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How B1G changes rumored to be coming to Big Ten impact Penn State Football

By Nick Kreiser

STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 02: The Goodyear Blimp flies above the stadium before the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Indiana Hoosiers at Beaver Stadium on October 2, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - OCTOBER 02: The Goodyear Blimp flies above the stadium before the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Indiana Hoosiers at Beaver Stadium on October 2, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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Quarterback Michael Robinson #12 of the Penn State Nittany Lions  (Photo by: Doug Benc/Getty Images) /

Less repetitive, and more interesting matchups

It gets a little boring constantly seeing the same handful of teams match up on a yearly basis, not just for Penn State Football, but in college football in general.

The Nittany Lions constantly play the six other teams in the East Division, as well as rotating through a lot of the same western division’s teams that they have played for the past 30 years.

Things would be much more exciting if they played more non-conference games against Power 5 schools, which could be happening in the near future.

They could revisit old matchups, such as the 2005 Orange Bowl vs Florida State, the 1986 National Championship vs Miami, the 2008 and 2016 Rose Bowls vs USC, or the 1994 Rose Bowl vs Oregon.

Maybe they can even reschedule the trip to Virginia Tech, a matchup that we missed out on in 2020 as the non-conference games were canceled that season due to the pandemic.

Some other matchups against current top programs, such as Clemson, NC State, and Utah, would also be much more intriguing than playing a team that we always see the Nittany Lions play.

This does not just apply to Penn State either.

Why do college football fans need to watch a team like Ohio State walk all over a team like Rutgers every single season? Even if Ohio State scheduled a non-conference matchup against a lower-level ACC or Pac-12 team that they will also probably dominate, at least it is a different matchup from what we usually see, and fans of those teams get to watch their team play in different stadiums, in different parts of the country.

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