Comments on: Penn State’s Soft Schedule Converts to Big Fantasy Numbers http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/2009/07/17/penn-state-fantasy-football-projections/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gene http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/2009/07/17/penn-state-fantasy-football-projections/comment-page-1/#comment-4401 Gene Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/?p=527#comment-4401 I am a Penn State fan and loved playing our independent schedule. In 82 our schedule was. Temple,Maryland,Rutgers,Nebraska,Alabama,Syracuse,WVU,Boston College,N.C. State,Notre Dame and Pitt. And defeated #1 undefeated Georgia in the Sugar Bowl for our first official National Championship.Our Schedule was the toughest in the nation that year. joining a conference made it difficult financially to play a home and home game with out of conference teams. We even offer the teams we play a good some of $$ to come to State college but WVU,Pitt and Maryland can't afford the deal Penn State offered them understandably. So we have to schedule the likes of Akron,Temple(which is an in state rival). We do play Bama next year and Nebraska on future schedules. BUt again conference afiliation and the BCS has changed the landscape of college football. We Are.. ..Penn State I am a Penn State fan and loved playing our independent schedule. In 82 our schedule was. Temple,Maryland,Rutgers,Nebraska,Alabama,Syracuse,WVU,Boston College,N.C. State,Notre Dame and Pitt. And defeated #1 undefeated Georgia in the Sugar Bowl for our first official National Championship.Our Schedule was the toughest in the nation that year. joining a conference made it difficult financially to play a home and home game with out of conference teams. We even offer the teams we play a good some of $$ to come to State college but WVU,Pitt and Maryland can’t afford the deal Penn State offered them understandably. So we have to schedule the likes of Akron,Temple(which is an in state rival). We do play Bama next year and Nebraska on future schedules. BUt again conference afiliation and the BCS has changed the landscape of college football. We Are.. ..Penn State

]]> By: ballparkbob34 http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/2009/07/17/penn-state-fantasy-football-projections/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 ballparkbob34 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:07:57 +0000 http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/?p=527#comment-4360 Actually, Penn State has offered games to WVU and Maryland and Pitt, but only if they agreed to play 7 games at State College out of 10. That's really a slap in the face to the other eastern schools. You are right that the WV-Liberty game is going to be a real exciting contest, but I do understand the financial necessity of the football program hosting an extra patsy game every year to pay for the womens' lacrosse team's budget. The problem, however is when all 4 non-league games on the schedule are so blatantly mismatched. Penn State plays Syracuse, Temple, Eastern Illinois, and Akron for its non-league slate. West Virginia schedules the aforementioned Liberty, but also faces Auburn on the road and Colorado at home. The Mountaineers also play East Carolina and in-state rival Marshall at home. No doubt, the Big East is suffering from only having 8 teams in the conference. This is a big problem for scheduling 5 non-league games each season. The problem is, whom can you add that is willing to take a football only spot since Big East hoops already has 16 members. Nobody will leave the ACC or Big Ten and Notre Dame is not likely to join. That leaves the only logical choices to be East Carolina or Central Florida from Conference USA or the combination of Army and Navy. Actually, Penn State has offered games to WVU and Maryland and Pitt, but only if they agreed to play 7 games at State College out of 10. That’s really a slap in the face to the other eastern schools.

You are right that the WV-Liberty game is going to be a real exciting contest, but I do understand the financial necessity of the football program hosting an extra patsy game every year to pay for the womens’ lacrosse team’s budget. The problem, however is when all 4 non-league games on the schedule are so blatantly mismatched. Penn State plays Syracuse, Temple, Eastern Illinois, and Akron for its non-league slate. West Virginia schedules the aforementioned Liberty, but also faces Auburn on the road and Colorado at home. The Mountaineers also play East Carolina and in-state rival Marshall at home.

No doubt, the Big East is suffering from only having 8 teams in the conference. This is a big problem for scheduling 5 non-league games each season. The problem is, whom can you add that is willing to take a football only spot since Big East hoops already has 16 members. Nobody will leave the ACC or Big Ten and Notre Dame is not likely to join. That leaves the only logical choices to be East Carolina or Central Florida from Conference USA or the combination of Army and Navy.

]]> By: WVU fans have an inferiority complex. http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/2009/07/17/penn-state-fantasy-football-projections/comment-page-1/#comment-4356 WVU fans have an inferiority complex. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/?p=527#comment-4356 PSU cant play WVU, Pitt, Maryland and all other regional teams every season anymore becacuse they joined a conference in 1993, the same year they quit scheduling them. They needed those teams to boost the schedule of an independent, now they have tough teams on the conference slate, and schedule patsies in non conference like everyone else in the country. That WVU-Liberty matchup looks tough this season. PSU cant play WVU, Pitt, Maryland and all other regional teams every season anymore becacuse they joined a conference in 1993, the same year they quit scheduling them. They needed those teams to boost the schedule of an independent, now they have tough teams on the conference slate, and schedule patsies in non conference like everyone else in the country. That WVU-Liberty matchup looks tough this season.

]]> By: Biased Observer http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/2009/07/17/penn-state-fantasy-football-projections/comment-page-1/#comment-4355 Biased Observer Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:26:54 +0000 http://www.collegefantasycoach.com/?p=527#comment-4355 Temple sucks, but they do give PSU a hard game. All Temple tries to do is hurt people when they play PSU. They knock heads and deliver vicious blows all game long cause they know they will lose by 40 regardless. They don't try to make tackles but they abuse the hell out of the hit stick. Thug Life! Temple sucks, but they do give PSU a hard game. All Temple tries to do is hurt people when they play PSU. They knock heads and deliver vicious blows all game long cause they know they will lose by 40 regardless. They don’t try to make tackles but they abuse the hell out of the hit stick.

Thug Life!

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