(07-25-2013 08:05 PM)SouthPhillyFall Wrote: Great series. A shame PSU let the Pitt and WVU rivalries rot so long though
I'm not a "nostalgia" guy for PSU by any means...but I don't think it was such a "Paterno had a chip on his shoulder" type of thing as much as it was A) financial and B) schedule variety.
PSU stopped playing Pitt because our fans filled their stadium and they got all the profit. I know it seems disrespectful from a "fellow Division 1, BCS school" kind of angle...but from pure finances, it didn't make sense.
Plus, PSU--as does everyone--tried to have a bit more variety in its schedule in the last decade. Nebraska 02,03, BC 03,04, Alabama 04, 05 (re-scheduled by 'Bama to 10, 11), Notre Dame 06, 07. WVU, Pitt, UMD, Rutgers didn't fit into that paradigm so much.
That's changed now though. Maybe it's because of filling the stadium due to sanctions...? Could be.
I'm a fan of 2 OOC games vs. big schools and just one cream puff and then the 9-game Big Ten schedule. But I'm only in favor of it if everybody else in the country does it too. (Eh, hem, SEC, cough cough...)