Fans may take it for granted three decades into Penn State's Big Ten existence, but the Nittany Lions and Ohio State are a bit of an odd couple.
While both are land-grant schools, the Buckeyes play in a major metro area; Penn State is smack in the middle of Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions have a quilt of Eastern and Midwestern quasi-rivals—Maryland, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and others—while Ohio State only truly has one.
