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[QUOTE="Louie and Bouie, post: 3044567, member: 793"]
Penn State is actually a conglomerate of about 15 campuses stretched across the State covering the whole of the State.  Their annual enrollment over all campuses is about 100,000 students. Due to these multiple campuses (all graduating with a Penn State degree) they have an alumni base that dwarfs every other Northeastern school and continues to churn out thousands every year.  That leads to a huge benefit so far as fan base, alumni donations, etc.

They are in a football heavy state so more of the students (from PA) grew up with and like football as its been a big part of their sports lives prior to enrollment.  The exposure prior to getting on campus is all throughout the State and permeates most communities.  On game day everyone is flying those gross PSU flags from their house or lawn.

The State College downtown is beautiful and is a truly a college town which caters to the undergrad population, alumni population visiting and those working at the University.  Those that have been there can back me up on this I'm sure.

I hate PSU and Paterno (like my father before me) but having been there and thinking about the OP its really not hard to see why they are the premier football program in the Northeast based just on the above.
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