Bill O’Brien the Right Hire at Penn State
Penn State has hired Bill O’Brien as the program’s 15th head football coach. O’Brien is currently the Offensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots, the top seed in the AFC playoffs. O’Brien has had extensive coaching experience at both the college and professional level. He has been a running backs coach at Brown, an offensive […]
Bill O’Brien Agrees to Become Penn State Football Coach
BREAKING NEWS: According to sources, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien has agreed to become the next head football coach at Penn State. The move will become official with an announcement this coming Saturday. Many coaches were rumored to be candidates for the position, including interim coach Tom Bradley, but the university had claimed […]
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 […]
Curtis Drake Not on Bowl Trip, McGloin Status Uncertain
Curtis Drake will not make the trip with the Penn State football team to Dallas for the Ticketcity Bowl, which will be played on January 2nd. Coach Tom Bradley stated that Drake would not make the trip for “personal reasons.” Curtis Drake was involved in a locker room fight with Matt McGloin during a recent […]
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 13th Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, we said goodbye to our co-host, Stephen Didamo, who spent the fall on-air on Bob Long Sports. We discussed Jerry Sandusky’s decision to waive his preliminary hearing, and then embarked upon a full-on discussion of the case as a whole. A great discussion! (Start-29:18). Then, we discussed the […]
Podcast: November 29th Nittany Lion Sports Report
In this week’s Nittany Lion Sports Report, which airs every Tuesday 9-10PM, we discussed the Penn State football game this weekend against Wisconsin (Start-9:27), engaged in a Penn State Football “Season in Review” (9:27-15:30), and discussed the head coaching search for Penn State, including which big name candidates could be considered (15:30-29:12). Then, we discussed […]
Tom Bradley Introductory Press Conference AUDIO
November 10th, 2011: Bob Long Sports attended the Tom Bradley Introductory Press Conference as the new Head Coach of Penn State. Plenty of discussion about the chaos of the past week. Take a listen.
Penn State Board of Trustees Press Conference on Paterno’s Firing
November 9th, 2011: Bob Long Sports attended the landmark Board of Trustees press conference, held at the Penn Stater Hotel in State College. The futures of Graham Spanier and Joe Paterno were discussed, and the media had their shots at the Board of Trustees. Listen in!