Coach Chambers Big Ten Orientation to kick off at Michigan

It looks like Big Ten is not about to make it easy for first year head coach Patrick Chambers. In a complete schedule release, the conference announced today that Penn State will open their 20th season of Big Ten play at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 29th followed by a second consecutive road contest against Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. But it is the single play opponents the Big Ten has selected for the Nittany Lions that should have them seething. In spite of expansion, the Nittany Lions, like all 12 members of the Big Ten will continue to play a 18-game conference slate this season; 9 home and 9 away. But each member will now have 4-single play opponents instead of the 2 teams had prior to the addition of Nebraska. This season, the Lions will be facing Minnesota (home), Illinois (home), Michigan State (away) and Ohio State (away) in single-play games. On the one hand, Coach Chambers could be catching a slight break by facing the Buckeyes and Spartans, tw...