191), 200) Ath. The last game prior to the series hiatus was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 16, 2000, when Pitt shut out Penn State 12–0. Safety Jaylen Reed ultimately fell out of the Rivals250, but remains a 5.8 four-star. NEhusker54 Redshirt Freshman. However, a couple weeks later in May, Barbour stated that she had yet to sign the proposal, calling non-conference scheduling a “complicated puzzle.” Because of the Big Ten's nine conference games requirement, Penn State has a smaller degree of flexibility for scheduling compared to Pitt, as the ACC only has an eight conference game schedule. Reactions: BIGSTICK67. Please subscribe to view. 179), 209) Ath. Those ten are (from closest to furthest away): Pitt, West Virginia, Maryland, Rutgers, Ohio State, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Michigan, and Boston College. BIGSTICK67 Athletic Director. IU's non-conf schedule this year was absolute cake. We blew the Nevada game by going -5 in the turnover column. And now we're seeing what I've said all year. We still don't really know. Now, keep in mind that this is an analysis of who Penn State should consider a rival. Geography and actual football-related things make up the bulk of the equation, but what good is a rivalry if you can’t rub it in someone’s face when your team wins? All rights reserved (About Us). It’s difficult to analyze this category objectively. They are crazy and insufferable and yet no one can look away. OSU-Michigan, Alabama-Auburn, Oklahoma-Texas…if you are a fan of one of these schools, you know that you definitely have a rival. 60), 63) CB Jason Marshall (Down 2 spots from No. Penn State has not played more games against any other opponent, whereas Pitt has only played more against West Virginia University. Because of that, only about 15 percent of the players within the Rivals250 moved up in this latest update, almost all of whom live down south or on the west coast, where camps and evaluations had already began. Be a part of the Rivals community for $8.33/month. However, after converting on multiple fourth downs and third and longs, the Panthers threatened to tie the game up late in the fourth quarter. 29), 36) OL Nolan Rucci (Down 2 spots from No. 41), 48) Ath. In other parts of the country, rivalries are less important, and teams/players/fans simply concentrate on each individual game. As of the 2019 season, the teams have played 100 times. [16], The 2018 game in Pittsburgh had long been rumored to be a nationally televised, prime time, night game. Like Pitt and Maryland, your fan base is holding onto some antiquated notion of success, based either in 2006 or days when college football was played without face masks. Tressel/Fickel/Meyer have gone up against Paterno/O’Brien/Franklin 44 times in the past five years, with Penn State having an overall success rate of 14/42 (.333). Football schedule 2020: Who will the Lions face this fall? Aug 8, 2009 13,696 5,948 113 North Central Indiana. The numbers will tell one story, but anyone that has ever followed recruiting knows that real-life sometimes tells another story. 157), 169) WR Yulkeith Brown Jr. (Up 43 spots from No. There are a lot of excellent people who write for all of the sites mentioned in this portion of the piece, including friends of Black Shoe Diaries such as Pete Volk of Testudo Times and Seth Fisher of MGoBlog and We Are!- NP). They are in no way the 4th ranked team in the nation. 52), 56) OL Rocco Spindler (Down 1 spot from No. Get started on finding out how Penn State is the right fit for you. 148), 158) OL Jager Burton (Down 9 spots from No. The Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry is a long-standing American college football rivalry between the Penn State Nittany Lions and Pittsburgh Panthers. Gold Member. 212), 176) CB Nyland Green (Down 7 spots from No. The once-beaten Panthers were being touted as a possible Cotton Bowl participant, but the bowl representatives expressed desire to invite Pitt only if they had one loss. As a result, they have no real indicator of their true progress. 187), 222) DE Kyran Montgomery (Down 7 spots from No. 125), 133) DE Naquan Brown (Down 6 spots from No. Those in bold have either previously visited University Park or have the Lions among their top schools. As of the 2019 season, the teams have played 100 times. The word rival is tossed about a lot in sports, and in college football specifically it seems that certain teams value their attachment to a rivalry as a badge of honor. 2021 Penn State Football Commitment List Total Commitments 14 With the game postponed until December 7, the Cotton Bowl could not wait. The loss was cited as a key reason the Nittany Lions failed to make the College Football Playoff. Overall, Penn State is 36/44 (.818). Get the latest Penn State Nittany Lions football news, rumors, schedules, photos, and stats. Charles Montgomery (Down 23 spots from No. In that same time they have 4 games against FCS opponents. The 1981 game was one for the ages. This is not going to be a long, drawn-out section about history and what happened before the Great War. 78), 82) DT Elliot Donald (Down 3 spots from No. Even some of their other D1 opponents are extremely low level (UConn for example). Oh that's right, it was you who said that... Free Board: Boilermaker Women's Basketball. But for some reason, Penn State fans continue to egg them on, and want to stay involved with their special brand of crazy. 