We told you yesterday that the Penn State Nittany Lions announced that they will be playing the San Diego State University Aztecs in 2015 and now you can add another future home and home series to the schedule.
Both Penn State and Virginia Tech announced that they will play each other in a home and home series in 2022 and 2023. The game in 2022 will take place in Blacksburg, VA on September 17th and the 2023 game will take place in State College, Pa on September 16th. Just like Penn State vs. San Diego State in 2015, Penn State and Virginia Tech have never met before.
Virginia Tech’s athletic director Jim Weaver, who is a 1967 Penn State graduate said
I think this will be a series that our fans will look forward to since this is another Big Ten team. Over the next 10 years, we will be playing Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn State.”
Coincidentally, Weaver who was Penn State’s offensive line coach from 1969-72, one of his players is Penn State’s athletic director. Dave Joyner, who was an offensive tackle at Penn State, said
Virginia Tech is an opponent our alumni and fans have been asking about adding to the schedule. I am very appreciative of the efforts of Jim Weaver to make this long-awaited match-up become a reality.”
This matchup will finally become a reality in 9-10 years from now but at least we know it will happen and we won’t have to wait around for a bowl game to see these two teams play each other.
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