Under the lights

Well, mostly under the lights anyway. The Big Ten announced its "prime-time" lineup this fall and it appears Penn State has two but only one night game.

2009 BIG TEN PRIME-TIME FOOTBALL GAMES
Sept. 3   Eastern Kentucky at INDIANA, 8 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
Sept. 5   Missouri vs. ILLINOIS, 3:40 p.m. ET, ESPN
              Northern Illinois at WISCONSIN, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
Sept. 12  Illinois State at ILLINOIS, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
              Air Force at MINNESOTA, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
              USC at OHIO STATE, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Sept. 26  IOWA at PENN STATE, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN
                 Notre Dame at PURDUE, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN
Oct. 3      OHIO STATE at INDIANA, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
Oct. 10     MICHIGAN at IOWA, 8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN
Oct. 17     ILLINOIS at INDIANA, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
Oct. 24     IOWA at MICHIGAN STATE, 7 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
Oct. 31    MICHIGAN STATE at MINNESOTA, 8 p.m. ET, BTN
  PENN STATE at NORTHWESTERN, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN2

There's some real barn burners there I can't wait for the Eastern Kentucky/Indiana game and screw USC/OSU I'm tuning in to the Illinois State/Illinois in-state rivalry game. The bad news is Penn State doesn't have many night games the good news is I won't have the chance to be so inebriated that I pass out and miss the game. Not that that's happened before.