Tony Rojas injury impact; Penn State vs UCLA preview, players to watch and predictions

Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Penn State must make adjustments after the loss of starting linebacker Tony Rojas to a long-term injury. We examine the names to know moving forward, then shift focus to additional PSU practice takeaways and previewing the Nittany Lions' Saturday game at UCLA. Enjoy complete Penn State coverage anytime at Lions247.com. Follow the team on X: @Lions247 @TDsTake @danieljtgallen @tyler_calvaruso @MarkXBrennan. Follow or subscribe to the Lions247 Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. And watch every episode on YouTube. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast.
0:05.0	I am Tyler Donahue, joined as always on a Thursday by Daniel Gallen and Mark Brennan, my colleagues over at Lions 24-7.com.
0:13.0	If you're watching on YouTube, Mark's outside. It's a beautiful day here in Happy Valley.
0:18.0	These guys are hitting the road on Friday. They're actually hitting the
0:20.8	skies off to Los Angeles, Pasadena specifically, and the Rose Bowl. We were all there together
0:26.3	a few years back. A little bit of a different setting this time around for a UCLA home game,
0:30.6	but the first time Penn State plays a big 10 matchup in the Rose Bowl in the regular season.
0:37.1	New territory for us, A good excuse to get out
0:39.5	into some sunshine out there in Southern California for these guys. Hopefully, we got a lot to
0:43.2	discuss on this episode of the podcast. Number seven Penn State visiting winless UCLA.
0:48.6	It's a 330 kickoff here 1230 kickoff local time. Lions are favored by 25 and a half points.
0:55.3	We'll give you our predictions later, let you know where we land on that betting margin.
0:59.0	We broke down UCLA in detail with Bruins reporter Mike Regalado from within our 24-7 sports network on our last episode of this show.
1:07.5	It dropped on Wednesday.
1:08.9	That episode was also paired with Tyler Calvaruso giving us a ton of feedback from Penn It dropped on Wednesday. That episode was also paired with Tyler Calvuso,
1:12.2	giving us a ton of feedback from Penn State's big whiteout recruiting event. More than 200 prospects.
1:17.7	We're in Beaver Stadium on Saturday night at some flip targets as well. If you missed any of that
1:22.5	conversation, learn more about UCLA, learn more about nitty lines recruiting from that Wednesday episode.
1:27.8	We're going to keep things rolling forward here.
1:29.8	And we've got to get into some unfortunate news for Penn State.
1:32.9	They're trying to bounce back from this painful loss to Oregon.
1:36.0	And now, Daniel, they've got to work their way through an injury situation.
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