Nittany Lion Sports Report – Penn State out of the College Football Playoff with Loss to Ohio State, Guest Picker Showdown
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, with Bob Long and Tyler Gehlhaus, we discuss Penn State’s loss to Ohio State in the Horseshoe on Saturday, what went wrong, but also how Penn State turned the game around to make it close. We also discuss the fanbase’s thoughts towards James Franklin, and grade the job […]
Podcast: BLS Live from the Bryce Jordan Center – Rutgers vs. PSU
In this week’s special BLS Radio Show, with Bob Long and John Lacy, we are live from the Bryce Jordan Center before the Rutgers vs. Penn State Big Ten basketball contest. We previewed the game, discussed what the Nittany Lions need to do to turn around their season and get their first Big Ten win, […]
Podcast: April 8th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, with Bob Long and Kevin McClernand, we began by recapping the semifinal games on Saturday night in Atlanta, Louisville vs Wichita State then Michigan vs Syracuse (Start-25:20). We then moved on to a discussion of the “Dome Theory,” the belief that the concept of basketball games being […]
Nova Still with a Reason to Fight
The Villanova Wildcats (12-18, 5-13 Big East) have had a season as rough as any since Jay Wright began coaching the program 11 years ago. Villanova went from being ranked at the beginning of the season to winning just 5 Big East conference games in the regular season. However, this Villanova team has a reason […]
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 […]
Podcast: September 19th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we discussed the disappointing Penn State football performance against Temple this past weekend, not pulling any punches on the players, coaches, or administration (Start-9:10). Then, we fully analyzed the dynamic nature of conference alignment in college football, and outlined the domino effect of recent decisions by schools […]
Penn State and Pitt to Renew Rivalry
Yesterday, it was announced that Penn State and Pittsburgh would renew the in-state rivalry which began over 100 years ago. The two storied programs have met 96 times, and Penn State holds a slight 50-42-4 advantage in what has been an extremely competitive, intense rivalry in the past. However, to newer college football fans, or say, students […]
Big East Power Rankings
It has been a week of chaos in the strongest conference in college basketball, the Big East. Three of the top four teams, Pittsburgh, Villanova, and Syracuse, have all lost in the first three days of Week 12. Over the next few weeks, I will be giving my power rankings for major conferences and mid-majors […]
College Football Conference Update
Yesterday, the big 5 from the Big XII (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State) declared that they would all remain with the Big XII and not pursue other conference affiliations. This declaration leaves the Big XII with 10 teams, the Big Ten with 12 teams, and the Pac 10 with 11 teams. Expansion seems […]