paterno? come on. it's the athletic department (won't play fewer than 7 home games each year because they use the profits to fund the rest of the university's athletic programs) and the list of BCS conference teams who play more than one non-pushover outside of conference is pretty short. AD's have come and gone, but the scheduling has stayed consistent. At any rate, Paterno is generally blamed for keeping Pitt off the schedule (a game that fans want to see every year, but the coach/AD has refused to add) Fans want to see lots of stupid [expletive]. What's the benefit? I don't see why a former (and geographic) rivalry is a bad thing. Do you think Illinois vs. Missouri is "stupid [expletive]"? Yes, Illinois and Mizzou was a microcosim of Lord Guenther's horrible non conference scheduling. We should be scheduling like Northwestern, instead Guenther gave us the hardest schedule in the conference year after year. Thank god its over.