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PENN STATE....errr We Are Nation from leaving
i am flattered Barry and I love the guy, but we were not going anywhere
a football school to go to a basketball conference? nah
a prestigious academic institution with 28 academic all americans on their 2012 team and a school with the most first team academic all americans in the last 7 years in college football to leave a conference which prides itself on academics? no way
its purely a cash grab Alvarez from the conference to get the east coast markets.
though a lot of penn state's old rivals from the independent days like Miami, Pitt (whom they just resumed a 4 year series with starting in 2016) and Syracuse are in the ACC no team is willingly jumping to the ACC by choice these days unless they get a fat tv contract.
so while it makes sense for the big 10 to do everything in their power to keep penn state as they garner the 2nd biggest tv market in college football (Notre Dame 1st), adding the Terps and Rutgers just furthers that tv area.
the only time penn state brought up leaving the conference was when they were jipped of an undefeated season when the refs added time on the clock in the michigan game in ann arbor, this after a clear catch by tony johnson was ruled incomplete to seal the game on the previous drive. so instead of leave, paterno headed up a committee to get instant replay installed in the big 10 the following year as they were on of the first conferences with it instituted.
and we all saw how much that instant replay helped us against Nebraska this year in what USA Today has labeled "the worst replay in history of college sports"
oh well, still a great year at 8 wins from a great bunch of kids and bill o'brien hasnt seen a list without his name on it for coach of the year!
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