Yeah I wasn't clear, that my fault. I'm advocating for Penn to go independent in football only. Going independent in everything would be too much on the athletic department.
An independent Penn needs to happen if they want to get back to where they were as a program. Indy and the doughnut counties have leapfrogged them and aren't looking back. Are there some northern schools Penn could schedule? Absolutely. Mishawaka, Valpo, Crown Point, Merrillville, Elkhart, Snider, Homestead, Carrol, Warsaw. But they need to be getting some Indy schools on that schedule. Cathedral, Center Grove, and Carmel are all independent with schedule flexibility. You have Roncalli & Chatard that play 3 conference games so they have some flexibility. And you have the MIC where each school plays 5 conference games. The schedule is there if they want it.