Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Hour 1
Topic: Will a 2-loss team get into the College Football Playoff? Guest: National College Football Writer Bill Bender (Sporting News).
Buckeyes Comeback, Give PSU 1st Loss
By Ralph D. Russo – COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Barrett hit Marcus Baugh with a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:48 left in the fourth quarter and No. 6 Ohio State rallied from 11 down in the final five minutes to hand No. 2 Penn State its first loss, 39-38 on Saturday. Barrett played one of the best games of his decorated career, going 33 for 39 for 328 yards and four touchdown passes, three in the fourth quarter after the Buckeyes (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) were down 35-20. Penn State led 38-27 with 5:42 left and it looked as…
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Hour 1
Topics: Eagles, Steelers and Martavis Bryant. Guest: Altoona Mirror Managing Editor/Penn State Football Writer Neil Rudel joins Steve to discuss the incredible atmosphere and record crowd last Saturday night in Beaver Stadium, Saquon Barkley, a look ahead to Ohio State plus how fans may react if the Nittany Lions would make it back to the Rose Bowl for a second consecutive year.
Clemson National Champions
By Ralph D. Russo – TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Deshaun Watson took the snap, rolled right and with one of the easiest throws he had to make all night, completed Clemson’s journey to the top of college football. A frantic fourth quarter and a championship rematch between Clemson and Alabama was decided with 1 second left on a 2-yard touchdown toss to Hunter Renfrow. “I couldn’t hear the crowd,” Watson said. “I just felt at peace.” Watson and the Tigers dethroned the defending champs and became the first team to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty in a national title game,…
Texas 2OT Win Over Irish
By Chip Patterson/CBSSports.com Texas will be in every top 25 poll that exists on Tuesday. That little number hasn’t been beside the Longhorns’ name since they lost to BYU as the No. 25 team in polls on Sept. 6, 2014. The little number means nothing in the big, complex picture of Texas football, but it does mark a return to contention, and that’s all that Charlie Strong needs in 2016. Texas wasn’t expected to win the Big 12, and trust me, no one saved a spot for the Longhorns in their projected College Football Playoff. But contention, standing eye-to-eye with…
Dates Adjusted For CFB Playoffs
The College Football Playoff is modifying their schedule to the semifinal games so they won’t be played on New Year’s Eve each year. To read the official press release, click here.
