Penn State vs. West Virginia: A Heated College Football Rivalry

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00:00We'll be right back with more from Penn State.

00:05Penn State and James Franklin.

00:06I kind of put them in the same category as Marcus Freeman, right, Coach?

00:08Now that it's gone to 12, he's got to finally get Penn State in the college football playoff.

00:14But this is the kind of game he likes to flex his muscles, Coach.

00:18Early in the year against a team that he's probably a little bit better than,

00:21I could see Penn State giving the business to West Virginia tomorrow.

00:25Yeah, and I'm really up on West Virginia as kind of a sleeper.

00:28Of course, I am a Mountaineer.

00:29I did go to West Virginia.

00:31Yeah, that's true.

00:33And I think West Virginia will have an outstanding season and we'll get to a bowl game.

00:37But I don't think having a great season is beating Penn State.

00:40Penn State is a great, solid team.

00:42They've got a little better talent.

00:44And West Virginia will play them great at home.

00:46And this was a nasty robbery through the years when I was playing there

00:50and my dad was coaching at West Virginia.

00:52But Penn State seems to always have a little more talent than West Virginia.

00:56And, Coach, you know, let me ask you this.

00:59There were some kids on West Virginia who were on that team last year

01:02that talked about Franklin kind of rubbing it in,

01:05throwing an extra touchdown on at the end of that game last year.

01:09You've been involved in heated rivalries before.

01:11Does that stuff get remembered the next year?

01:14And are some of the kids on West Virginia going to be thinking about that?

01:17Well, I mean, anything you can do to motivate your players.

01:20I remember my dad running a score up on Lou Holtz when he was at William & Mary.

01:24And Lou Holtz said he didn't appreciate it.

01:26And my dad said, Lou, it's your job to hold the score down, not mine.

01:29They were good friends and he was kidding.

01:31But, again, I don't think that's going to make a factor

01:33in how well they play at West Virginia.

01:35Again, you've got to look at the history.

01:37West Virginia does need a reason to get up to play Penn State.

01:40It's always been a big brother type of program that looked down at West Virginia,

01:43these Mountaineers, these Hillbillies, and we take them serious when we play Penn State.

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