Steve Jones Show

Guest: New Penn State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Carolyn Kieger!

Guests: Cam Mellor (Pro Football Focus Senior College Football Analyst) and Steve break down the opening weekend college football matchups and Dave Revsine (BTN) calls in prior to his visit to Penn State this weekend! Steve and Dave cruise around the conference and discuss if expanding the college football playoff is a very good idea or not.

Guest: Penn State football writer Mark Brennan (FightOnState.com). Then, we check the email bag and answer your questions.

Topics: Phillies, Carli Lloyd, Colts’ quest for a new backup veteran quarterback, Alabama loses one of their top defenders, Rhys Hoskins’ frustrating slump. Guest: Brandon Gaudin (BTN), who will be in Beaver Stadium to call Saturday’s Idaho/Penn State game, shares what he’s curious to see from the Nittany Lions as the 2019 season begins.

Guest: Bill Moerschbacher (Penn State University Police and Public Safety) calls in to discuss the new 2019 traffic patterns and parking changes on Nittany Lion football game days. #RunYourRoute

James Franklin’s first 2019 regular season press conference.

Guests: Senior college football analyst Cam Mellor (ProFootballFocus.com) and Steve break down select Big Ten players that can make a big impact in the 2019 season. Then, we wrap up the show and replay Steve’s conversation with former Penn State linebacker Trey Bauer, from the Nittany Lions 1986 National Championship team.

Guests: NFL Writer Jeff Kerr (CBSSports.com) and from last May, we replay Steve’s interview with former Penn State offensive lineman Keith Conlin. Keith and his teammates will be honored at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, September 7th as Penn State celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 1994, unbeaten Big Ten Conference championship team.

Guests: Jacob Bogage (National Sports Writer, Washington Post) and Steve have a great Little League baseball conversation….and speaking of great, we head for the weekend with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones!

Topics: PA high school football begins the 2019 season and Penn State men’s basketball releases the B1G conference 2019-2020 schedule.

Topic: Penn State football. Guest: Senior Editor Neal Coolong (NFL Wire Network) with a post-training camp report on the Steelers and a look to the pre-season week 3 “dress rehearsal.”

Topic: College football in the South. Then, it’s our first high school football roundtable of the 2019 season with Lewisburg Green Dragons play-by-play announcer Gregg Wetzel (100.9 The Valley), Selinsgrove Seals stat-man Zach Showers (Eagle 107) and Shikellamy Braves analyst Dave Ritchie (WKOK)!

Guest: Nittany Lions football writer Ben Jones (StateCollege.com) calls in with the latest from Penn State camp as August camp wraps up soon and the first set of game week practices is about to begin. Also, this year marks the 150th year of college football and we discuss it’s huge popularity in the Southeast.

Topics: Friend of the show, Bob Buehner, joins the guys in studio. Shawn shares his experience as public address announcer at the 73rd annual Little League World Series, when will Penn State’s James Franklin name a starting quarterback and other observations with ten days away from from the season opener.

Hour2 – Topics – Steelers, NFL, College Football, High School Football, MLB MVPs, and individual awards in team sports. Guest – Neal Coolong of USA Today  

Hour1 – Topics – Diva WRs in the NFL, Steelers looking pretty, Antonio Brown, Odell Bekham.  

Hour 2 – Topics – Philly sports with Matt Leon, MLB playoff picture, Penn State preseason.

Hour 1 – Topics – AP Top 25 College Football Preseason Poll, dynasties in sports, the NL East.

Guests: College Football Writer Barrett Sallee (CBS Sports) joins us as we’re just 8 days away from the start of the 2019 season and we wrap up the week with Steve’s brother Kevin Jones!

Topics: Phillies win in dramatic fashion and sweep the Cubs plus Louisiana-Lafayette football head coach Billy Napier tried to get his players to donate to the school’s athletic fund.

Hour 2 – Guests: Kim Jones of NFL Network on what’s she looking for around the NFL, year two of Saquon Barkley with the New York Giants and his leadership capability, and more. Plus, Cam Mellor, Senior College Football Analyst for Pro Football Focus, on how he ranks quarterbacks 1-130, and more.

Thursday 8/15/19 Hour 1 – Topics: Phillies rout Cubs in Charlie Manuel and Cole Hamels return – hear some of Manuel’s pre-game media session. Guest: Ben Jones, StateCollege.com, on Penn State football returning to camp, and James Franklin’s media session Wednesday.

Guest: Sports Writer Dave Sheinin (Washington Post) brings his MLB perspective and explains why Charlie Manual’s return to the Phillies’ coaching staff is a good thing. Also, breaking news on the Phillies’ Jake Arrieta and we talk about the popularity of fantasy football.

Topics: Charlie Manuel returns to the Phillies’ coaching staff, college football players now enjoy “football only” until classes begin and Steve explains how critical and important these days are in preparation for the upcoming season and former Steelers Head Coach Bill Cowher recently shared his thoughts on former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.

Topics: Dak Prescott, Penn State football, Phillies, Charlie Manuel, Matt Klentak, Jessica Mendoza and Alex Rodriguez.