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Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times and Daily Bruin:

STARTING, PREGAME MINDSET?

Justyn Martin: “So, I prepped all week, you know, just in case, I didn’t really know too much about starting or anything, I was just kind of focused on the task at hand. You know, they told me, I’m going to get the reps at practice so I prepared as if I was going to be a starter and gave it my all, and the coaches did a good job preparing me.”

WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT?

JM: “It was kind of like a last minute decision. I didn’t really know too much kind of going in, I was, you know, same mindset regardless if I wasn’t going to play or if I was, we still wanted to play.”

EARLY RHYTHM?

JM: “I think coach EB did a great job just understanding, like, you know, what we're good at as an offense, and he called some great plays that put us in position to win. I didn't really have to do, like, too much thinking. How we prepped during the week was, you know, pretty much what we saw out there. So it was pretty easy to just go out there and execute the plays he called.”

NERVES?

JM: “No, I didn't have nerves. I was more excited. You know, it's like my first game in about three years, so I was really excited to get to this moment. And you know, we didn't get the outcome that we wanted, but I'm proud of how our offense played. I'm proud of how our whole team played, and they supported me throughout the entire week up to now. So I really appreciate all of it.”

BEST PREGAME ADVICE?

JM: “Yeah, so Ethan and Chase Griffin, really, everybody they were supporting me throughout the week. Garbs was just saying, you know, really, like, understand the moment. And, you know, not a lot of people get a chance to play in front of 100,000 people. So, I was appreciative of this opportunity to play at Penn State – a great, legendary college environment. So he was just saying, appreciate it. And, you know, not really get too sunk into, you know, it's your first start this and that. Just enjoy it, and play ball like you know how you have.”

FEMI, THE SACK? HOW DID IT FEEL? DEFENSIVE PRESSURE:

Oluwafemi Oladejo: “Yeah, it felt good. We knew we had been struggling in the last few weeks, so really trying to get after. It felt good. You know, I thought we left some more on the table. That's more improvements to work on, and some more work to do as we keep going.”

STEP FORWARD FOR DEFENSE?

OO: “Yeah, definitely, obviously, we knew this team would pound the ball. I believe they averaged 250 yards a game, so we knew we had to step up. Like I said, still have mistakes on the field. So a lot to correct.”

IKAIKA MALLOE CHANGES IN GAME PLAN?

OO: “Yeah, I think the whole staff did – offense and defense. I think yeah, he showed emotion, the whole staff did. You know, like we have been working day in, day in and day out. So a lot of people change things, how we approach things, what they're correcting us on the film, we just got to make it happen as players.”

OFFENSIVE TD LATE IN THE GAME?

JM: “Yeah, the biggest thing for us is finish, no matter what the score is. We didn't come out here to lay over, we came out here to win and play to the last snap. So that's just not how I am as a person, that's not how our team is. We're going to finish regardless. So actually, finishing the drive was good for us. And ending on a positive note, something proud of.”

CONNECTION WITH LOGAN?

JM: “Me and Logan, like he's been one of my guys since I got on campus, just helping me, you know, get used to everything. So, you know, it's kind of, it worked out that way, that he got a lot of targets, and he was just open for me. Going into this game, I really did want to feed my receivers, and I wanted to, you know, let them loose, but Logan, just, you know, was the one today. So it's kind of how it worked out.”

ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER GAME?

JM: “Yeah, I have a lot of support coming in. Just all the staff members on our team, you know, congratulated me and just, you know, said that I did pretty well. My teammates, they showed me support since day one, and they've been, you know, corralling around me, you know, family. I just have a great support staff all around and I just appreciate the coaches, you know, not giving up on me, and, you know, taking their time with me and pushing me to be the quarterback that I want to be.”

Had a HS assignment canceled due to forfeit so made the short drive down the freeway

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two seats , $60 each . in row 22 , seats 9-10. Text me at 626-233-2643 .Pay by paypal, venmo and I can elect transfer tix

Highlighted, of course, by the growing possibility that Justyn Martin could be making the first start of his collegiate career:

Against Penn State. Garbers is pretty beat up. Game time decision

I know this is the opposite of Juan's feeling of "hating the staff" but after seeing CDF's interviews and the DC's interview this week it is clear the coaches give a s---. This seems in stark contrast to Chip's bland and distant interviews. And when you see players like Carlin come out saying that they need to have more pride individually to improve their performance, it says that the team is all still invested and pulling on the same end of the rope. This sucks more for them than it could ever suck for fans. I feel better attaching my hopes to coaches that I know are truly invested than coaches who although may be offensive savants, don't really care.

UCLA head coach Mick Cronin will address the media Thursday at 7:40 a.m. PT and he will be joined by guards Dylan Andrews and Kobe Johnson.

The press conferences will be televised live on Big Ten Network and the Fox Sports app, as well as the league’s social media channels.

to join their conference.

I feel like posting but don't feel like talking about our current team for now. So, I'd just like to say how much I loved Carnell Lake as an OLB at UCLA and would love to see us go out there and target more guys like him. A Fast as F athlete that we can mold into an OLB. That was the magic of Miami's best defenses back in their heyday... taking Strong safeties and Safeties and forging them into disruptive linebackers... Carnell is still 1st and 4th in TFLs and Sacks at UCLA! Not bad for guy eventually listed at 6'1" 213. I apologize in advance as I do bring out this comment every few years.

The latest on a ton of big names:

The latest from the Penn State site:

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Garbers, Jacob Busic and Croix Stewart remain on exercise bikes to open today’s practice

Will see if anything changes in participation with the players who were held out of the start of last night’s practice.

Things get started around 9:15 a.m.

Hey guys! Richie O’Leary here, publisher of Happy Valley Insider aka the Penn State-Rivals site. Just wanted to drop by and post our video from Penn State head coach James Franklin's press conference today.

There is only a couple of UCLA questions / answers in there, so ENJOY!

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It will be another evening practice today so we’ll talk to DeShaun Foster before 7 p.m.

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UCLA has offered a slew of Inglewood HS players since Saturday. After offers to 2027 teammates Elija Harmon and Jailen Hill, the Bruins offered 2025 three-star DE Lucien Holland on Monday night.

He’s been committed to Boise State since June.

The Pula brothers committed to UCLA today. Both will play in the NFL in the not too distant future. Congrats to Foster and his team for a get pickup!

Against Penn State. That’s more than LSU and Oregon. Unreal

A look across the conference here:

Just saw the visitor list moments ago and it’s a loaded one.

Below I’ll sort them into the commits and the rest by recruiting class.

There has to be a game where fans can point to and say...We're definitely headed in the right direction.

They all can't be like the Hawaii game.... looking at the remaining schedule there has to be schools that are worse than us. It would suck if we ended up in the cellar

Just finished going through the numbers: