Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alabama–Penn State football rivalry
While the rivalry was allowed to lay fallow after Bear Bryant retired and Penn State's Big Ten commitments limited non-conference games, |notability is ''not'' temporary. While active, the rivalry was both intense and much discussed in the national sports media. Through Google Books, I've found http://books.google.com/books?id=APLXAAAAMAAJ&q=Alabama%E2%80%93Penn+State+football+rivalry&dq=Alabama%E2%80%93Penn+State+football+rivalry&hl=en&ei=N5_BTtirBaf9sQKt7NWzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBA chapter 38 of ''Greatest Moments in Penn State Football History'' is dedicated to the 1985 Alabama game, and in http://books.google.com/books?id=azOXuglUxTsC&pg=PA138&dq=Alabama–Penn+State+football+rivalry&hl=en&ei=N5_BTtirBaf9sQKt7NWzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Alabama–Penn%20State%20football%20rivalry&f=false his part of ''Game of my Life'' Joey Jones describes the 1981 game thusly: "It was a great rivalry, and playing there felt special. It had a different feel than playing in a SEC game. It wasn't a heated rivalry like you see in the SEC sometimes; there was respect." In ''http://books.google.com/books?id=Ruw4SYBARoYC&pg=PT159&dq=Alabama%E2%80%93Penn+State+football+rivalry&hl=en&ei=v6PBTuzSGNGEsALNucXyBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=Alabama%E2%80%93Penn%20State%20football%20rivalry&f=false Crimson Nation'', Eli Gold describes it as a "very respectful, healthy rivalry" in his description of the 1978 matchup.  There's more, of course, but this should be sufficient
— User:Dravecky, 23:26, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NTEMP (Wikipedia:Notability)