Steve Jones Show

Thoughts from Minnesota Head Coach P.J. Fleck on Saturday’s matchup against Penn State. Then, Eagle 107’s Zach Showers (Selinsgrove Seals game stat-man) calls in for our high school football roundtable and previews the District 4-AAAA title game between the Seals and Jersey Shore Bulldogs.

Guests: ESPN college football play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough, who will work the Penn State/Minnesota game, along with Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe this Saturday. Then, making his first appearance on the show is Kevin McGuire (www.kevin-mcguire.com), host of the Locked On Nittany Lions Podcast, gives his takes on Penn State eight games in, the national scene as the College Football Playoff released it’s first poll this week plus thoughts on the LSU/Alabama showdown in the SEC!

The 2019-20 college basketball season is now underway and Steve brings Ken Pomeroy (kenpom.com) back to the show for his outstanding, advanced college basketball analysis!

In his weekly slot, Senior Editor Neal Coolong (TheTouchdownWire.com and TheSteelersWire.com) shares his continued concerns about Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s on-field performance, despite Pittsburgh escaping with a win over the Colts, how young the offense is as a whole and the promise the team is showing on defense, especially with their newly founded outside pass rush from both Bud Dupree and T.J. Watt as well as the impact Minkah Fitzpatrick has had in such a short period of time. Then, we wrap up the show by returning to Beaver Stadium to hear from Penn State junior defensive end, Yetur Gross-Matos!

Topics: Latest NFL QB news on Cam Newton, Nick Foles and Gardner Minshew. Also, we hear from Penn State Head Football Coach James Franklin during his weekly press conference at Beaver Stadium.

Hour 2 – Topics – More Penn State discussion previewing their game against Minnesota on Saturday and Bucknell Football. Guest – Rich Scarcella – Reading Eagle (@NittanyRich). Dave Cecchini – Bucknell Head Football Coach

Hour 1 – Topics: How an NFL team can lose to another NFL that’s trying to lose (a Jets fan intervention LIVE on the air), The 1st NCAA Playoff rankings of the week. Guest – Frank Bodani – York Daily Record (@YDRPennState)  

Hour 2: Guests: Cam Mellor of PFF joins the show, along with Dick Jerardi.

Friday 11/1/19 Hour 1 – Topics: Getting ready for High School football playoffs tonight around the Valley. Guests: Bucknell men’s basketball coach Nathan Davis and new Bucknell assistant women’s basketball coach Kelly Mazzante join Matt Catrillo with season previews. Then Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror joins Steve Jones to talk PSU football.

Topic: student athletes and their ability to earn money on their likeness and image. Then, Steve, Shawn and Steve’s brother Kevin Jones, bring their weekend college and pro football picks, which features something Steve has never done before!

Topics: Nationals win first World Series title and Astros manager A.J. Hinch second-guessed for pulling Zack Greinke and leaving Gerrit Cole on the bench in the 7th inning in game 7. Also, it’s our first high school football roundtable playoff edition! Joining Steve are 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 “The Chief” Dave Ritchie (WKOK)!

Guest: Penn State football writer Donnie Collins (Scranton Times-Tribune) and Steve recap the victory at Michigan State, break down the play of quarterback Sean Clifford and the timing of the season’s second bye week. Topic: student athletes and their ability to earn money on their likeness and image.

Topics: World Series Game 7…winner take all tonight…the popular show that would be on FOX tonight if the World Series wasn’t on….the metric system…and Penn State wrestling alum Bo Nickal wins the U23 World Championship, his first international medal! Guest: Chris Mack (Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan Morning Show Co-Host) digs into the Pittsburgh Pirates’ house cleaning and team’s time frame as to when they’ll hire a new manager.

Guests: In his weekly appearance, Senior Editor Neal Coolong (TouchdownWire.com and SteelersWire.com) shares his concerns about Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph’s post-concussion performance, despite Pittsburgh’s win over Miami as well as trade views as the deadline hit. Then, we wrap up the show as Pirates beat writer Nubyjas Wilborn (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) calls in from Pittsburgh to discuss which direction the Buccos should go fill their manager slot and how they should go about building a better future.

Topics: NFL trade deadline, World Series plus the NCAA voting to allow athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses. Guest: The Houston Astros look to wrap up their second World Series championship in three years. From Houston, we get a Game 6 World Series preview from Washington Nationals beat writer Jesse Dougherty (Washington Post) and he takes a look at the pitching showdown between Justin Verlander and Stephen Strasburg!

Joe Girardi is introduced as the 55th manager in Philadelphia Phillies team history and we have a portion of the press conference. Then, we go across the state to Pittsburgh as friend of the show Paul Alexander (AT&T SportsNet and SportsRadio 93.7 The Fan) calls in to dive into the situation with the Pirates as General Manager Neal Huntingdon has been let go as part of the team’s house cleaning plus a preview of the Steelers’ Monday night matchup against the Miami Dolphins.

Penn State/Michigan State recap including a conversation with Nittany Lions football writer Neil Rudel (Altoona Mirror).

Our Penn State Football Friday continues as Senior College Football Analyst Cam Mellor (ProFootballFocus.com) shares his weekly report card on Nittany Lions playmakers from the Michigan victory as well as others from across the country. Then, we wrap up the week as Will Tieman (Michigan State Spartan Radio Network) brings his perspective from the Spartans side, heading into Saturday’s game in East Lansing!

It’s a Penn State Football Friday! Steve speaks with two of the great Nittany Lions writers on the beat! First, it’s York Daily Record’s Frank Bodani (www.ydr.com/sports/) followed by the Allentown Morning Call’s Mark Wogenrich (www.mcall.com/sports/penn-state/) on Michigan last week plus Michigan State tomorrow in East Lansing!

Guests: Liz Roscher (Writer, Yahoo! Sports and Co-Host of The Good Phight podcast) gives her reaction of Philadelphia bringing in Joe Girardi as manager, looks back on the 2 years under Gabe Kapler and how the World Series has played out the first 2 games and what to expect. Also, Steve’s brother Kevin Jones, looks to stay in the lead with our week 10 college and football picks!