Hey Wigler,
Lemme get this straight, PSU plays ONE D-1AA school in the past 100 years and suddenly they're playing patsies? Do you know why PSU had to play Youngstown State? Please look it up before spouting off. Michigan beating up on Vanderbilt and Central Michigan isn't exactly all that great either. Also, joining a conference has made PSU schedule patsy non-conference opponents, since the Big Ten and MAC have an agreement for at least one game for every team against each other per season. At least we got the MAC Champion (Akron) this year.
Also, the fact that Penn State is WINNING bowls is proof that despite the so-called patsy schedule is misleading. Look at which teams PSU was beating in those bowls, and by the way, tOSU is one of them (1980 Fiesta Bowl).
During the 70s and 80s, Penn State played Alabama, Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame during the height of their respective programs and consistently won against all of them.
Are you saying that Michigan playing Purdue, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota during the same span is comparable?
Isn't the only reason the game was called "The game" because it was essentially the Big Ten championship game?
BTW, you've won both of your last games against PSU with a little help. Please go back to the 2002 game and tell me why Tony Johnson was ruled OB on that catch inside the 20 with a minute left when he had control of the ball with both feet in bounds. Go back to last year and learn how to properly call time out.
When you do this, I'll send you a Lloyd Carr football package, including a clock that adds two seconds to every hour and a down and distance marker that measures 9 yards in one direction and 11 yards in the other.
Furthermore, if Lloyd Carr is even allowed to come back next year, he can be a year closer to Paterno's 40+ years in PSU's program, and if you guys keep winning, he'll only have 5 more undefeated seasons to make up. How can a team go two consecutive seasons undefeated without even getting a shot at the National Championship? I dunno, but go back to 1969-1970 to find out.
At least Paterno can beat Jim Tressel.
Kyle,
I respect your passion but you are delusional. Michigan won the games. I thought Michigan's Bowl Game last year was the worst officiating in history. It was so bad that the NCAA changed the rules this year and the Sun Belt officials will no longer be doing bowl games involving major conferences. Know what, the record book still says Nebraska won.
As for your 70's statement, you were joking right. "During the 70s and 80s, Penn State played Alabama, Syracuse, Pitt and Notre Dame during the height of their respective programs and consistently won against all of them." I decided to grab 1978 at random since I know that was the year that an undefeated Penn State team almost won a national championship. Penn States schedule: Temple, Rutgers, Ohio State, SMU, TCU, Kentucky, Syracuse, WVU, Maryland, NC State, Pitt. They did not schedule Alabama, they got them in the bowl game. Up until the Bowl game, they had played 2 top 20 AP schools NC State #18 and Maryland #20. That is far easier than a conference schedule with rivalries. I would suspect that if I choose another year, the results would be the same. BTW I know they played Brown at some point and seem to remember games at Cincinnati (Are not both D2) and I am pretty sure they had a yearly series with almost D2 programs Rutgers and Temple. Here are some interesting stats for you:
The most total wins in college football history (851)
The highest all-time winning percentage (.749)
The highest NCAA home attendance every year but one since 1974
The longest current streak of having over 100,000 at a home game (193 consecutive games)
The longest current bowl game streak (31)
The longest current streak of non-losing seasons (38)
The current longest number of games in Division 1-A since last being shutout (273 games)
The most televised school in college football history (356 televised games)
The largest NCAA crowd to ever attend a football game: 112,118 on November 22, 2003, at Michigan Stadium
The largest delta (points for minus points against) in college football history
The most conference football championships (42)
The most undefeated seasons in Division 1-A football (25)
The highest all-time strength of schedule rating in college football
The longest time since playing a (non WWII-era) non-Division-1A opponent (74 years)
The most winning seasons (109)
One of only two schools with a winning record against every Division 1-A conference, including independent schools such as Notre Dame
The number one sports rivalry: Michigan versus Ohio State, according to ESPN's "Top 10 Greatest Sports Rivalries"
PS - Funny but I thought Paterno had a losing record against Tressel and had never beaten Carr. Maybe I am wrong.