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Temple covered that game and that's before Pierce (RB) and Stewart (QB) started for Temple. Pierce is the leading freshman running back in the country now I believe. If these two teams played on a neutral field right now I would say Penn State would only be around a 7 point favorite. Year in and year out Joe Pa schedules the easiest non conference games around. He is a complete joke. Penn State and Pittsburgh should play every year, but Joe Pa is afraid to because of recruiting. Penn State is a fraud program.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_653924.html
BCS bowl berth possible for PSU
[SIZE=-1]By Bernard Fernandez
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
Thursday, November 19, 2009 [/SIZE]
If the rumors are to be believed, Penn State's hopes of landing in a BCS bowl are still alive and kicking. A victory at Michigan State on Saturday in the regular-season finale would give the 13th-ranked Nittany Lions a 10-2 record and possibly send them to Miami for a Jan. 5 Orange Bowl matchup with No. 7 Georgia Tech, the front-runner for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. The Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl also might have an interest.
"There's been some talk about it," quarterback Daryll Clark admitted when asked about a possible outbreak of BCS fever in Happy Valley. "But we kind of silenced it since the week got started because we have a game to play and win."
Coach Joe Paterno and his staff are forever cautioning players of the danger of anticipating pleasant outcomes before they happen, and that is especially true when the opponent is Michigan State at Spartan Stadium.
The Nittany Lions are clinging to a 13-12-1 lead in the all-time series, but they're 12-4 against the Spartans since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1993. That would suggest a certain level of domination, but don't believe it. This is a rivalry where fans on both sides have come to expect the unexpected. Paterno's teams are only 2-4 in their past six visits to East Lansing, with several of the losses of the upset variety.
Take Penn State's last trip there, in 2007. The Nittany Lions jumped out to a 24-7 lead, but the home team came on strong in the second half to win, 35-31. As a consequence, Penn State had to settle for a berth in the Alamo Bowl.
The Spartans often are perceived as underachievers, whose talent tends to exceed their results. And it doesn't seem to matter if the head coach at the moment is George Perles, Nick Saban, Morris Watts, Bobby Williams, John L. Smith or the current field leader, Mark Dantonio. Michigan State takes a 6-5 record into Saturday's game, which doesn't look so bad considering its 1-3 start, but there were those who believed this team had Top 25 potential.
Dantonio, who is in his third season with the Spartans after a successful run at Cincinnati, knows the recent history of this series as well as Paterno. His bowl-eligible outfit can upgrade its postseason destination by knocking off the Nittany Lions, and he thinks it's up to the task.
"You want respect, win your last game against Penn State," Dantonio said at his weekly session with the media. "I guess that's the message to our team. It will be a challenge: Good football team coming in here."
BCS bowl berth possible for PSU
[SIZE=-1]By Bernard Fernandez
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
Thursday, November 19, 2009 [/SIZE]
If the rumors are to be believed, Penn State's hopes of landing in a BCS bowl are still alive and kicking. A victory at Michigan State on Saturday in the regular-season finale would give the 13th-ranked Nittany Lions a 10-2 record and possibly send them to Miami for a Jan. 5 Orange Bowl matchup with No. 7 Georgia Tech, the front-runner for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. The Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl also might have an interest.
"There's been some talk about it," quarterback Daryll Clark admitted when asked about a possible outbreak of BCS fever in Happy Valley. "But we kind of silenced it since the week got started because we have a game to play and win."
Coach Joe Paterno and his staff are forever cautioning players of the danger of anticipating pleasant outcomes before they happen, and that is especially true when the opponent is Michigan State at Spartan Stadium.
The Nittany Lions are clinging to a 13-12-1 lead in the all-time series, but they're 12-4 against the Spartans since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1993. That would suggest a certain level of domination, but don't believe it. This is a rivalry where fans on both sides have come to expect the unexpected. Paterno's teams are only 2-4 in their past six visits to East Lansing, with several of the losses of the upset variety.
Take Penn State's last trip there, in 2007. The Nittany Lions jumped out to a 24-7 lead, but the home team came on strong in the second half to win, 35-31. As a consequence, Penn State had to settle for a berth in the Alamo Bowl.
The Spartans often are perceived as underachievers, whose talent tends to exceed their results. And it doesn't seem to matter if the head coach at the moment is George Perles, Nick Saban, Morris Watts, Bobby Williams, John L. Smith or the current field leader, Mark Dantonio. Michigan State takes a 6-5 record into Saturday's game, which doesn't look so bad considering its 1-3 start, but there were those who believed this team had Top 25 potential.
Dantonio, who is in his third season with the Spartans after a successful run at Cincinnati, knows the recent history of this series as well as Paterno. His bowl-eligible outfit can upgrade its postseason destination by knocking off the Nittany Lions, and he thinks it's up to the task.
"You want respect, win your last game against Penn State," Dantonio said at his weekly session with the media. "I guess that's the message to our team. It will be a challenge: Good football team coming in here."
Imagine for a moment if both Iowa and PSU win this weekend and in a few weeks PSU is actually selected for a BCS bowl.
WTF???
I have no problem with Iowa not making a BCS bowl, but it should not come at the expense of the Nittney Lions for goodness sakes........a team they defeated in Happy Valley and are currently ranked ahead of in the BCS.
WTF???
I have no problem with Iowa not making a BCS bowl, but it should not come at the expense of the Nittney Lions for goodness sakes........a team they defeated in Happy Valley and are currently ranked ahead of in the BCS.
Like the one this year that contained two bowl bound teams(one possibly being the PAC-1O champion)????
I agree Dino, Iowa should make their non-conference schedule comparable to that of Penn States which contains no bowl bound teams.
Strange how the media would like to talk about the small margin of victory win over ARK.ST(a bowl team last season by the way) 25x more then their victory over Arizona in which the wildcats were shutout on the offensive side of the ball.
