Hey Tim Curley! See this?

With all the hulaballoo about Penn State's non-conference scheduling, particularly concerning PSU AD Tim Curley, it should be noted that Jim Clements, the new West Virginia University President, really wants his Mountaineers to play Penn State. That's right, you know all those old rivals Penn State doesn't play anymore? Well, one of them is practically pleading for a series renewal willing to chat about the Nittany Lions.

In an interview with Mike Casazza, the Charleston Daily Mail WVU beat reporter/blogger, Clements said:

"...the three biggest rivalries historically are Pitt and the Backyard Brawl, Maryland and Penn State. I think having Maryland on the schedule again is pretty cool. It's a quality ACC team. Penn State would be very hard to get on the schedule because they're in the Big Ten and they have only so many outside games they can play, but that would actually be a pretty interesting matchup."

But oh, it gets better. Much, much better.

"If you asked me to order them, clearly you've got to have Penn State on [the schedule]..."

Well, West Virginia might not be what it was under Rich Rodriguez and Pat White, but it's still one of the best teams in The East. It's supposed to win the Big East again this year, which would give it three BCS bids in the last five seasons, more than Penn State. Not to mention, it was one of Penn State's BIGGEST rivals before joining the Big Ten.

This should be a no-brainer for the Penn State Athletic Department.

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PSU AD Curley: No Timetable on Paterno

Penn State AD Tim Curley said at a presser today that there's no timetable on Paterno's exit.

Q. Joe (Paterno) is going into the last year of his contract. Are you looking to get something done in terms of extension or plan for the future?

"We're just visiting in the off-season and when we have something to report, we will. We don't have any specific timetables. We've had some calendar issues in terms of getting together. Those will be resolved. We've already met once and will continue to meet and keep our discussions going."

Q. What about the women's basketball program? Obviously they had a tough ending of the year. What are your thoughts?

"I've been really pleased with the transition with Coquese (Washington) and her staff. Obviously, the last part of the calendar didn't work in our direction. I really just see good things there. We're all frustrated it didn't end on a better note. Everything I can tell, she's got the makings of everything we thought she could do when we hired her."

Q. You said you met once with Joe. Can you go into any detail?

"No, I really don't want to go into detail. We indicated we'd get together and we have since that last time we talked. Those discussions are going to continue. Once we feel like we have something to report, we will at that time."

Q. Is it important to get something done by spring practice?

"I don't think there's any deadline that's super imperative right now. Obviously when spring practice starts he gets pretty tied-up and pretty focused, but I wouldn't put a deadline on it."

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