Printed in brilliant color and perfect focus on high-quality print stock, and complete with a sharp white border that includes the official team logo and a brief descriptive paragraph, this is both a beauty for the wall of home or office, and a great collector's item for years to come. From the darkening dusk sky, to the to the stadium's unique architectural details, to the action on the field below, to the whiteout in the stands, it's all here, looking absolutely fantastic. This spectacular, rare football print features the scene at the stadium on October 27, 2012, as the players enter the field to take on Ohio State. Saturday evening in October, under a beautiful Happy Valley sky, with a jam-packed house dressed in blinding white - this is Penn State football! Bring your wall alive with football glory in the heart of Pennsylvania. In regional folklore, Nittany was a valorous Indian princess in whose honor the Great Spirit caused Mount Nittany to be formed. Since Penn State is located in the Nittany Valley at the foot of Mount Nittany, the lion was designated as a Nittany Lion. Penn State traditions also include the athletic symbol chosen by the student body in 1906 it is the mountain lion which once roamed central Pennsylvania. Penn State's spirit and traditions were ever apparent as Nittany Lion fans flooded Beaver Stadium in a sea of white for a White Out Game. Penn State’s defense will be the difference.Penn State University - Beaver Stadium This panorama of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team playing at Beaver Stadium was taken by James Simmons. It’ll be interesting to see how the White Out affects Auburn, which has not played well on the road the last two years. The Tigers are playing a Big Ten team in the regular season for the first time since 1931. The Nittany Lions face their first test against a Southeastern Conference team at home since 2011. I want their fans and the staff and their coaches to go back to the SEC and say, ‘We love our football in the SEC but what they do up there at Penn State….I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like it.’ ” Hall’s, we appreciate your support with this as well. “I’m willing to buy Hall’s for everybody who loses their voice on Saturday. “I am willing to buy throat lozenges on Sunday for the entire fan base if that means we have the most challenging environment in all of sports,” he said. We just want to go 1-0 this week, just be our best self each day and do what we can.”įranklin has implored Penn State fans to get inside Beaver Stadium early and to be loud enough throughout the night to make themselves hoarse. Like Coach Franklin said, we don’t want to make it bigger than what it is. Most players say it’s what you want to come here for. “I know it’s a big thing here at Penn State. Sophomore wide receiver Parker Washington is looking forward to playing in his first White Out game. “I tell the younger guys to go out there, execute, have fun and be yourselves.” It is also homecoming weekend in State College. The PSU-Minnesota game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. “At the end of the day it’s just football,” Penn State defensive back Daequan Hardy said. Penn State’s White Out game will be a prime-time clash with Big Ten West foe Minnesota on Oct. Junior quarterback Bo Nix is 4-7 as a starter away from Auburn and has completed just 54% of his passes for 12 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. The Tigers have struggled on the road the last two years. It usually is scheduled for when the Lions play Ohio State or Michigan, but Auburn is the first opponent other than the Buckeyes or Wolverines since Alabama in 2011. The first full-stadium White Out was in 2007 when Penn State routed Notre Dame 31-10. “The impact and the electricity that it provides for our town, the local economy, our students, our campus and our community, I think it’s special.” Further, the Buckeyes still have a 3-2 record in White Out games, albeit with a one-point victory in 2018 and a double-overtime win in 2014. I’ve been doing this (coaching) for a long time in pretty much every major conference and the NFL, and this is as good as it gets. “It’s something that everybody should experience. “If you’re a sports fan, you need to have a White Out on your bucket list,” Franklin said. He, of course, believes the White Out is unique. Lions coach James Franklin spent three years in the SEC as Vanderbilt coach.
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