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Penn State star says ‘We’re rivals with ourselves’ … but can Rutgers change that viewpoint?

Jordan Lucas said “rivalry” the same way that a kid craving macaroni and cheese might choke on the word “asparagus.”

A little exasperated, a little insulted, and even a little angry, Penn State’s All-Big Ten senior defensive back rejected the notion that Rutgers – or any other team – could ever be a rival of the white and blue.

“There is no such thing as a rivalry in our eyes,” Lucas told Gannett New Jersey at Big Ten media day, “and that’s just as a program.”

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