Notre Dame/Penn State History
(UHND.com) – When Penn State joined the Big 10 conference starting with the 1993 season, the Nitanny Lions gained all the advantages of conference affiliation, and lost the presence of Notre Dame from its schedule after facing the Irish every season since 1982. Luckily for college football fans the rivalry will be renewed when the Lions travel to South Bend September 9th.
The Notre Dame – Penn State rivalry is difficult to explain. There are no geographical ties between the two such as a Florida-Florida State or USC-UCLA rivalry and the Irish and Lions have faced each other just 17 times but still Irish fans have much distain for the Lions and vise versa. Part of this comes from both schools being the two of the last major independents in the late 80’s. The Irish as we all know remained independent and are still sans-conference these days, but Penn State bolted for the Big 10 in 1993.
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The Notre Dame – Penn State rivalry is difficult to explain. There are no geographical ties between the two such as a Florida-Florida State or USC-UCLA rivalry and the Irish and Lions have faced each other just 17 times but still Irish fans have much distain for the Lions and vise versa. Part of this comes from both schools being the two of the last major independents in the late 80’s. The Irish as we all know remained independent and are still sans-conference these days, but Penn State bolted for the Big 10 in 1993.
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