![]() Plus, if the Nittany Lions lose more than a couple games by that final week of the season, potentially making them unranked, many fans that are fair weathered in the figurative sense, will also stay home. ![]() That’s not exactly a White Out worthy attendance. The 2016 Michigan State game, with the division, a trip to the Big Ten Championship, and (potentially at that time) a trip to the College Football Playoff on the line, and Beaver Stadium only saw an attendance of 97,418 … because of the cold. It seems like any time the projected temperature on gameday is below 45 degrees, many fans shy away from Beaver Stadium, regardless of what is on the line. We don’t want to risk that for the White Out.įinally, in the final week of the regular season, Penn State struggles to surpass an attendance of 100,000 – primarily due to fair-weather fans, both literally and figuratively. Remember in 2018 when parking was affected for both the Wisconsin and Maryland games due to inclement weather, which – along with potentially hazardous driving conditions – kept many fans at home altogether for those matchups. The second issue is once again the weather. The latest the game would kick off would be 3:30, which wouldn’t be a huge issue due to the early sunset at that time of the year, but it still wouldn’t be dark at kickoff. The Big Ten rarely holds primetime kickoffs in November, primarily due to the temperature drop as the night goes on. Although unfortunately, that game taking place on the final week of the regular season poses a few issues, the first of which is the time of kickoff. With all those games, plus a few other solid matchups scheduled for that day, the chances that Penn State vs Northwestern gets a primetime slot on national television are extremely slim, even if it is the White Out.Īnother matchup that makes sense, at least in terms of the opponent, is Michigan State.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |