The impending Penn State Football schedule has a number of intriguing games, a vintage matchup, and all round is one we can look ahead to.
The Penn State 2010 football schedule has been released, which means Nittany Lion football fans can begin the in depth analysis procedure of where wins and losses will come from, and as well begin preparing their gameday trips to Happy Valley too as road trips. This season’s schedule is characterised as having its normal level of significant time Big 10 conference match ups, some lousy out of conference match-ups, and one absolute colossal clash.
Penn State plays its usual Big 10 opponents. This year you will find Big 10 home games in State College versus Illinois, Northwestern, and Michigan State (who continue being a PSU menace). Illinois will be the homecoming game on October 9th, which should be ideal time of year to get in Happy Valley.
Penn State will get away games in conference vs . Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio State. You can argue the tougher games are on the road within the Big 10 this year. The Lions skip Wisconsin this year which is really a break.
On major schedule development is that the Indiana game, which was to get played on the road, will now be played out at FedEx Field in Landover, MD (outside Washington DC). In reality, Indiana took a significant payday to permit 80,000 Penn State fans to watch the game nearer to home in the DC region.
Without a doubt, the signature game on the season is vs . Alabama on September 11th. Penn State vs Alabama football tickets will be one of the toughest college football tickets to obtain early in the year as these 2 storied football programs match in Tuscaloosa, AL.
The PSU vs Bama game promises to get one of the premier early season matchups in college football. Of course it will probably be a very complicated game for Penn State, in that Alabama will be the returning national champion and guarantees to be very good next year.
The rest of the Penn State 2010 football schedule arguably is very weak. You can find out of conference games versus Youngstown State, Kent State, and Temple, all at home. Of course Temple was a bowl team last year, but none of these matchups promise to become contests.
Needless to say with all the talk of Big Ten conference expansion going on, the appear of future Penn State football schedules could to begin to appear very, very various. The possiblity of teams like Syracuse, Rutgers, UConn, and Penn State’s in-state rival from the past Pitt could all of a sudden be back as conference opponents. That would certainly shake things up, and for one create an unbalanced schedule which would mean far more rotation of teams on the schedule from year to year.
Overall, it’s a great schedule for Penn State in 2010. They have the Alabama game to get through, several tough road Big 10 game titles, and workable games at home in the Big 10. The game at Fed Ex field is intriguing and will alllow for fun for the fan base and will likely be excellent for recruiting in a region that’s been excellent to them.
Getting excited about a fresh Penn State football season!