Tide on ice
Alabama-Penn State series put on hold after 2003
Posted: Friday June 27, 2003 6:16 PM
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Central Florida will replace Alabama
on Penn State's home schedule in 2004 after the Crimson Tide asked
Penn State to delay their home-and-home series.
"Alabama officials approached us with a request to postpone the
dates due to the issues they were facing with NCAA sanctions,"
Penn State athletic director Tim Curley said Friday. "Because we
have had an excellent relationship with them in the past and we are
interested in playing them in the future, we honored their request
to move the series to later dates."
The Crimson Tide was scheduled to visit Penn State on Sept. 18,
2004, with the Nittany Lions playing at Alabama on Sept. 10, 2005.
The new agreement delays the home-and-home series until 2013 and
2014.
In the meantime, Central Florida will fill Penn State's open
home date in 2004. In 2005, the Nittany Lions replaced their Sept.
10 road date with a home game against Cincinnati.
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