Congrats on 25 years!

[B1Gtymer]

Nice article on BTN about Penn State's inclusion into the B1G and the success that has followed for both the school and conference. Congrats on 25 years in the B1G!

http://btn.com/2015/06/04/penn-state-athletics-commemorates-25-years-in-big-ten-conference/

 

[getmyjive11]

I wish it wouldn't last another 5 years, but it is what it is. Us and Notre Dame becoming full members in the ACC would be ideal (I understand why it won't happen though).

 

[psu00]

Nice article on BTN about Penn State's inclusion into the B1G and the success that has followed for both the school and conference. Congrats on 25 years in the B1G!

http://btn.com/2015/06/04/penn-state-athletics-commemorates-25-years-in-big-ten-conference/

Appreciate the thought and intent of your post but I don't think you'll find many Penn Staters who will be celebrating much over that anniversary.

 

[lionlurker]

It's like saying congrats on having diabetes for 25 years.

 

[wex18]

I was recently talking with a former Chicago sportswriter who broke the original story. He was interviewing the Minnesota a.d. about something else, and the a.d. prematurely said, "I can't believe The Big Ten is bringing in Penn State." The writer made some calls, and got confirmation before it was supposed to be publicly announced.

 

[Victor E. Bell]

Interesting topic you chose to break an 18-month dormancy for posting.

 

[fairgambit]

Appreciate the thought and intent of your post but I don't think you'll find many Penn Staters who will be celebrating much over that anniversary.

That's for sure. I despise the conference and every other team in it.

 

[john4psu]

I wish it was our 25th anniversary in the ACC.

 

[johnmpsu]

This is indeed a very sad day in Penn State history.

 

[BobPSU92]

We should celebrate by remembering Penn State's Big Ten Greatest Hits. I'll start.

 

[NJLions]

Hate the big ten

 

[simons96]

as I posted in the library thread, Penn State has benefitted immensely by joining the Big Ten from an academic standpoint. And that was always Joe's goal.

doesn't excuse the free colonoscopy our sports teams get about 5 times a year from the B1G refs, but you'd be amazed at how much resource sharing has helped ALL students of the Big Ten

 

[Victor E. Bell]

In honor of Penn State's 25 years in the league, BTN announces it will show 25 consecutive Ohio State-Michigan games.

 

[lionlurker]

Or, take away 25 more wins.

 

[nits74]

Or, take away 25 more wins.

Or another $25M.

 

[ChiTownLion]

#PSUnrivaled

 

[BobPSU92]

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Well said. Thank you, sir.

 

[jerseylion109]

not a huge fan of the big ten but honestly the ACC isn't all that great either.

 

[BobPSU92]

not a huge fan of the big ten but honestly the ACC isn't all that great either.

Geography aside, some people assume Penn State would have been treated better in the ACC. We don't know that. Pre-sandusky, we don't know that the playing field would have been level. Then in 2011 and 2012, everyone was "outraged", thought they knew everything about Penn State and Joe, and hated us.

 

[fairgambit]

not a huge fan of the big ten but honestly the ACC isn't all that great either.

My observation, perhaps incorrect, is that in other conferences when a member school is in trouble, there is an institutional policy to either support that school or at least stand aside and not comment at all. When we had our Sandusky troubles, the BigTen rushed to judgment and piled on. That is on top of all the other crap that has come our way since we joined this hell hole. F the BigTen and every other school in it.

 

[lionlurker]

Right on, fairgambit. Especially since their own wallets could be potentially affected by us not being in the bowl picture. Instead of even protecting their own bottom lines, they gleefully piled on because they could not help themselves.

I sincerely hope that some day we win the Big Ten championship game, and Delany has to look JF right in the eyes and congratulate him. I bet he ****s up that moment.

 

[psuguy04]

We should celebrate by remembering Penn State's Big Ten Greatest Hits. I'll start.

 

[psuguy04]

And, who could forget Jason Avant?

 

[Aoshiro]

Nice article on BTN about Penn State's inclusion into the B1G and the success that has followed for both the school and conference. Congrats on 25 years in the B1G!

http://btn.com/2015/06/04/penn-state-athletics-commemorates-25-years-in-big-ten-conference/

Thanks. Now give us our bowl money back.

 

[BobPSU92]

My observation, perhaps incorrect, is that in other conferences when a member school is in trouble, there is an institutional policy to either support that school or at least stand aside and not comment at all. When we had our Sandusky troubles, the BigTen rushed to judgment and piled on. That is on top of all the other crap that has come our way since we joined this hell hole. F the BigTen and every other school in it.

But there hasn't been another example of heightened misplaced outrage as there was with Penn State. It was a unique situation because Joe was a lightning rod and our own bot threw the school under the bus. The ACC would not have changed the media coverage, the bot's actions in November 2011, or the hiring of freeh.