According to a report by PennLive.com’s Greg Pickel, UMass’ 2014 road game against Penn State may be in jeopardy.
Pickel reported that if UCF and Penn State agree to a home-and-home series for 2013 and 2014, “Penn State would be replacing it’s 2014 contest with Massachusetts University (sic).”
Information regarding Penn State’s home-and-home with UCF stems from a report in the Orlando Sentinel. Paul Tenorio, the Sentinel’s UCF beat writer, did not name any sources in his report.
UMass announced the Penn State game, which is slated for Sept. 20, 2014, back in April. If indeed the game is cancelled, UMass will still have contests against Boston College and Colorado at Gillette Stadium, and Vanderbilt on the road.
Jon Sinnett, assistant athletic director and head of media relations for UMass, said the school hasn’t spoken to Penn State about canceling the game.
“We haven’t heard anything from them on this, and there is already a contract in place to play the game,” he said.
Regarding whether Penn State would have to pay UMass to cancel the game, Sinnett didn’t know specifics but said that he “would expect there to be compensation as that is fairly standard.”
Follow Bob on twitter: @BobMcGovernJr
Not that this site is the gospel, but http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/big-ten/penn-state-nittany-lions.php further it appears we both have a bye week around 9/13/14
The AD better have gotten a good buyout clause from PSU in light of the previous blunders made in both basketball and football!
It would be difficult to find a comparable ooc opponent given the timing and if indeed this is the case. Would probably have to schedule an FCS team–and one of lesser status if this is the case.
Teams with open spots that I would be interested in:
Rutgers
UConn
+1 re Uconn. This should be played annually.
Like the idea of Rutgers.
I very much like both of these.
Deep breaths people, deep breaths. I highly doubt they will replace a home game against UMass with a road game against UCF. They will however replace a road game at Rutgers with a road game at UCF especially since Rutgers will no longer be an out of conference opponent.
The second update from Penn Live is the important one, it discusses the Rutgers situation etc.
I wonder what the buyout amount is..?
That was my first thought, too. If they buy that out and then take another pay-to-play game, that’s a nice chunk of change.
So true. Probably several hundred thousand at the least.