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PATERNO: Pitt in Big Ten?

Found May 01, 2009 on Mondesi's House:
TEAMS: Penn State Nittany Lions

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's in the Big Ten, will Penn State do a home-and-home then? Probably not. That's an honor reserved for the truly elite football programs this country has to offer. Like Rutgers.Paterno wants Pitt in Big Ten [Bob Smizik Blog]Send your news, tips, and links to Mondesishouse@gmail.com.
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14 Comments:
  • 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.
    by CoachScott   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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.
    by dangerdan152   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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!
    by DTRIK19   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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.
    by dangerdan152   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • Where's DTRIK??? Come on , man.......you should have been here by now. Give us your commentary.
    by BowlBound   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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.
    by DTRIK19   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options   +1 Likes
  • Yeah, you're right I would help put some money into the athletic fund. Be some nice competition, too. Maybe it will happen.
    by BowlBound   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 'cuse did give us #5
    by phightins26   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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.
    by dangerdan152   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • McNabb and Freeney (and you can include Marvin when he finds a team) are the only good players in the NFL from Cuse.
    by DTRIK19   May 02, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • Joe must be senile, add one more and its not the Big Ten anymore.
    by giantsrepeat   May 01, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • i hope you're kidding. there are already 11. it hasn't been the "big ten" since psu joined
    by phightins26   May 02, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • My bad, but why don't they name it the Big 11?
    by giantsrepeat   May 03, 2009   Reply   Options  
  • 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?
    by DTRIK19   May 03, 2009   Reply   Options  
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