The Lions' Pride

I'd rather be welcomed by them than stay in a conference that has turned its back on Penn State. This is the 3rd time this damned conference has turned its back on Penn State.

1. When PSU joined: It takes us 4 freakin years to get on the schedule? Nebraska joins and 3 months later they are included in the scheduling?

2. 1994. Nuff said. Same situation in 1997, and the entire conference bent over backwards to make sure the golden child of the conference got their title.

3. This whole situation. Ohio State doesn't have to repay their bowl money for being bowl ineligible. Penn State does. Jim Delaney begs, borrows and steals to get 5 ineligible players for Ohio State to play in a bowl game vs Arkansas...and what does he do to Penn State? He piles on. I really wish those presidents had the damned stones to just boot PSU. PSU isn't welcome in the Big Ten, nor has it ever been welcome in the conference.

Why stay somewhere where A) You aren't respected, B) You aren't welcome and C) When there's a better fit for the University and the athletic programs?

While the Big 10 was respected 10+ years ago, I am not so sure now. Yeah, we love Big Ten football, but the rest of the country views it as old school and slow. SEC has won 6, probably 7 NC's, unless USC can beat an SEC team in the NC. In a few years, the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac 10 will look even more different. I think we should be proactive. I would rather play in the ACC. It will help recruiting, and we might just be wanted in that conference. The mid-west players have lacked the speed and talent like the SEC and PAC 10.

Plus basketball wise it would be awesome to see Duke, UNC, Pitt, Wake, Clemson, G Tech, and even ND come to Happy Valley.

Maybe the money is too much to give up, I really don't know. Everyone keeps saying it is, but no one really has provided an answer to the R and D financing on why it would change?

B1G football sucks, and is not respected by the rest of the country.

We get our asses kicked in BCS games, unless there's a game against somebody like last year's VaTech team. I can't think of a legitimate national title contender the last few seasons other than Wisconsin, and I think they would've gotten creamed by Bama or LSU last year.

OSU is always overrated, and get shown up in BCS games.

I don't respect the B1G, and I'm a student here. As a fan from the South, not many people respect Big Ten football unless you're from that part of the country.