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An imperfect 10 // Penn State academically fits in Big Ten, but is it still out of place?
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. The football coach here at Penn State is Peter
Falk wearing Coke bottle glasses. He's a living legend, complete
with a Brooklyn accent many Big Ten boosters haven't heard since they
saw their last Woody Allen movie.
Joe Paterno is Penn State, but Big Ten fans soon will find the
school is more than a football icon. Whether the merger of Penn
State and the Big Ten Conference will be the perfect fit their
leaders hope it will be, or simply a marriage of convenience, re...
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; ... revenue-sharing and other contractual details can be worked out. Plans for the resolution of those problems were outlined during a news conference in University Park, Pa., attended by University of Illinois President Stanley Ikenberry, chairman of the Big Ten presidents ...
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Penn State has its eye on taking Big Ten title
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; GENARO C. ARMAS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-19-2005 Penn State has its eye on taking Big Ten title By GENARO C. ARMAS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 11-19-2005, Saturday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Kerry Collins, Ki-Jana Carter and Kyle Brady
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To Big Ten, Penn State Hits Big Time Today; Feeling Resentment, Paterno, Lions Stay Low Key in Opener Against Minnesota
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; ... Atlantic Coast Conference. Paterno borrowed the appropriate line for this new adventure from a Penn State colleague, saying at a news conference last week: "I feel like I just got a new job but I don't have to move. I'm not sure exactly what the pressures of ...
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Should Penn State join the Big Ten?
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; Yes, Penn State should join the Big Ten. The school would add a new dimension to the Big Two and Little Eight. It would be nice to see a new contender, at least in football. It would be harder to win the conference championship. The addition of Penn State adds needed prestige to the Big Ten's
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