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To: Nittany Lion who wrote (1523)	12/23/1999 8:10:00 PM
From: MythMan	Respond to of 11146

What is wrong with this picture? >>The Penn State Nittany Lions, who survived some close calls early in the season, seemed destined for the national championship game. Instead, the No. 13 Nittany Lions (9-3) lost the last three games to Minnesota, Michigan and Michigan State and find themselves in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, facing No. 18 Texas A&M (8-3), on Dec. 28. Ticket sales for a bowl game haven't been so slow since the 1979 Liberty Bowl. "It's been pretty bleak around here," said Bud Meredith, the school's ticket manager for the past 30 seasons. The school even had to send back 2,400 tickets, almost one-fourth of their allotment. Texas A&M fans quickly scooped them up the unsold tickets. Coach Joe Paterno said he isn't worried about ticket sales. But he is concerned about toning down fan expectations. "In all fairness, obviously, I am hoping I will be here a few more years," he said. "I can handle all that stuff. But I think it would unfair to have somebody come in here with the idea that in four or five years that you can expect every year to be a national championship football team in a conference as tough as this one. I think you have to be realistic." Paterno said there wasn't anything seriously wrong with his team in the final weeks. "I don't think anything went wrong," he said. "I just think that we played hard and we didn't a couple of bounces here and bounces. "I consider this season successful whether we win or lose the next game. We have played a lot of good football teams. We played competitively and that is all you can ask." <<