STATE COLLEGE − Penn State football nation wants to know when the White Out will be this fall.
Coaches James Franklin hears the questions, feels the impatience.
He said he does have some intel on a potential decision … at least at the moment … 2 1/2 months before the season starts … but won’t open up.
“As you can imagine, if I could tell you I would,” he said with a smile Thursday afternoon during he and his assistant coaches’ annual June media availability in Holuba Hall.
“I have a pretty good idea of where I think it’s trending … and the worse thing I can do is say one thing to you guys and then it changes or even by saying it to you guys it impacts the chance of that happening by pissing some people off. I don’t want to do that.”
There’s some impatience surrounding the White Out because it is a destination event − Penn State’s annual raucous, monochromatic, premier celebration of the Beaver Stadium schedule − and it is almost exclusively held at night.
Typically, White Out date, time and opponent are announced by now. The selection helps Penn State athletics determine the remainder of its home game themes, such as a military appreciation day. It allows fans to plan accordingly to attend what may be the only prime time home game of the season.
But so far, only one home kickoff time has been set, a noon start for the Sept. 7 non-conference game with Bowling Green. One other has been hinted at: the Sept. 28 meeting with Illinois, Penn State officials said, will start either in the late afternoon or evening, depending on a TV network decision yet to come.
That leaves undetermined home games against Kent State (Sept. 21), UCLA (Oct. 5), Ohio State (Nov. 2), Washington (Nov. 9) and Maryland (Nov. 30).
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 22:24:05
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