Comments on: Quarantine the athletic department! http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/ Penn State Nittany Lion Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paterno Lives! http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Paterno Lives! Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:40:00 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/#comment-44 I did hear that, but then again they did pick up Alabama instead. I heard somewhere that ESPN was involved, I don't know how that is even possible, but they were interested in a matchup that week and helped facilitate this...or so the story goes. I did hear that, but then again they did pick up Alabama instead. I heard somewhere that ESPN was involved, I don’t know how that is even possible, but they were interested in a matchup that week and helped facilitate this…or so the story goes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Anonymous Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/#comment-43 Sad thing is, PSU admin would've been content with Ark St. on the schedule...we only went looking for Oregon St. b/c Ark St. backed out on us. Sad thing is, PSU admin would’ve been content with Ark St. on the schedule…we only went looking for Oregon St. b/c Ark St. backed out on us.

]]> By: Anonymous http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Anonymous Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://nittanywhiteout.com/2007/12/13/quarantine-the-athletic-department/#comment-42 I don't mean to disproof your point, but (1) that ND team USC played was terrible, (2) SMU is not even a BCS team, (3) You said it yourself, Az St was god aweful at 2-10, not exactly quality, and finally (4) Cinci was a CUSA team that as was VERY average the year OSU played them. To be honest, I don't think there is any corrilation between schedule and MNCs...wins are wins and wins are what got OSU to the MNC game this season, not a strong SOS...<br/><br/>Also, minor point, but the Big Ten has a contract with the MAC stating that each B10 team will play a MAC team. Instead of sending $600,000 to Ohio (akron, kent, miami, ou, bg, toledo) or Michigan (the directionals), we signed a long term contract with recent MAC crasher Temple. So that game isn't going anywhere, and if it does, its going to be replaced by an equally crappy MAC school.<br/><br/>Other than that, though, I agree. They bailed themselves out with Or St, but if they keep sending out very weak games to season ticketholders (remember Michigan will rotate back of the schedule, meaning if they don't step up there will be years where our best home game could be someone like Iowa), people are going to start sending $3,000 a year when you can buy the whole package on ebay for $700. I don’t mean to disproof your point, but (1) that ND team USC played was terrible, (2) SMU is not even a BCS team, (3) You said it yourself, Az St was god aweful at 2-10, not exactly quality, and finally (4) Cinci was a CUSA team that as was VERY average the year OSU played them. To be honest, I don’t think there is any corrilation between schedule and MNCs…wins are wins and wins are what got OSU to the MNC game this season, not a strong SOS…

Also, minor point, but the Big Ten has a contract with the MAC stating that each B10 team will play a MAC team. Instead of sending $600,000 to Ohio (akron, kent, miami, ou, bg, toledo) or Michigan (the directionals), we signed a long term contract with recent MAC crasher Temple. So that game isn’t going anywhere, and if it does, its going to be replaced by an equally crappy MAC school.

Other than that, though, I agree. They bailed themselves out with Or St, but if they keep sending out very weak games to season ticketholders (remember Michigan will rotate back of the schedule, meaning if they don’t step up there will be years where our best home game could be someone like Iowa), people are going to start sending $3,000 a year when you can buy the whole package on ebay for $700.

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