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[QUOTE="bevosu, post: 159943, member: 46"]
I would have been very happy to have seen that eastern football conference become a reality.
 
PSU was our main rival for much of the late 50's, 60's and 70's when I was a much younger fan. I still think that they're our only serious football rival, at least since I became a Syracuse sports fan. Others have replaced them temporarily and West Virginia and Pitt have hung in there, but PSU will always be the rivalry for me.
 
I admired JP. Thought he was one of those rare big time college coaches who had some integrity. Thought his loyalty to PSU was something. Especially when he turned down more lucrative pro coaching offers and stuck with his team. Hello Saban?
 
Too bad his reputation has taken the hit that it has. Sad to see him go out the way that he did.
 
Here's something from a Penn State blogger..posted the week of our game with PSU in 2009. Gives a taste of how intense that rivalry was. For those too young to have experienced it.
 
[LEFT][SIZE=13px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]To a certain extent I include myself in this group of ignorant fans. As I said above, I never really lived during the glory days of this rivalry. So I started reading up on it earlier this week. Soon I realized this is a rivalry that has it all. A long history. Frustrating losses. Gut wrenching upsets. Demoralizing beatdowns. Epic battles for eastern supremacy. Biased officiating. Animosity between coaches. And even fist fights on the field. For younger fans like myself, this is a story that needs to be told and passed down through generations. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT]
 
[url]http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2008/9/11/611922/the-history-of-the-penn-st[/url]
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