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The Best Appealing Match-Ups In The 2011 Penn State College Football Schedule

The 2011 Penn State Football Schedule has been released which indicates followers can start picking the games most intriguing to watch in the upcoming season.

Author: Dylan Vanland
Date: Aug 28, 2011 - 10:35:48 PM

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The face of the Big Ten changed this year when Nebraska was added, getting the conference to 12 teams and allowing it to split into 2 sections and add a conference championship game. Despite this evolving look to the actual conference, Penn State’s schedule offers a bit of a typical feel into it when compared with previous years.

Without a doubt, the actual leading matchup on the agenda for Penn State in 2011 may be the 2nd game of the season against Alabama. Last year Penn State journeyed to Tuscaloosa to play Alabama and wound up on the losing finish of the game. This season, Alabama comes to Happy Valley to setup an extremely interesting out of conference complement that will be viewed not just by both fan bases, but fan bases of the SEC and Big 10 conferences in general. Both will be searching for a nice win for their conference.

The actual Alabama game is sandwiched in between other less interesting out-of-conference match-ups. The Nittany Lions will play Indiana State to start the season at home, as well as after Alabama goes on the road to encounter Temple. Penn State rounds out their own from conference schedule with a home game against Eastern Michigan. While Penn State versus Alabama seats will be scarce, for followers Penn State vs Temple football tickets should be more readily found.

After the out of conference schedule, things get much more fascinating as Penn State enters it's Big Ten schedule. There are some excellent games within this portion of the schedule, such as a few match-ups which have created nicely through the years such as games against Purdue, Iowa, as well as Northwestern. Penn State should be favored in all individuals games, however it’s been shown through the years that those opponents will always provide Penn State an aggressive game and the result's never certain.

The finish of the schedule is actually once again top notch with regard to Penn State fans this year. Besides the Alabama game, the 3 greatest games on the schedule tend to be perhaps at the end of the year. Penn State plays conventional power Ohio State on the road in late November. They then play who many think is the favorite to win the conference in 2011 in Wisconsin also on the road the following week. Those consecutive games is a tough test for just about any team.

Penn State finishes the entire year with the team that most likely will end up a newer rival for Penn State in future years, and that is Nebraska. Penn State has already played Nebraska within out-of-conference games a few times. Now the actual games in conference will mean much more. Penn State followers can look forward to numerous excellent games versus the actual cornhuskers within coming years.

If the cards drop the right way in 2011, Penn State fans might be lucky enough to find themselves in the inaugural Big 10 Championship game in Indianapolis.

Searching for Penn State vs Northwestern Football Tickets or Penn State vs Nebraska Football Tickets? You can find excellent ticket listings to these and other top Penn State football matchups at PennStateCentral.com, as well as great deals on Penn State merchandise and clothing.

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