Iowa’s Coming. Happy Valley Awaits.
September 22, 2009 at 4:43 pm Ryan Jones Leave a comment
Even die-hard fans have had some trouble getting excited about Penn State’s first three opponents, but there will be no such issues this week. The visit this Saturday of Big Ten rival Iowa ticks all the boxes need to get the Nittany Lion faithful amped. The build-up is well underway:
-Paternoville is hopping. My Twitter feed tells me that, as of midnight Monday, the student encampment had registered 110 tents—meaning some 900 students had set up camp and locked in their seat locations for Saturday’s game.
-ESPN has announced its popular College GameDay show will broadcast live from campus, and the students promise to be more ready than ever: There’s a Facebook group encouraging the fans to bring blank white signs to the live GameDay broadcast, while also aiming for the biggest live crowd in the show’s history. I’m not putting either past these kids.
-Did I mention this is one of those “White-Out” games? Maybe you’ve heard about them. They’re pretty awesome. I can’t wait.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: Campus events, Penn State football. Tags: College GameDay, Iowa, Paternoville.
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