Student Section Whiteout declaried for Rutgers - September 19 8PM
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How about if the student section disregards this trivializing of the "White Out" by wearing anything but white?
That is an asinine recommendation. I expect the students to show up in force and in white for a night game. I don't care who the opposition is. There are bound to be a lot of recruits at the game, even several from New Jersey. A student White Out is a great idea for this game.
A "White Out" has traditionally be used for major opponents. By using it for a pathetic program like Rutgers it gives them a status they have not earned. That message will not be lost on the New Jersey recruits. Now that is asinine.
I disagree. The recruits are going to remember the atmosphere. A student White Out is a great atmosphere and if the rest of the stadium was in blue I think that is something the recruits will remember. I understand Rutgers may not have earned this, I would rather keep Rutgers right where they are and continue to get the best recruits in NJ.
Then we will just disagree. The best way for recruits to remember the atmosphere will be to stomp Rutgers into the green grass of Beaver Stadium, and we will.
So Penn State having an insane game whiteout atmosphere against Rutgers is going to make a Jersey Recruit want to go to Rutgers? Then they go to a Rutgers game and see half the amount of people and say: "They are on the map now that everybody in Penn States stadium had white on". It's a natural with it being a night game and in a warm weather month. Excellent choice by the students
Penn State needs a rival badly and Rutgers make sense from a geographic perspective. Good move, students!
You actually believe the game would have no atmosphere just because the students did not wear white? If we come out and blow Rutgers away, the atmosphere will be terrific. If we come out and Rutgers scores 1st in route to an upset win, all the white in the world won't help the atmosphere. I think a White Out for Rutgers cheapens its meaning, but I don't make the decisions, so that is my final word on this topic.
Why does penn state need a rival? You can't just say you're rivals with someone and make it happen. You must work in the athletic dept.
Good god. A program with no history and few fans. No one needs a rival that badly.
I was against the full stadium white out, but a student one is fine.
Anyone that was at the Rutgers game last year had to be impressed by the atmosphere. The stadium is much smaller but the atmosphere was very good. It was much better than I expected. I am in favor of doing anything that will make the experience better that that.
Did the students vote on this? If so, all the more reason to support it.
Did the students vote on this? If so, all the more reason to support it.
Exactly.. the atmosphere was outstanding at rutgers last year and it was an extremely exciting game. This year is a night game on the big ten network.. let's put on a little show. There's not many home night games. Big Ten home opener makes it a big game.
Where did I say it would have no atmosphere? That was never said. It's fine how you feel. I just feel differently.
I also am an advocate of Penn State having a heated rival. We all know who it really is but the 7 home game thing keeps it from being possible.
The atmosphere at ru was synthesized. ru borrowed every tired stadium cliche (fireworks, loud music, the knight on a small cart, etc., etc.). What of all that defines the ru tradition? The obvious answer is none of it since ru rarely draws a crowd like that. The ru tradition is no crowd.
What? Your post mentioned Rutgers. Rutgers has not beaten us since 1988.
Except to me this falls in the 'Pitt category'. Yeah the atmosphere was great at RU last year- Rutgers and its fans went all in as if this was their superBowl. It's the exact thing Pitt and its fans do when they play PSU in Pittsburgh.
The difference is when either of those teams are in State College- most PSU fans see them as ho- hum games like playing Temple. The worst thing you can do is try to hype a game as 'all important' in the media and allow recruits watch the other team play all out while your side looks like they are less than inspired.
Atmosphere was just as good for Michigan game and will be for all big "name" opponents. If your fans think our game is like Temple than you are sillier than most think. People expect nonsense from fairgambit bc he has a hard on for a Rutgers. However, any logical fan thinking you are going to crush us didn't watch a whole lot of football last year.
Good idea for a student whiteout vs Rutgers because this is an 8 o'clock game and it will look good nationally
I hope the student section is packed and looks great. Short of a monsoon, no reason not to. I hope the rest of the stadium takes it upon itself to match.
My reasoning is thus: Michigan is in a bad spot from weather and schedule from being a sellout, much less a whiteout. Unless this team is 10-0 (THEY WILL!), a minimum of 1/3-1/2 of the student seats WILL be empty due to semester break. In the past, the best part of a full whiteout was the stadium was PACKED. That has not been the case recently. I know UM in 2013 was less than full (you can see it in the replays that show frequently). Both the UM section (why they don't travel well anymore is a mystery to me, especially when they were 6-0) and the student section (several rows at the top of EBU and EAU were empty). That said, it was still a great atmosphere. OSU last year looked fuller, but not PACKED.
Really, I get Fair Gambit and his distaste for a whiteout for RU. They haven't accomplished anything in ... forever. But they ARE NOW in the B1G, like it or not.
I was impressed by the stadium atmosphere in Piscataway last year, less so the treatment. Personally, I'd have made RU the stadium whiteout and SHOWED THEM WHAT CLASS AND TRADITION ARE ALL ABOUT. Basically, give them respect by being part of it, then watching Franklin et al pound their A$$ for a full 60 minutes without rest. After that, they have to earn it. (Of course, they never will.)
