I don't think the heart-string pulling story has much to do with the fact that BOB came across as arrogant both before and after the game and did not represent PSU in the greatest light in that regard.

Agree Kingkub....and thanks for the insight about his special needs son....I occasionally substitute teach for a special needs class and those parents get all my respect.

Some on here (myself included) saw a clip of O'brien poking fun at our tackling during the Rutgers game last year....one which we lost and our tackling did suck....it came off as bulletin board material for sure.

Good luck to Penn State the rest of the year.

Yes, I would have. I did not attack Bill O'Brien's home situation or the way he handles his family. That, of course, was basically unknowable for me, but more importantly, it is completely beside the point. Quite to the contrary, my criticism was in regard to his professional life--which is completely within bounds. Even with my criticisms, I gave him some benefit of the doubt, something you have not afforded me.

I didn't see any of the pregame comments, though I noticed a couple little things.  On the hand shake, he kind of leaned in towards Solich from a distance like he didn't want to stay for more than 2 words.  He might have said 'good game' or something very quickly before leaning back and walking away.  Sounds minor but I did notice it and I'm not an Ohio fan. Maybe that's because I'm used to coaches that say a few words before parting.  Probably wouldn't have thought that much of it, except in the post-game interview he didn't really say anything - he didn't seem comfortable or like he was ready to be asked anything about the game. He also said they have a long way to go. I sorta read that to mean that if they can lose to Ohio, they must have to improve a lot to get to where they want to be.  And given the circumstances, being a top 10 team is probably not realistic.

I think he talked highly of Ohio pre-game as part of the usual coachspeak, like Lou Holtz used to do, but didn't really think he had to worry about losing.

EDIT: On another note, I would've like to hear what Solich had to say about the game.  His analysis, especially if he could speak freely and not in coachspeak, would be very interesting.