the Nittany, Nittany Lions here.

Like you said, they're desperate.

They're 0-2 the Big 10, just like Michigan.

The vibes around the team when we spoke a week ago at this time were not great.

They are not great among the fan base right now, but the Nittany Lions have a chance to...

I have a chance to get back on track here against USC.

How are we feeling as we sit, what, 96 hours from kickoff?

So Penn State is getting ready, like we said, to take on USC.

And we are going to start our preview of the game with a look at the Penn State offense against the USC defense.

So the Nittany Lions, of course, are in a position to try and take a step back in the right direction on offense after six mostly bad quarters of play on offense.

And USC comes into this contest with maybe not six bad quarters of play on defense, but for yet another season, T Frank, and you heard Todd Blackledge talk about it a little bit there.

Totally agree, Jeff.

As we got last game before best bets, USC at Penn State, Nittany Lions, minus one and a half is the home favorite, 54 on a hook being the total.

You alluded to it earlier, 7:30 Eastern kick.

Should be a fun one.

Uh, competitive price tag here.

What are we thinking Trojans at the Nittany Lions?

Yeah, I like USC here.

Um, I played them on the money line.

No, no, that's different.

That's that Nittany Lion.

That's totally different.

I will not.

That was recorded in the 1930s for the Nittany Lion in the College Park Zoo.

Don't make me bleed my own blood.

I will not defend USC, but Conquest I will defend.

All right, not an average night, not an average goal for Leafs rookie Gavin McKenna, the top pick in the draft going back a couple of months ago in Buffalo.

Much expected of the former Western Hockey League star turned Penn State Nittany Lion.

He comes in, Tyler, and he was asked the other day, about his welcome to the NHL moments.

And he said it was probably when the media started to question him after going three games to start his run in the NHL without recording a point.

"There was a guilty pleasure question in the mailbag one day.

My one and only guilty pleasure is watching locked on Nittany Lions.

Use- used to be tiger bait."

Yeah, watching the Penn State fan base melt down is hilarious.