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Iowa-Penn State is a classic matchup

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 24, 2009

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- If you like your steak grilled, your potato baked and your whiskey straight, tune in to Iowa's visit to Penn State on Saturday night. Nothing will be fancy. Little will be hidden. It will be all laid out before the 107,282 fans who cram into Beaver Stadium (ABC, 8 p.m. ET). The Hawkeyes and the Nittany Lions are as exciting as Brooks Brothers, as hip as Ivory soap. Avant garde? Try fullback over guard. The teams are, if nothing else, a reflection of their coaches. Joe P ...

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