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Penn State's Beaver Stadium.

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Penn State has informed the Big Ten that it will not host a Friday primetime contest in the future, but it has agreed to play one per year on the road, and is also "receptive to an occasional day game on the day after Thanksgiving."

The news comes after the conference told multiple media outlets on Wednesday that it will move six games per season, for the next six seasons, from Saturday to Friday night in accordance with a new television agreement with ABC and FOX.

Three of the contests will feature Big Ten programs versus a non-conference opponent, while the other three will be conference games.

"Penn State has informed the Big Ten that we will not host football games on a Friday night," read a statement from the university. "We are receptive to an occasional day game on the day after Thanksgiving. There are a variety of reasons why, among them, we know how important Friday night high school football is to hundreds of communities across the Commonwealth. In addition, we have considered the impact that a Friday night home football game would have on key community stakeholders.

"We support the conference's desire to expand exposure for Big Ten Football on national platforms, providing additional content at high demand times, and we've agreed to play no more than one away game each year on a Friday night."

As of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the Big Ten has not announced which games will be moved from Saturday to Friday night, though according to the Tribune, that decision is expected to be made public soon.

Big Ten senior associate commissioner for television administration Mark Rudner told BTN.com that next year's schedule should have a narrow impact on the conference's programs.

"It is likely the Friday night schedule will impact no more than six schools," Rudner said. "We don't have the schedule confirmed yet. But for 2017, it would impact up to six."

Penn State's road schedule in September and October next season features trips to Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, and Ohio State, while it's Friday after Thanksgiving tilt is with Maryland in 2017.