Podcast: January 2nd Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s show, we discussed the Ticketcity Bowl (Penn State vs. Houston). We discussed the game itself (Start-31:25), the Head Coaching situation at Penn State (31:25-42:25), and the other notable BCS bowls, including the Rose Bowl and a National Championship preview (42:25-1:09:50). Then, we analyzed the Winter Classic and took a call from Chris […]
Bowl Season Gone Bad for Penn State
First, it was that Penn State got snubbed by 4 bowls and dropped all the way to the Ticketcity Bowl. Then, the story was that Penn State had barely sold more than 3,000 tickets for the game, a number that since has improved, but not dramatically. Now, the program is dealing with a fight that […]
Podcast: December 6th Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, I was solo talking Penn State sports. I started with football, discussing the Ticketcity Bowl and why Penn State dropped all the way to this bowl bid, and also discussed the coaching search at Penn State (Start-31:18). Then, I discussed Penn State basketball, with interviews from Ross Travis […]
Podcast: December 5th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we discussed at-length the college football bowl system, the rematch between LSU and Alabama in the National Championship Game (Start-8:20), the logic and reasoning behind a plus-1 system at some point in the future in college football (8:20-13:00), and the other BCS Bowl matchups and snubs (13:00-22:25). […]
Cue the Conference Realignment
The music starts, the group walks in a circle. Then the music stops, and everyone dives for a seat. Welcome to the current state of college football. Pittsburgh and Syracuse rocked the college football world by declaring an intention to apply for membership in the ACC. With the move imminent in the next year or […]
TCU to Join Big East
TCU has accepted an invitation to become the 17th member of the Big East Conference and the 9th football member, beginning in the 2012-2013 season. The move puts the basketball conference in a very precarious position, as a league with 17 members, with potentially more members to come, makes scheduling, organization, and distribution of revenue […]