ESPN commentator Lou Holtz is urging sanction-riddled Penn State to put the University of Hawaii on its football schedule to take some of the edge off a four-year ban on postseason play.

The trouble is, the NCAA likely wouldn’t allow it.

Appearing on ESPN radio Monday, Holtz said if he were the head coach of the Nittany Lions he would tell players, " ‘We aren’t going to a bowl game but let me tell you what we’re going to do, son. For the next four years the last game we’re going to play is at Hawaii. And we’re going to go there and you’re going to have the time of your life. You are going to have an experience you won’t forget.’ "

The NCAA has prohibited Penn State from playing in the postseason for four years and is allowing its players to transfer to other schools without having to sit out a year.

As head coach, Holtz brought Notre Dame to play UH in the 1991 regular season finale, a 48-42 Fighting Irish victory.

When Alabama was placed on NCAA probation, the Crimson Tide scheduled a regular-season, ending 13th game at UH in 2002 and ’03.

But the NCAA has since moved to close the exempted game loophole for teams under postseason ban. In 2010, as part of postseason sanctions levied against Southern California, the NCAA prohibited the Trojans from playing an exempted season-opening game with UH, but a week later granted a "one-year deferral."

NCAA spokeswoman Stacy Osburn said "in making this decision, the committee noted a number of factors including that the game has been scheduled for at least five years, will be televised and many fans have already purchased travel packages to the game."

A UH official said there are no games with Penn State currently contracted.