Podcast: October 9th Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, we discussed the sentencing of Jerry Sandusky of 30 to 60 years (Start-4:50), analyzed the NCAA panel on the future of the organization and its members, elaborating on the answers or lackthereof given by the panel (4:50-10:23). Then, we analyzed the Penn State victory over Northwestern this past […]
Podcast: February 13th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we discussed conference realignment, including the situations of West Virginia to the Big XII, Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the ACC, the future of the Big East, Mountain West, Conference USA, and much more. We also discussed college basketball in depth, in terms of which conference is the […]
Chambers and Penn State get First Marquee Win
In just his first season as the Penn State Head Basketball Coach, Pat Chambers has had his share of setbacks with the team. He started the year without 80% of last year’s scoring and without 70% of last year’s rebounding, and faced a improved Big Ten conference without established senior leaders. Certainly, the team has […]
Podcast: November 1st Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, we analyzed all the permutations through which Penn State could win the Big Ten Leaders Division, and previewed the remainder of the Big Ten schedule in this light (Start-20:18). Then, we recapped the Illinois game this past weekend at Beaver Stadium (20:18-28:56), and analyzed the state of the […]
Podcast: October 25th Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report on Bob Long Sports, we recapped the Northwestern vs. Penn State game this weekend. We also previewed the Penn State vs. Illinois game this weekend. We hit the Michigan State vs. Wisconsin upset special this past weekend, and talked about what this does to the Leaders Division in […]
Big Ten Power Rankings
The Big Ten was vaunted as the top basketball conference in the country in the preseason by many analysts, fans, and players. It was thought by most to be the deepest conference in the country, while also having top teams in the mix such as Ohio State and Michigan State. As I type this article […]
The Etiquette of Storming the Floor
Yesterday, the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated #18 Illinois at the Bryce Jordan Center on a dunk by Andrew Jones with 1 second remaining on the clock. After 2 timeouts, and a heave down the court that was deflected away by Penn State’s Jeff Brooks, the Penn State students rushed the floor. I attended this […]
Big Ten…Not its Day
On January 1st, 2011, the Big Ten had 5 teams playing in bowl games. After playing impressively last bowl season, posting a 4-3 record as a conference, including wins from each of the top 4 teams in the conference, the Big Ten took a major step backward on New Year’s Day 2011. In the early […]
Big Ten Logo and Division Names Announced
Today, the Big Ten announced the titles for its 2 new divisions. Each division will have 6 teams, and each team will play 3 inter-division games per season. This plan was released at the beginning of September. However, the titles for the 2 divisions was still to be decided, as was the new logo which […]