There are certain stadiums in college football that are a cut above the rest. Beaver Stadium is one of those places. Not too many places are as loud as Beaver Stadium when 8pm rolls around on a Saturday night; and not too many places look like Beaver Stadium on Saturday nights. Over 107,000 people dressed in a sea of white screaming at the top of their lungs trying to create the home-field advantage. If you've ever been to a Penn State game you know how loud it can be, but if you've ever been to a night game you know that there is nothing like it. One of my first big night games was in 2001 when Miami brought their NFL-like team to Happy Valley. Penn State lost but the environment was something that I had really never seen before. The following year 7th ranked Nebraska came to Beaver Stadium and the unranked Nittany Lions and running back Larry Johnson beat down the Huskers 40-7 in front of the largest crowd to watch a Penn State home game, 110,753. In that same 2002 season, Penn State also set an NCAA record for largest season attendance, with 1,257,707 watching Penn State games over the course of the season.
When you walk out of the portal to your section and you see nothing but white it sends chills up and down your spine and you can't help but get excited for the game. Penn State has had some memorable "White Out" games over the years. Here are some of the best moments.
- 2007: Notre Dame visits Happy Valley in first all-stadium White Out
- 2008: Penn State and Illinois clash in Big Ten opener; Williams works magic again
- 2013: Penn State comes back in the final minute to tie the game against Michigan
Saturday night when Ohio State comes to Happy Valley you can bet that the crowd will be juiced up in more ways than one hoping that Penn State can pull the upset and put a damper on Ohio State's playoff chances.
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