I was 14 years old for the first all-stadium White Out. Notre Dame came to Happy Valley for the first time since 1991.
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These new tactics worked, the fans responded and the stadium was decked out in white for the match-up with Notre Dame. They aired commercials featuring fans dressed in all white and stationed stadium personnel at every exit wearing all white the week before to remind fans about the White Out the following week. They printed White Out game reminders on the season tickets. There was no White Out game in 2006 due to the way the home slate was scheduled, but it was back in 2007. It remains to be just a little blip in the history of the Penn State White Out game.
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There is no evidence to suggest that code blue ever worked. Students went to each dorm building leading up to the game and reminded everyone attending the game to wear blue and be on time. The Penn State students tried another tactic in 2004 as well code blue. After the game he praised the Penn State students, calling them, “the best student section in the country…they’re crazy.” Code blue? This event is when Ohio State alum and ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit‘s alleged Penn State love affair started. Downing told the Collegian, the Penn State newspaper, that he could not hear fellow offensive line member Nick Mangold from two feet away. The student section was rocking, so much so that Ohio State center Doug Datish still remembered in 2006 how his ears rang when the Buckeyes approached the student section decked out in white. Penn State would beat the number six Buckeyes 17-10 that year, in large part due to the noise level inside Beaver Stadium. When you play at Penn State, it’s always loud…but any of those White Out games, especially the night ones, it was a different level.”
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Former Penn State linebacker Dan Connor stated, “My helmet was shaking. The student White Out in 2005 against Ohio State solidified that this could be an annual thing. Penn State would go on to lose to Purdue in the first White Out game, but it was back in 2005 and it made an impression.