Article: Penn State faces three tough tests

If Penn State is to fulfill hopes of winning the Big Ten championship and a national title, it likely will have to pull off the historic trifecta of beating Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin in the same football season.

Penn State, a program that has posted two national championships and five unbeaten seasons under Joe Paterno, has yet to beat those three teams in the same campaign. The 1994 season, when Penn State swept to a Big Ten title and an unbeaten 12-0 finish, is the only year the Nittany Lions were able to beat both Michigan and Ohio State. Wisconsin wasn't on the schedule that year.

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