Topics – Steve reviews Penn State’s narrow loss to Purdue and looks ahead to a pivotal math-up against Michigan on Wednesday night. Steve also talks Pirates baseball with Rob Biertempfel, Pirates beat writer for The Athletic in Pittsburgh.

Steve talks about his love of Cross Country skiing, and other Winter Olympic topics. Steve catches up on Philadelphia sports with Matt Leon in the bottom half of the hour.

Topic: Penn State sweeps Ohio State with ease Thursday night. Guest: Bucknell Men’s Basketball Head Coach Nathan Davis checks in from on the road to Holy Cross, where the Bison play on Saturday.

Guest: Hall of Fame College Basketball Writer Dick Weiss (Blue Star Media) makes his first appearance on the show to discuss Penn State’s dominating performance over Ohio State and looks at the rest of the Big Ten Conference as the regular season winds down.  Then, we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones and some weekend basketball selections.

We discuss the latest from the Winter Olympics and more USA gold, plus the OSU/PSU hoops rematch tonight in the BJC.  Also, we replay Steve’s conversation from earlier this week with Mike DeCourcy (Sporting News, Big Ten Network).

Guests: Neal Coolong (NFL Wire Network Editor) and Matt Leon (KYW Newsradio 1060, Philadelphia).