The 2012 Penn State Football Schedule has been produced and it’s the time period of the year when NFL and college football supporters such as Penn State followers can start analyzing the imminent season. Penn State has been through even more than its share of adjustment this year, including with their football squad.
It’s been a year of change with regard to Penn State University. There’s no reason to enter into everything that has happened to the university, however we can talk about the football program going into the 2012 season. Without question the main storyline is that Penn State is going to have a whole new coach the very first time in a long time, because infamous coach Joe Paterno not just was terminated, but died.
New coach Bill O’Brien has huge if not impossible shoes to fill up, however he does take over an excellent program and some good talent. The schedule will have a few familiar and some new kooks to it. There is the typical Big Ten portion of the schedule, and also some fascinating out of conference match ups too.
Penn State starts the season with Four straight out of conference games. The actual season starts at home on September 1 against Ohio University from the MAC, conference runner-ups in 2012. Penn State then heads into ACC country to take on upstart University of Virginia in Charlottesville, that are also a team on the rise. They then come home for 2 games against Navy and Temple.
Penn State’s OOC schedule won’t look tough initially to many but it’s more difficult than it looks. Ohio and Temple are generally great teams from the MAC. Navy is really a tough team to prepare for due to their unique option running game, and Virginia is really a bowl team from a BCS conference. These will be the most difficult PSU football tickets to get. If O’Brien can come away from those Four games with no loss, it will likely be better than individuals will give him credit.
The Big 10 portion of the schedule will begin in earnest when PSU travels to The state of Illinois on September 29th. This game is part of the rather tough group of conference road games which include match-ups at Iowa (typically a difficult match up for the Nittany Lions), at Purdue, and also at Nebraska. Once again, winning 3 or even 2 of these Four games is going to be remarkable for the squad.
The actual premier games on the schedule this year come at home. This includes huge match ups against Ohio State on October 27, and the season climax against Wisconsin on The November 24. Both of these teams would be the favorites in the Big 10 this year and will be looking for big road wins in Happy Valley. Penn State also has home games against Northwestern (homecoming) and Indiana which are more manageable, however in no way easy.
It’s a new era with regard to Penn State football, even though you will see lots of new things regarding PSU football in 2012, the success they’ve experienced should be something that continues.
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