Another myth perpetuated by the insecure, irrelevant, arrogant fanbase in Ann Arbor. Other than isolated Penn State fans somewhere and the idiot Bob Griese, there was absolutely NO groundswell of opinion that Penn State would "come in and dominate the conference." Penn State was a clear national power when it was invited into this corrupt league in 1989, and your boy Bo, perhaps the most overrated coach in all of sports ... ever, rightly saw his perch as #2 behind the Buckeyes endangered by the new team from the East. Hence, the requirement that Penn State wait for 3 years (initially it was 5
) until 1993 to start league play.
So what did your precious Big Ten "teach" Penn State?
1. That the whole conference is alive to serve Michigan and Ohio State
2. That Professors Honig, Lemonier, and Witvoet would revolutionize the role of officiating in league games
3. That Penn State would not be treated as an equal the way the ACC treated FSU or the SEC treated Arkansas
4. That midwest regional support for Penn State would be non-existent
5. That through scheduling, media, and administrative authority, Penn State would find itself living in the Iowa and Michigan State neighborhood rather than in the penthouse reserved for UM and OSU
6. That no matter how great a coach one might be, if he were not coaching in Ann Arbor or Columbus, he would never get a fair shake (here you can also refer to Nick Saban, who had to leave for the universally acknowledged power conference of the SEC to win multiple national titles)
7. And that the most arrogant group of fans anywhere on the planet wore the urine and blue of Michigan ... a program so powerful that it managed ONE SINGLE undefeated, untied season from World War II through 2017. One. Penn State had 2 from 1968-69 alone ... then added 3 more. It would have been another in 2005, but your boy Dave solved that one.