Many Penn State people will tell you the home game against Temple Sept. 17 is more important than the game at Pitt next week. Temple whacked Penn State, 27-10, last season, beating the Nittany Lions for the first time in 74 years. The pressure is on coach James Franklin not to allow it to happen for a second consecutive year.
But the Temple game took on much greater significance Thursday when Penn State announced — sort of — that there will be a “commemoration” that day at Beaver Stadium of the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno’s first game as Penn State coach.