After a brief history of the duo's value system backgrounds (Cattell is an Orthodox Christian, while Richards broadly considers himself an atheist.), the evening quickly dove into debate over a wide range of topics.
Junior setter Abby Detering earned her second conference honors of the season Tuesday after leading the Nittany Lions to a pair of victories last weekend.
"They are Michigan -- but they're different," Gadowsky said. "Last year their offense was just unbelievably explosive. They're still Michigan so it can still be that way but if you look at the success they've had this season...they're doing it with defense."
See the football team and its new Big Ten East Champions hardware before it heads to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship at tonight's basketball game against Georgia Tech.
The White Out was hard to top, but the win over the Michigan State marked the coalescence of Penn State's success this season.
The World Cup run for the rest of the Nittany Lions ended Tuesday morning in the 2-1 United States loss to Korea DPR.