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September 8, 2005

Paterno shot down Penn State - Florida State game

The Philidelphia Daily News lets fly with this gem buried in a hodge-podge of college football notes:

A source familiar with Florida State and Penn State says FSU wanted to play the Nittany Lions at a neutral site (most likely the Meadowlands or Washington), but Penn State chose not to schedule it. The last time Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden faced each other was the 1990 Blockbuster Bowl, which the Seminoles won, 24-17. The last regular-season meeting was 1975, Bowden's last year at West Virginia. The Nits won that one, 39-zip.

This one reeks of a tried-and-true professional wrestling promotion: Loser leaves town. While I would love to watch Florida State blast Penn State, I simply couldn't get past the whole 'loser must retire' angle.

Is there any truth to the PSU-FSU rumor? Probably not, otherwise it wouldn't be buried in a throw away CFB article from an unnamed source.

Posted by Kevin Donahue

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Comments:

  1. Fanblogs Author dave frey said:

    posted on September 9, 2005 9:16 AM — 64.56.21.240 — link — abuse?



    I don't see the appeal of such a game, frankly. It would be great if the teams were, at least roughly, evenly matched. They're not. Florida State is still strong, and Penn State is, well, not. It wouldn't even be close. It would actually be kind of sad to watch the Noles bulldoze PSU, I imagine.

  2. douglantz said:

    posted on October 9, 2005 8:08 PM — 24.59.246.96 — link — abuse?



    davefrey still think penn state is not good?

  3. Fanblogs Author dave frey said:

    posted on October 9, 2005 10:19 PM — 66.186.235.209 — link — abuse?



    nope. i stand corrected. they're good. but florida state would still destroy them.

  4. nittany pride said:

    posted on November 5, 2005 10:30 PM — 71.124.154.200 — link — abuse?



    FSU destroy PSU? Go tarheels.

  5. Ben said:

    posted on December 3, 2005 10:32 PM — 68.68.102.81 — link — abuse?



    Amazing how things change in a season. FSU possibly vs PSU in a BCS bowl with FSU as the underdog. Love it.

  6. barry said:

    posted on March 6, 2006 6:56 PM — 65.37.82.165 — link — abuse?



    hey dave frey....how 'bout now? No..it wasn't a pretty game. and Florida State didn't even win, let alone destroy Penn State. So there....

  7. Laurelnole said:

    posted on March 24, 2006 5:19 PM — 64.12.116.199 — link — abuse?



    By all rights FSU should've won that game but like a few others they let outside issues distract them. That's the only reason Penn St. won so don't brag little lions,lol.

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