The 2010 Penn State football season as usual has plenty of great match ups, and has Penn State football fans hoping fall gets here as quickly as possible. Penn State has numerous players to replace from last year, however as typical Joe Paterno will have a good group. You can look at any year’s schedule to find the games which often stand out, and 2010 isn’t any exception.
College football schedules are usually broken into their conference and non-conference portions and this is true with Penn State with its Big 10 and non-conference schedule. Usually the Big 10 schedule has its reliable opponents that you know will field good or even very good teams and produce challenging match-ups. The non-conference schedule is a wild card as it changes each year, and generally it consists of a few cupcakes which are merely schedule fillers.
In 2010 there is one premier match-up within the non-conference schedule, and it is the Penn State versus Alabama game on Sept eleven. This is a dream matchup with regard to PSU fans, and it is going to be the premier match up within the college football season in general. This game has it all, history, conference versus conference drama (Big Ten versus Sec), big name coaches (Joe Paterno and Nick Saban), and the game day scene should be amazing. This is not merely the best non-conference game on the Penn State schedule, however the best on their schedule period.
However there are many additional great games on the PSU schedule as well. The the best Big 10 game is arguably the Penn State versus Ohio State football game. The Ohio State Buckeyes will probably be ranked in the top 5 or 10 once the season begins. This game is later on within the season therefore things could change, however it is very likely that Penn State and Ohio State will be 2 of the best teams within the Big 10, and this game often decides who the champ is and who would go to the Rose Bowl. Its a safe bet that Penn State vs Illinois tickets at home will be difficult to obtain.
Apart from Ohio State, the game in-conference which intrigues me personally the most is versus Michigan State. For some reason, Michigan State is a thorn with regard to PSU, and they’ve destroyed many a good season for the Nittany Lions. This is the last game of the year, and We see there being something big on the line with regard to each teams once they meet at the end of November in Happy Valley. We hate to say it, however this really is is going to be the nerve racking game with regard to Penn State fans fans who are able to obtain a Penn State vs Michigan State football tickets.
There are other great games on the schedule, particularly in conference. Penn State versus Michigan and Penn State versus Iowa are each important, meaningful, and interesting games. However the game which probably will be one of the most discussed just as much for the location as the game is the Penn State versus Indiana game at FedEx field outside Washington DC upon November 20. This is essentially the road game with regard to Penn State that has been converted by Indy into a PSU home game because they get a big paycheck, and it moves the game a lot closer to the Penn State alumni base. The atmosphere is going to be great with regard to Nittany fans.
Presently there definitely are additional games on the schedule versus Minnesota, Northwestern, even Temple that will be closely anticipated, but the Alabama, Ohio State, and Michigan State games would be the ones I will end up being looking forward to the most.
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