Sully on Sports

News Sports Columnists Bucky Gleason (@TBNbucky) and Jerry Sullivan (@TBNSully) host their weekly live video "Bucky & Sully Show" at 10 a.m. Friday right here and on the BuffaloNews.com home page. This week there is plenty to discuss, from the Manti Te'o hoax to the NHL's opening weekend with guest Pierre McGuire of NBC and TSN.

If you miss it, be sure to check back to BuffaloNews.com to watch segments from the show. The last seven editions of the show can be found here (Jan. 11), here (Jan. 4), here (Dec. 28), here (Dec. 21), here (Dec. 14), here (Dec. 7) and here (Nov. 30).

Submit your questions for consideration to get answered on this week's show at BuckyAndSully@buffnews.com. Be sure to include your name and hometown.

OLEAN -- I'm at St. Bonaventure for the men's first-ever A-10 meeting with Virginia Commonwealth. It's a tough time for the Bonnies to run into the Rams, who have won 10 in a row and are on the verge of breaking into the AP Top 25. Bona has lost four straight games, all by at least 19 points. It's the first time they have lost four in a row by that wide a margin since 1990-91.

That's pretty amazing, when you consider some of the brutal squads Bona has fielded during that time. Today, they will try to avoid losing five straight games by double digits for the first time in school history.

VCU hasn't lost a beat since making its amazing run to the Final Four two years ago under young head coach Shaka Smart. They lead the country in steals and assist-to-turnover ration. The Rams are deep and quick and hell on opposing guards with their "Havoc" style of play. It would be a big win if they could pull it off today in the Reilly Center.

On the Bills' hire of Doug Marrone and his picks for coordinators:

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News Sports Columnists Bucky Gleason (@TBNbucky) and Jerry Sullivan (@TBNSully) host their weekly live video "Bucky & Sully Show" at 10 a.m. Friday right here and on the BuffaloNews.com home page. This week there is plenty to discuss, from the Bills' hiring of Doug Marrone to the NHL lockout resolution.

If you miss it, be sure to check back to BuffaloNews.com to watch segments from the show. The last five editions of the show can be found here (Jan. 4), here (Dec. 28), here (Dec. 21), here (Dec. 14), here (Dec. 7) and here (Nov. 30).

Submit your questions for consideration to get answered on this week's show at BuckyAndSully@buffnews.com. Be sure to include your name and hometown.

People who spent time around Doug Marrone in his Syracuse days said Marrone would put on a good show at his introductory press conference. Marrone is good in front of a microphone, and he hit many of the right notes early this afternoon when the Bills announced him as the new head coach.

Marrone wasted no time pointing to himself as a New York guy. Clearly, he knows how that will play with Bills fans, especially after hearing Andrew Cuomo pledge his fidelity to the franchise a few weeks ago when the new lease deal was announced.

"When you think about it, I was born and raised in this state," said Marrone, a native of the Bronx. "I went to school in this state (he played college football at Syracuse). My first coaching job ever was in this state (at Cortland). My first head coaching job was in this state (SU). And now, my dream job as an NFL head coach, again, is in this state. And it means a lot to me."

Russ Brandon, the team president, said he didn't care if Marrone was from Tahiti. He wanted the best coach. But he admitted it can't hurt to have a New York guy who resurrected the state's top college program coaching the Bills.

On the Bills' shakeup, including Russ Brandon's expanded role:

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