Opposition Q&A: Talking Penn State with Eric Gibson

Eric Gibson has been a long time friend of the blog and (this is meant in the nicest way possible) is one of the few die hard Penn State basketball followers around. He’s written at various venues over the last several years but has most recently been following Pat Chambers’s squad at Black Shoe Diaries. Gibson agreed to answer a few questions about Penn State, and I did the same about Michigan (should be posted later this morning), in preparation for tonight’s Big Ten opener. Everyone knew this would be a rebuilding year for Penn State under new head coach Pat Chambers. Give me two things that have went surprisingly well this season. One thing that has been great is how everyone has fully bought into Coach Chambers and his vision for the program. We only had one defection over the offseason, so it’s been nice having a full roster in a rebuilding year. Chambers is big on what he calls ‘attitude’ or playing hard or whatever coach-speak you wanna use. These guys are ...