![]() ![]() Right NOW on ABC and streaming live in the ESPN App. One of the coolest scenes in college football. #WeAre #Legends #109kStrong /KkuXXOTRbuīest atmosphere in College Football hands down! There’s nothing like a Penn State Whiteout /2pcQWQxHjuĪs another whiteout game takes place at Penn State, an annual PSA that this is the best atmosphere in college football and it’s not even close /th3Glm757f □️ October 8, 2005: #OTD 15 years ago Penn State upset #6 Ohio State in front of College Gameday & the first primetime #WhiteOut crowd in one of the loudest atmospheres ever in Beaver Stadium history. And as the whiteout morphed from just a student section gimmick to a full-blown stadium-wide whiteout (the first coming in 2007 against Notre Dame in the first college start for Jimmy Clausen). Thanks to social media we can see some of these moments captured to look back on. Since that moment we have been privy to a ton of fun camera angles, fan views, and reporters being left in shock over the atmosphere the Nittany Lion faithful can create. Ohio State was led by Troy Smith, who would go on to win the Heisman Trophy the following season but Penn State was able to keep him in check, thanks to the Whiteout conditions the students created for the student-organized whiteout. The game would get all the bells and whistles including College Gameday coverage.Īs far as how the game would go, Penn State would go on to win the game led by then quarterback, current NFL Network analyst Michael Robinson. ![]() Penn State took on Ohio State in a top ten matchup between the teams in 2005, as Penn State was pulling itself out of some truly forgettable seasons and looking to win back some national respect. 9 Purdue, it was Penn State’s 2005 student whiteout that took things to the next level. After rolling out the first student-whiteout in 2004 for a game against Drew Brees and No. Looking back though, the first primetime Whiteout was something special. This year it is rumored the Whiteout game will be played at noon against Ohio State but that could change. A sold-out Beaver Stadium with 106,000 screaming fans and students that make the entire stadium shake, especially the press box. The Penn State Whiteout is arguably, no, it is the best tradition in not only college sports but all of sports one could argue. ![]()
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