Penn State is ready to move on without Bill O'Brien and expects to hire a successor within days, not weeks. O'Brien left the Nittany Lions less than two years after replacing Joe Paterno, returning to the NFL with the Houston Texans to coach the team with the league's worst record this season. ''I believe that Bill O'Brien came here with the intent to be here for a long haul,'' Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner said Thursday. Despite a lack of scholarships, a bowl ban, an overall sense of doom and player defections from the late Paterno's roster, O'Brien led the Nittany Lions to two winning seasons while restoring some tempered enthusiasm in Happy Valley. More...