Week 1 college football season will feature several marquee matchups that will undoubtedly help shape this year’s College Football Playoff picture, especially now that the field has expanded to 12. ESPN’s Greg McElroy believes that the season opener showdown between the Penn State Nittany Lions and West Virginia Mountaineers will be significant in how the 2024 bowl season shakes out. “I cannot emphasize how important this game is potentially for the Big 12,” started McElroy. “For Penn State, this is just a really difficult non-conference game; it’s a really difficult non-conference opener. One…