Patriots offensive coach Bill O'Brien arrived at the Penn State University Park airport's general aviation facility around 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening in a night-time entrance that came just hours after interim head coach Tom Bradley had been relieved of his head coach duties by the university and Jay Paterno left the Lasch Building in tears. Read more after the jump.
On a night that was quickly overshadowed by football coaching news, Penn State (9-7, 1-2) put together their best performance of the year to dominate the Purdue Boilermakers (12-4, 2-1), picking up their first conference win by the score of 65-45.