A renewed rivalry between Penn State and Pittsburgh is what college football fans want most in central and western Pennsylvania—other than a national championship for either school, of course.

What people fail to realize is that the only thing Penn State and Pitt currently have in common is that both universities act in private while claiming to be public entities.

Today, Penn State and Pitt are on different plateaus in terms of football.

After slipping into the abyss of the Big Ten for most of the first half of this decade, Penn State has re-emerged as a national powerhouse worthy of consideration for the Bowl Championship Series.

Pittsburgh, on the other hand, can only claim to have knocked West Virgin...

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