Although Houston Texans owner Bob McNair is keeping quiet about his team's highly publicized coaching search, ESPN Insider Chris Mortensen reported on NFL Live earlier this afternoon that a deal with Bill O'Brien is "imminent." Mortensen said that the Texans are expected to officially hire O'Brien within the next 24 hours.
Three former Penn State football players were named to the 2014 National Football League Pro Bowl on Friday night. Cameron Wake, NaVorro Bowman, and Tamba Hali will all represent their respective pro teams in the Pro Bowl, the NFL all-star game, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 26 at 7 p.m. This is the first season that the Pro Bowl will not be divided by conference, instead featuring a draft as captains Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will select teams from the pool of players voted into the game.
Bill O'Brien plans to interview with the Houston Texans at some point in the near future according to a report by Ian Rapoport, an NFL Network National Insider. We previously reported this past week that O'Brien had approached university officials asking for his NFL contract buyout to be lowered.
Heading into tonight's national championship match, Penn State had handily swept the Wisconsin Badgers twice in the regular season. Everybody expected another effortless victory for the Nittany Lions in what would be their sixth national title. Instead, Penn State found its hands full as the Badgers looked to be the better of the two teams for much of Saturday's match. Squandered opportunities by Wisconsin and a strong finish by the Nittany Lions led to a 3-1 match victory (25-19, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23) that brings yet another championship home to Happy Valley.
The No. 2 Penn State women's volleyball team looked to be struggling early against No. 3 Washington on Thursday night, struggling to contain the Huskies' two-setter offense. Coming off of an early Russ Rose timeout, the Nittany Lions went on a huge run off of Micha Hancock's serve midway through the first set and never looked back, dominating the Huskies behind a strong team effort. Penn State swept Washington (25-14, 25-13, 25-16) on its home turf at KeyArena in Seattle to earn a shot at the national championship on Saturday evening against Wisconsin.
Another Penn State football offseason is upon us and that only means one things: The rumor mill has once again taken aim on the Nittany Lions' head coach as coaching vacancies loom near. According to a report from CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, Bill O'Brien is interested in a return to the National Football League and has drawn interest from two professional teams.