The anticipation for Penn State’s whiteout recreation has been rising for the reason that begin of the season. After three tune-up video games to start out the yr in Beaver Stadium, the house of the Nittany Lions is about to blow up in a roar as Penn State hosts Oregon on Saturday evening for the annual whiteout recreation.
James Franklin has been asking followers to deliver the noise all recreation lengthy as a result of he is aware of his squad is about to be in an actual battle with Oregon in what’s a rematch of final season’s Large Ten championship recreation. The highest-10 showdown is one Franklin is nicely conscious he and Penn State have a lackluster historical past in delivering, so the hope is that this recreation helps change the narrative and propels Penn State ahead to a different run within the Faculty Soccer Playoff down the highway.
Franklin shared the weekly hype video for the sport, which is narrated by former Penn State operating again Ki-Jana Carter. Carter, after all, has his historical past in opposition to Oregon with a victory within the 1995 Rose Bowl to finish the undefeated 1994 season. One other member of that 1994 roster, Joe Jurevicious, is serving because the honorary staff captain on Saturday.
Penn State hosts Oregon on Saturday evening (September 27) at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
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