[spliff45]

Pats OC Bill O'Brien

Bill O'Brien agrees to be Penn State Nittany Lions coach, sources say - ESPN

[FalseMirage]

He must like a challenge.

[pumpdog20]

It'll be another Belicheck flop

[hoffahawk]

Originally Posted by FalseMirage

He must like a challenge.

Understatement of the Century.

I also love the PSU fans thinking they were going to get Miles or Saban. And the ones unhappy with this hire, they are lucky anybody would agree to take it.

[socalhawkeye198]

The last Pats OC to take a college head coaching gig worked out well, right? Oh, wait ...

[spliff45]

No need to disband the search committee, they'll be right back at it in 2014.

[morley10]

Maybe he will be a successful another New England OC that went to Notre Dumb a few years back, well we can only hope.

[spliff45]

He's staying with the Pats through the playoffs. I would think he might want to get his staff together and get out and recruit.

[ArizonaHawkeye88]

I wouldn't take ESPN's word on any thing. Does any one a second source?

[ArizonaHawkeye88]

Found it on yahoo.
Report: Pats assistant O'Brien to Penn State - College Football - Rivals.com

[tweeterhawk]

ESPN is also suggesting that former Hawkeye Brian Ferentz might be considered for signal-calling duties with the Pats without being named OC.

Where might Pats look for coordinator? - New England Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

[JonDMiller]

Here is the late November 'list' of potential PSU targets that intrepid student reporter Ben Jones put together in late November and early December.

Tom Bradley Interim PSU: Doubtful they were going to promote from within
Kevin Sumlin of Houston: Went to Texas A&M
Dan Mullen of Mississippi State: Denied any interest, quickly
Tony Dungy: Laughable
Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern: Laughable
Tim Murphy of Harvard
Mark Richt of Georgia: Huh?
Chris Peterson of Boise State: Getting over 2mil/yr at Boise now
Charlie Strong of Louisville
K.C. Keeler of Delaware
Darren Perry of the Packers
Mike Munchak of the Titans: Some overtures, no dice, former PSU guy
Jim Caldwell of the Colts
Stanford HC David Shaw: Laughable
Steve Sarkisian of Washington: Laughable

Not sure how long it's going to take some in Happy Valley to realize the damage that has been done.

[Section136]

Originally Posted by JonDMiller

Here is the late November 'list' of potential PSU targets that intrepid student reporter Ben Jones put together in late November and early December.

Tom Bradley Interim PSU: Doubtful they were going to promote from within
Kevin Sumlin of Houston: Went to Texas A&M
Dan Mullen of Mississippi State: Denied any interest, quickly
Tony Dungy: Laughable
Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern: Laughable
Tim Murphy of Harvard
Mark Richt of Georgia: Huh?
Chris Peterson of Boise State: Getting over 2mil/yr at Boise now
Charlie Strong of Louisville
K.C. Keeler of Delaware
Darren Perry of the Packers
Mike Munchak of the Titans: Some overtures, no dice, former PSU guy
Jim Caldwell of the Colts
Stanford HC David Shaw: Laughable
Steve Sarkisian of Washington: Laughable

Not sure how long it's going to take some in Happy Valley to realize the damage that has been done.

Another thing to think about when considering how "poisoned" this job has become is PSU is allowing him to stay with the Pats until they are eliminated from the playoffs. The Super Bowl is February 6th and Signing Day is February 1st. Who is going to fill out the remainder of this class for PSU? The current staff that has a 0.01% chance of returning next year?

It kind of makes you think that this guy was their only viable option for head coach and they had to hire him on his terms.

[BSpringsteen]

You have to figure that Tom Bradley was at least as good of a candidate as this guy is. The fact that Tom Bradley never even was in the running shows that the current staff is out of football until the Sandusky trial is over. It would be a huge liability to have anyone from that campus be your equipment manager.

Penn State is in full melt down mode. Rittenberg retweed Arrington saying he was taking down all of his Penn State stuff before OBrien was announced.

Fowler finally had to say that the school was having trouble marketing the job.

There is still a B1G investigation to go.

Penn State hasn't gotten an NCAA penalty, but they may as well have gotten the death penalty. A coach who isn't exciting anyone, who won't step foot on campus until after signing day. It's not a good time to be at that school.

I would wager that their enrollment goes down also.

[Section136]

I am now rooting big time for New England to make the Super Bowl.