As far as whiteout worthiness, does Pitt qualify anymore? Sure, they are the longstanding in-state rival, but what have they done since 1976? Will it only be used for OSU/UM? Should it be used only in September and October? (Really, the UM whiteout is going to look bad, pale -- pardon the pun -- in comparison to its predecessors with all the camo and blaze orange. And I so desperately would LOVE to be proven wrong, especially when we're 11-0 --YES! -- after the game!)
I'd even go so far as to have Maryland be the whiteout game in 2016 (10/8) for the same RU reasons stated above and then do something new and different two weeks later for the Bucks (10/22). Something more intense and crazy. I don't know what. That's for the fan council to figure out.
My reasoning is thus: Michigan is in a bad spot from weather and schedule from being a sellout, much less a whiteout. Unless this team is 10-0 (THEY WILL!), a minimum of 1/3-1/2 of the student seats WILL be empty due to semester break. In the past, the best part of a full whiteout was the stadium was PACKED. That has not been the case recently. I know UM in 2013 was less than full (you can see it in the replays that show frequently). Both the UM section (why they don't travel well anymore is a mystery to me, especially when they were 6-0) and the student section (several rows at the top of EBU and EAU were empty). That said, it was still a great atmosphere. OSU last year looked fuller, but not PACKED.
Really, I get Fair Gambit and his distaste for a whiteout for RU. They haven't accomplished anything in ... forever. But they ARE NOW in the B1G, like it or not.
I was impressed by the stadium atmosphere in Piscataway last year, less so the treatment. Personally, I'd have made RU the stadium whiteout and SHOWED THEM WHAT CLASS AND TRADITION ARE ALL ABOUT. Basically, give them respect by being part of it, then watching Franklin et al pound their A$$ for a full 60 minutes without rest. After that, they have to earn it. (Of course, they never will.)
As far as whiteout worthiness, does Pitt qualify anymore? Sure, they are the longstanding in-state rival, but what have they done since 1976? Will it only be used for OSU/UM? Should it be used only in September and October? (Really, the UM whiteout is going to look bad, pale -- pardon the pun -- in comparison to its predecessors with all the camo and blaze orange. And I so desperately would LOVE to be proven wrong, especially when we're 11-0 --YES! -- after the game!)
I'd even go so far as to have Maryland be the whiteout game in 2016 (10/8) for the same RU reasons stated above and then do something new and different two weeks later for the Bucks (10/22). Something more intense and crazy. I don't know what. That's for the fan council to figure out.
Or they realize that what happened in last year's game has no affect on this year, PSU was seriously depleted post sanctions (just now starting to recover), playing in its 3rd game with a new head coach/ system, and has the game at home instead of on the road this year.
Yes, I expect this game to be a slaughter. And for Recruiting and national ranking reasons we should not pull back the dogs until the final second ticks off.Or they realize that what happened in last year's game has no affect on this year, PSU was seriously depleted post sanctions (just now starting to recover), playing in its 3rd game with a new head coach/ system, and has the game at home instead of on the road this year.
It will be, and Rutgers fans will be here the next day talking about how their pathetic football program will beat us next year at Rutgers because they have the 89th ranked recruiting class coming in. I would never talk about Rutgers if it were not for their delusional fans who are completely devoid of realty. They have a program that, after their 1st game, never accomplished anything of substance, and yet they act like college football royalty. Temple has accomplished more, and yet their fans are not constantly trolling here. I will back off Rutgers, and take them seriously, when they accomplish anything important going forward, like winning 10 games, winning a major bowl game, finishing in the top 20,
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Students usually do a whiteout for night games and it looks great on TV; I have no problem with it.
If the 9 Rutgers fans who exist on the internet want to believe this somehow legitimizes a "rivalry" then let them have fun. PSU will be a sizable favorite in the actual game and RU will get rolled.
If the 9 Rutgers fans who exist on the internet want to believe this somehow legitimizes a "rivalry" then let them have fun. PSU will be a sizable favorite in the actual game and RU will get rolled.
Rutgers is recruiting at a truly awful level and has been for the last few years. Their status as perennial doormats will be cemented going forward. The "RU Dream Team 16" thing was cute though.
Read and re-read that thread title, and still can't figure out if it should be "declared" or "decried." Maybe Gambit can help me out on that one.
Yes, I can. It appears the OP has created a new word which fits here. It was declared and immediately decried (at least by some, like me). Therefore, it was "declaried". They say English is an evolving language and now we have a new word to prove it. Actually, in this political season where nearly every day someone "declares" they will run for President and then their decision is "decried", the headlines can now say "Yesterday Joe Smith declaried for President". It's a great word.
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Shouldn't have to wait too long. I've never seen fans of a team gloat about going 3-5 in conference but when you're Rutgers I suppose that's quite the accomplishment.
You can let me know when you actually beat us. It's only been 25 years.
