Local Radio Host Says Penn State Afraid to Play Pitt
PITTSBURGH -- Adam Crowley of 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh had a bold declaration about the football rivalry between the Pitt Panthers and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Crowley claimed he "knows" that Penn State is "afraid" to play Pitt in a non-conference football game and added that it's because the loss to Pitt in 2016 is what likely kept the Nittany Lions out of the college football playoff.
Pitt and Penn State haven't played football against one another since 2019, when the Panthers fell 17-10 in the 100th all-time meeting at Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions won three of four in a short series that spanned 2016 to 2019 and renewed the rivalry after a 15-year absence.
There are currently no plans for the two schools to meet in the near future. Pitt already has a non-conference schedule occupied primarily by Cincinnati, West Virginia and Wisconsin with contests against Notre Dame sprinkled in over various years. Meanwhile, Penn State has out-of-conference games against the Mountaineers, Syracuse, Villanova, Temple and Nevada, highlighting their future schedules.
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