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National Signing Day was coming and Bill O’Brien, new headman at Penn State, didn’t seem too obsessed. Or, well, hardly even concerned. “I’m looking forward to getting back [to the hotel] and working on third downs in the red zone,” he said.
O’Brien has a Super Bowl to win and as offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, the challenge of beating the New York Giants on Sunday is daunting. And he isn’t apologizing for the fact that of his two jobs, one has taken priority. It’s Patriots now, Nittany Lions later.
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