Found May 01, 2009 on Mondesi's House: Yardbarker Blogger Network
This one ought to inspire some commentary from the Panther-bashing Nittany Lion fans out there who think that Pitt is a minor-league program. None other than JoePa himself just endorsed Pitt as a possible addition to the Big TenLeven: "Everybody else is playing playoffs on television. You never see a Big Ten team mentioned. So I think it’s a handicap.’’ Paterno’s solution? "Let’s get a 12th team -- Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt -- we could have a little bit of a playoff.’’ So if Pitt&...

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  • CoachScott
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    The Big Ten needs a conference championship. Add some good teams and get it done. Then we can start to work on the PAC-10.
  • dangerdan152
    Now I'm from PA and I was raised to be a PSU fan. However, I am about to graduate from Syracuse. I think its funny how the son of a bitch mentions Syracuse first before all these other teams.
    • DTRIK19
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      Don't they already get the luxury of destroying the pathetic Orange every year? They only thing worse than the football team is the mascot lol. It's not even a real thing...its a color!
      • dangerdan152
        Hey now! You can say SU football sucks because it does. Don't hate on otto, hes a bitch but hes a damn good mascot! I think our team is finally going in the right direction now that we got rid of Robinson. Doug Marrone assembled a great staff and one he gets a chance to get coach his classes I feel Syracuse we'll be back and competitive again.
  • BowlBound
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    Where's DTRIK??? Come on , man.......you should have been here by now. Give us your commentary.
    • DTRIK19
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      haha I'm here. I'd be all for joining the Big 10 right now since the level of competition is at an all time low. I can guarantee that Penn State wouldn't be able to steal as many Pittsburgh recruits if they knew they got to play them every year. That being said, we said no to Paterno's "All East" conference before, so I don't we'll have much interest. You could count on 2 sold out games every time OSU and PSU came to town though, something Heinz Field rarely sees.
      • BowlBound
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        Yeah, you're right I would help put some money into the athletic fund. Be some nice competition, too. Maybe it will happen.
  • phightins26
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    'cuse did give us #5
    • dangerdan152
      I remember when I was in 5th grade, my cousin went to Syracuse and I used to go up and see #5 play, he was really something special when he was in orange.
    • DTRIK19
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      McNabb and Freeney (and you can include Marvin when he finds a team) are the only good players in the NFL from Cuse.
  • giantsrepeat
    Joe must be senile, add one more and its not the Big Ten anymore.
    • phightins26
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      i hope you're kidding. there are already 11. it hasn't been the "big ten" since psu joined
      • giantsrepeat
        My bad, but why don't they name it the Big 11?
        • DTRIK19
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          That would sound pretty dumb...what happens when they add a 12th team to create a conference championship? Can't change it to the Big 12 now can ya?
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