For the first 45 minutes after gates open, early arriving fans will have an opportunity to receive $1 off for every $5 purchased at the concession stands (see below). Fans are strongly encouraged fans to arrive early to ease the entry process. Penn State Athletics will open Beaver Stadium gates two and a half hours before kickoff - 30 minutes earlier than 2019. ET on ABC with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe on the call.įans are encouraged to visit Game Day Central for all information as it relates to Penn State football game day traffic, parking, clear bag policy and information on the matchup. 18) for its annual Penn State White Out game. 22/20 Auburn to Beaver Stadium on Saturday (Sept. They'll find a white T-shirt to pull over their coat.įrank Bodani covers Penn State football for the York Daily Record and USA Today Network.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Plus, everyone else plays November night games.Īnd there's this: If the Lions are undefeated (or even with one loss), fans will be motivated, cold or not. Make it the show, possibly of the entire college football season. Why do it: The game is just too big not to give it the top-line treatment. Plus, can you really get enough fans to wear white on a 30-degree winter coat night? Maybe, but. Yes, Penn State and the Big Ten can do November night games in State College. Do you want to risk 100,000 people driving home on slick or frozen roads at midnight? While the Lions and the TV networks could certainly schedule a mid-November night game in Beaver Stadium, there always are weather concerns. The timing of the game, however, is the biggest hold-up. Nothing could be bigger − or more fitting of a White Out, right? This could/should determine if Penn State makes its first College Football Playoff appearance.

The penultimate home game of the season against Jim Harbaugh's back-to-back Big Ten champs. 21? This White Out would then be good medicine. An undefeated Penn State would have the college football world's undivided attention − and may need a pick-me-up after a draining victory at Ohio State the week before. Remember, it's not like Penn State hasn't used its White Out on a non-traditional power before (see Minnesota, 2022). If the Lions were undefeated at this point (7-0), Beaver Stadium would still just about lift off with this kind of White Out. Plus, even if that's not likely this time, would Penn State's White Out fans really complain about celebrating the anticipated comfortable victory for eight hours before kickoff? Still, the Hoosiers typically give the Lions fits. we don't know if head coach Tom Allen will even be employed at this season's mid-point.

The Indiana Hoosiers got so bad last year that. No home-run qualities but probably the best combination of timing and opponent intrigue. Why do it: Still early for ideal White Out season build-up but better than the opener. Just that, alone, should keep the Hawkeyes undefeated as they visit State College. And it may have solved enough of its offensive distress with transfer Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara, the super-solid headliner.

Once again, Iowa will boast a lights-out defense. The most testy Penn State opponent relationship returns.Įven more, the offensive-impaired Hawkeyes are due for a fast start and are quite used to ruining promising Penn State seasons. Pull out all the stops to get the season started against a unique opponent. Why do it: With the biggest opponent (Michigan) not visiting until potential wintry mid-November, just make the biggest warm-weather party that much bigger. While this would be understandably early for a White Out, Penn State did stage one against Auburn in mid-September just two years ago. Plus, West Virginia's notorious rowdy fans will have only a three-hour drive to State College and certainly will find enough tickets to show out.Īlso, NBC will be televising a Penn State game for the first time in 17 years, since the Lions' blowout loss at Notre Dame. 2 Miami Hurricanes visited in 2001 (Beaver Stadium renovation unveil, Adam Taliaferro's return). The intangibles are there for an opening-night extravaganza, starting with how the old rivals will be meeting for the first time in three decades.Ĭonsider that this also will be Penn State's first prime time season-opener in Beaver Stadium in more than 20 years − since the No. West Virginia Mountaineers at Penn State, Sept.

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