As someone who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, I think of this week's Penn State-Alabama game as the renewal of a rivalry that is played fairly often. If you had asked me when was the last time Penn State played Alabama, I would have guessed that it was about five years ago.
Actually, they haven't played since 1990. No one under the age of 23 can remember seeing them ever play.
I'm really old.
It's funny but when I think of Penn State playing a meaningful game it always seems like 25 years ago. I find it amazing the Paterno has hung on to a job where his team has not played a role in the national title in over 20 years.
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