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The regional rivalry between Penn State and Pitt is safe for the foreseeable future.

New Pittsburgh athletic director Scott Barnes told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette his first call after taking the job in mid-June was to Sandy Barbour, his colleague at Penn State, to make sure the football series between the Nittany Lions and the Panthers was safe.