Yes and No

Penn State had their balls before they joined the B1G and probably would be more relevant today if they had joined the ACC instead. What the B1G does is to draw you in with money so they can eat your soul (like a Black Widow or Praying Mantis). The B1G is structured to feed ONLY MeatChicken and BuckNuts. It was not always this way (BuckNuts was a VERY late add to the B1G in the early days) as Minnesota was an early football powerhouses and Chicago before they left to focus on education (Tulane did the same in the SEC).

When Chicago dropped out, it allowed BuckNuts in (MeatChicken was already power) and after WWII the die was cast to feed these 2 schools at the expense of everybody else, look at the history ...

Michigan State (like Penn State) had multiple MNC's so they took the money lure and joined the B1G. Since joining in the 1950's they have NEVER won another MNC.

Penn State had multiple MNC's and a fine football history till they took the B1G money lure. Since joining in the B1G in the 1990's they have NEVER won another MNC. To add insult to injury they kept Penn State (the first announced schooling that realignment era) as the orphan "The Big Televen" with no partner and no CCG for another decade or two.

Nebraska was a true king of CFB. At the time they were in the 2nd most powerful football conference behind the SEC. Blair Report leaked in 2009 and the Big Red was off to the the B1G for the $$$ and the "academics". As soon as they joined it was the votes of their new B1G buddies who voted them out of the AAU! Since joining the B1G they have lost prestige in both academics and CFB. They too have not had a MNC since doing the B1G.

Florida was never a football school till Charlie Pell got there and built the foundation for Galen Hall to build (As a Nitter you should be familiar with him). Spurrier took that and went the next step. Urban did the same. Florida has the history and facilities now to compete. The right coach and they are right back in the hunt for future MNC's. That is the difference between SEC schools like Florida and B1G schools like Penn State.