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What's pretty telling is that both schools are within an comparitively easy daytrip drive when compared with just about every other bowl.
BC's advantage is that it is only 200 miles from Yankee Stadium and it has train service between the two cities whereas Penn State is 260 miles, though the drive maybe slightly easier as there are no major urban areas along I-80 until the NY/NY metro. The big advantage that Penn State's annual undergraduate class of 11,000 (44,000/4) versus BC's annual undergraduate class of 2,300 (9,200 undergraduates). Plus, Penn State has a lot of alumni in metro NYC (Silver has it listed as #2 after #1 Rutgers just ahead of ND, Syracuse, and UConn). With a proud football history, I believe Penn St will have a big edge in attendance at Yankee Stadium.