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Message: [QUOTE="CA Monk, post: 2659230, member: 5268"] And the hijack is on. An early morning rant: I miss WV being on our schedule. Coach Ben played there. There was a traditional connection. We played them anually for years. There's even a trophy awarded. It really is wrong (or at least reflective of the realities of conference financial alignments) that we don't play Penn State, WV, Maryland, Rutgers, UConn, Temple, Navy every year, w/a sprinkling of Army, VT and a few powerhouse OOC games. Perhaps some day geographical conference realignment will happen and natural rivalries will be restored (Four 16 team super conferences) instead of this artificial, jet set competition. Maryland and Iowa in the same conference 900 miles apart. WV and TT almost 1500 miles. Syracuse and Miami 1400 miles. If only Penn State opted for an Eastern Football Conference instead of throwing in with the BIG 10 this whole idea of geographical alignment might have been a reality. The Big East wouldn't let them join so AD Joe Pa looked elsewhere for revenue to support all of PSU's other sports. From Black Shoe Diaries: [I]It was then that Paterno came up with his grand vision of an eastern all-sports conference that would include Penn State's traditional rivals like Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, Temple, Maryland, and West Virginia. But issues over revenue sharing couldn't be worked out. Syracuse and Boston College felt their future was better served in basketball, so they joined the Big East and then coaxed Pitt to come along. Penn State petitioned to join the league, but the Big East didn't think their basketball program was up to their standards and they didn't want to be associated with football. (Syracuse, Pitt, and Boston College continued playing football as independents.) Penn State was left to wander through the wilderness on its own. [/I] Love or hate them they would've been the anchor an Eastern Football Conference could've rallied around. Now it's all these makeshift airport rivalries. I still love SU, but I related better to the traditional foes with the occasional powerhouse thrown in. And yes, I'll survive and even thrive. Especially if they make a long a bowl game this year. [/QUOTE]

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