Athletic titans like Notre Dame and Ohio State signed lucrative patch sponsor deals with companies like SoFi and JPMorgan Chase in recent days, and a Penn State deal seems imminent. The times are changing, but should Penn State keep up? Penn State is already behind schools like Notre Dame and Ohio State in the on-field product, so any chance to improve that should be taken enthusiastically. Now, I’m not from Pennsylvania (or even the East Coast, for that matter) and do not come from a Penn State family. Second, college football jerseys are some of the coolest, most unique you can find.