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Guess who Penn State wants to see every year

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08:20 AM ET 05.07 | Pitt and Penn State, who haven't met since 2000, are set to resume a once-storied football rivalry in 2016. If new Nittany Lions coach Bill O'Brien has anything to say about it, the archrivals will meet more than just the two times they agreed to last year during a thaw in relations between the two programs. "I would love to see that game played on an annual basis," O'Brien told the Tribune-Review on Friday. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for (Pitt coach) Paul Chryst and their program, and that's a great rivalry. For the fans of Pennsylvania to be able to see that game every year, I think that's pretty neat." Not that anything is simple when it comes to the rivalry.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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May 7, 2012  08:55 AM ET

For Chryst sakes, get it done!

May 7, 2012  09:01 AM ET
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For Chryst sakes, get it done!

I will have another Sake

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May 7, 2012  09:15 AM ET

They're hurting for pictures. They're still using a shot from the 2010 game against Alabama.

May 7, 2012  09:16 AM ET

Amazing what a good dose of humble pie will do for the soul...or an arrogant university in this case.

May 7, 2012  09:17 AM ET
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They're hurting for pictures. They're still using a shot from the 2010 game against Alabama.

Still newer than Saban's blue jacket one.

<----------that way----------

May 7, 2012  09:22 AM ET
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They're hurting for pictures. They're still using a shot from the 2010 game against Alabama.

I don't imagine any media pics having to do with Penn State from the last year are worth immortalizing.

"Let's see...should we go with the Sandusky in cuffs pic or the Joe Pa withering away in his house pic?"

May 7, 2012  09:22 AM ET
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Still newer than Saban's blue jacket one.<----------that way----------

that one has now reached classic stage

May 7, 2012  09:28 AM ET
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Question is whether Pitt wants to see Penn State every year. Feeling might not be mutual.

I think they both would do well to play this game, a good rivalry game is always fun, and if the underdog pulls the upset it can help a team save an otherwise poor season.

May 7, 2012  09:30 AM ET
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I think they both would do well to play this game, a good rivalry game is always fun, and if the underdog pulls the upset it can help a team save an otherwise poor season.

yeah, every time I saw a Pitt game, seemed they could use another 10-20k in the seats.

May 7, 2012  09:32 AM ET

Hope they get it done. Would like to see Okla-Nebraska again around Turkey Day. Shame the rusty cows and aggies are off.

May 7, 2012  09:36 AM ET
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Hope they get it done. Would like to see Okla-Nebraska again around Turkey Day. Shame the rusty cows and aggies are off.

I think a good cockroach/rusty cow game this thanksgiving will ease the transition

May 7, 2012  09:51 AM ET
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I think a good cockroach/rusty cow game this thanksgiving will ease the transition

That ought to bring frog fan out! Austin or Cowtown?

May 7, 2012  09:55 AM ET
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that one has now reached classic stage

Especially if it has underarm sweat stain circles.

May 7, 2012  10:03 AM ET

I'm thinking Kent State.

May 7, 2012  10:07 AM ET
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That ought to bring frog fan out! Austin or Cowtown?

Trying to work up the rivalry for this 83rd meeting. Just not easy since I've been a fan in all games except UTx

In Austin this year.

 
May 7, 2012  10:10 AM ET

Well, Penn State wants no part of Pitt in hoops.

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