177), 201) DE Bryce Langston (Down 7 spots from No. We analyzed the data from the last five official recruiting years (any further back and the data were unreliable; 2016 was omitted because it’s still ongoing) and determined what level of success Penn State realized when going head-to- head for top recruits. Pitt had been ranked preseason #1, but had lost to Notre Dame to enter the game at 9–1. The Scarlet Knights were able to tip the scales in their favor in 2012, but that is the bright spot on their line above. Penn State is overrated. The second half belonged to Penn State, scoring 34 second-half points while holding the Panthers scoreless. The desire of the Penn State Athletic Department to host an unbalanced number of home games (proposing 2–1 and 3–2 series) at Beaver Stadium was a significant factor in not agreeing to renew the series. Crime stats are based on incidents that are reported. So because PITT lost a game it was supposed to win we fall back on another ped state problem. Kaufman announcing October 30th - might as well be a thousand post thread because IU sux ballz, Would AOC Have Played Every Snap For Jeff. Adam McLean committed to Penn State first, and then flipped to Maryland. At least there were no suspensions for improper loans, steroids , etc in that game like Osu Msu . This category carries the least weight in the rivalry equation because of its high subjectivity (one person may have a great interaction with an Ohio State fan, while another may have only had terrible interactions), and seeing as how this is being posted to an online forum, there will surely be great examples forthcoming of fan-base interaction. Gold Member. 79), 83) LB Junior Colson (Down 3 spots from No. Even in the previous 5 year stretch ('14 - '18) they never played more than 1 P5 program (even when there were 4 non-conference games) while also scheduling FCS opponents. Agree 100% with Purdue 95. To single out PSU for this is a fool's game, this is not a Sandusky situation which all criticism was warranted. Kenny Pickett's pass would fall incomplete, ending the game and the renewed series (for the time being) with a 17-10 Penn State victory. Feel free to debate why these numbers should fluctuate. Joey Porter Jr., making his first career start, more than held his own against a quality Indiana passing game. Because we just do not get enough news about crime reports in State College. 61), 65) OL Drew Kendall (Down 2 spots from No. Also, many of these teams already have traditional rivals: Ohio State has Michigan, Rutgers continually battles common sense and decency, Maryland struggles every year with abject failure, and Pitt…well, Pitt’s demons are well documented at this point. The rivalry began a slow death in the 1990s when both schools left the ranks of college football independents and chose to join different conferences. Michigan is a weird one to analyze here; had this article been written five years ago, Penn State would be coming off a nine-game losing streak. fight on two fronts: saying you consider a clearly superior team (Ohio State) warrants minimal reaction from their fan base, who probably doesn’t agree with the classification, and similarly when a clearly inferior team (Rutgers) claims Penn State as a rival, our fan base lets out a collective yawn. Surprisingly, Michigan ranks on the end of a rival. This was sort of a catchall category, and is entirely based upon our subjective view of the interaction between fanbases. Penn State is overrated. Reactions: JankTheTank, Black5hirt, nscottie and 1 other person. Oh, Rutgers. The conference affiliations of the two previously independent football programs resulted in fewer scheduling opportunities. Ga’Quincy McKinstry (Down two spots from No. No. Penn State notched the sole score of the third quarter to go up 17-10. No question about it. © 2020 Verizon Media. Of these ten, we’re going to focus on just five, because we’re lazy and because no one has ever really argued that WVU, Syracuse, Virginia, VT, or BC are rivals of Penn State. Additionally, Penn State fans (at least the ones interested in engaging in the rival discussion) fight the "Rival? Let's try to use science to help! You must log in or register to reply here. (Ed Note- Leave a comment letting us know if you agree or disagree with any of this. The perfect gift for football recruiting fans! It happens more often at pennstste as witnessed a zillion times over the years. 186), 190) QB Christian Veilleux (Down 1 spot from No. Terrion Arnold (New to Rivals250), 211) LB Clayton Smith (Down 8 spots from No. Pitt's first victory in the series occurred on November 24, 1904, in Pittsburgh, 22–5. Khari Gee (Down 7 spots from No. For the last five, not so much. Then the injuries started to stack up and we didn’t have the depth to deal with that. James Williams (Down 2 spots from No. Similar to Ohio State, proximity to Pitt affords a level of interaction with Pitt fans that many other non-western PA Penn State fans get, on a daily basis at least. 67), 73) WR Deion Colzie (Down 2 spots from No. -NP), Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State Nittany Lions community, Indiana 36, Penn State 35: What Twitter Had to Say, Michael Penix was short... but it’s Penn State’s fault for letting it come down to that, Three Takeaways From Penn State’s 36-35 Loss to Indiana. Neither history nor recency suggest a rivalry, but since one team can lay claim to each (history and recency), it’s closer. From 1941 to 1951, the rivalry was much more even, as Pitt went 6–5 against Penn State in that span. 59), 62) TE Thomas Fidone (Down 2 spots from No. The 1976 game pitted undefeated Pitt, ranked number one in the nation, against Penn State at Three Rivers Stadium on the night after Thanksgiving, November 26. Unfortunately this stuff happens everywhere. We have a winner here. To single out PSU for this is a fool's game, this is not a. 215), 225) Saf. 46), 53) WR Dont’e Thornton Jr. (Down 1 spot from No. Luckily, starting next year, Penn State will play each of these teams every year for four years. WE ARE the source for PENN STATE sports Roar Lions Roar is where Penn State fans gather. However, a sack by Pitt moved them back considerably to bring up fourth and long. JavaScript is disabled. Kicker Alex Kessman, who had set a school record four 50+ yard field goals the season prior, kicked the ball off the left upright of the goalpost. Their online presence seems sane until you visit the den of misery that is mGoblog. So because PITT lost a game it was supposed to win we fall back on another ped state problem. Miami? 246. Xavian Sorey (Down 24 spots from No. The Sunday Drive: So what do we actually know about the Penn State football team? Of these ten, we’re goin… I prefer to believe the latter. The 1982 game again featured two of the nation's best teams.