WHITE OUT GAMEDAY
by Flyersman on Sep 20, 2009 8:42 PM EDT
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Heres the info that is getting passed around, wanted to get it on here too..
""Every weekend you turn on Gameday and you see a bunch of excited SEC fans going wild and holding up signs. It's cool, but nobody ever makes a statement. WE ARE the #1 student section in the nation and it is time to change the culture of the College Gameday atmosphere. So here is what YOU can do:
1. Wear WHITE
2. DONT make a sign, bring a plain white poster. If you can't bring a poster, or dont want to buy one, the Gameday crew always gives out posters at the show. DONT put anything on them. Imagine what schools will see when they turn on the show...a huge whiteout, and all of the signs say the same thing..WHITE..we're the best, we've got the best team, and we dont need a poster to show it. If we pull this off, it'll be sweet. Bring your friends, bring your voices...WE ARE... """
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Classic...typical PSU!
I love the idea. It is just like our jerseys and tradition. Simple but effective.
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
I don't like it.
We haven’t beaten Iowa while wearing white uniforms since 1999.
My gawd, this series is making me superstitious.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
... We're not wearing our white jersey at Beaver Stadium are we?
I haven’t heard anything of the sort…
Would like to see it
But this would require major organization. Article in the collegian, station at gameday with people standing around spreading the word to everyone arriving. Also, we would need to block any tOSU signs to mitigate the potential impact they would have if you could see them.
I have foreseen it.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 21, 2009 5:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I am Laura Nichols
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
by carolinaeasy on Sep 21, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I am Laura Nichols
And I am here.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
"It's like the end of Spartacus.
I’ve seen that movie half a dozen times, and I still don’t know who the real Spartacus is, and that is what makes that movie a classic whodunit." – Michael Scott
Oh man
I really hope you guys aren’t going to try to challenge Zug’s supremacy on here now with Laura Nichols.
Could get ugly.
or that
OSU is for poor people?
whoops, wrong game, but still somehow relevant
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
tell the 8,0000 students to vote for Clark too
Clark is only 11th with 386 votes so far.
I love this idea but
you just know other fan bases are going to make fun of it. Something in the vain of us being too country/so uncivilized that we didn’t know what to do with posters when they were given to us. That said, WHO CARES, this idea rocks.
who cares
they will make fun of it then try to duplicate it
We need one sign in the middle of the sea of white boards that says “All of your whiteouts are belong to us”
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
by letsgopsu on Sep 22, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
fo'sho!
+1
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 22, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
great sig BTW
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Great Idea......
We still need a few of the BSD Slogans to filter in.
-Too Country
- I Blame Iowa
-Zug Bless You!
Settle it on the field!
We also need some mention of bacon.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
by carolinaeasy on Sep 21, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
watch for the mention of bacon
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
Yeah...
because, as we all know by now…
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 22, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
not really related to the signs
my aunt just sent me this video
it’s not cold in here…so where did these goosebumps come from?
"They stalk their prey to within two or three great leaps and then launch a lightning-fast charge, striking their prey. Victims are most often killed by suffocation with a prolonged bite..."--Hinterland Who's Who
From Twitter
FROM TWITTER""—ESPN producers and Fowler excited about possible student whiteout at Game Day—""
Does Guido not even know that it's a full White House on Saturday?
It’s not just the student section wearing white to this game…
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
GameDay
The tweet was referring to the White Out of ESPN College GameDay … Guido obviously knows it’s a full White House for the game itself, since he presumably made those videos advertising it
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Sep 23, 2009 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions
posters
The posters should be all white with a blue line down the middle
by runlikeanantelope on Sep 22, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
So long as it's just a blue line
and doesn’t have a name across it that makes it look like a cross.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously,
Is there a facebook group on this yet? I tried to find it but I couldn’t and I dont have the ability to just throw one together.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
when i read your s/n
i thought of brett conway, psu place kicker during 1994 rose bowl season.
i am jack’s total lameness.
We decide when you hear the snap count...
Its ok...
I’m used to it. I wish I was though that would have been cool.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
that was my first thought, originally
but then I thought baconway, and haven’t looked back since (I think I even asked something to the effect of “are you B. Conway, or baconway?”
by The JuggerNitt on Sep 24, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Dumb Idea
Sorry, but the only way that this would look really great is if just everyone in attendance followed suit, which you know just isn’t going to happen. There are going to be PSU fans who won’t get the message, and there are always visitors from other schools who just won’t care. In the end, half will have writing on them, half won’t, and it will look really, REALLY stupid.
Great idea in theory, but bound to fail.
i thought the same thing
about the stadium white out, i.e. someone will show up in a blue jersey or orange hunting gear.
no, the message got out and everyone bought in (visiting fans for the other teams excused).
it could happen. show faith.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
Revised Gameday Whiteout Theory
How about this…since people will inevitably show up with signs that they feel are witty and hilarious, and these people may be understandably pissed at missing the chance to show the nation their creativity, what if we just had the white signs at the beginning of Gameday, then after a minute or two everyone could flip their signs over to show the messages??? Maybe I’ll make this into a fanpost and see what everyone thinks.
Great idea in theory, but bound to fail.
I don’t think so. This has gone viral and is very widespread. The students who are energized enough to get there before 10am know about it and will participate. And there’s probably not going to be a ton of Iowa fans in the area given the 8pm kickoff. The big issue is going to be the people who feel they are witty and just have to get their “funny” signs out there; hopefully, at least those people will leave the reverse blank and keep the white side up most of the time.
Honestly, if we can get virtually the whole stadium to wear white — and that includes the blue hairs who largely aren’t “into” the game in terms of doing anything to participate — I have full confidence this can and will happen. I’m expecting at least 80% participation and the few non-white signs won’t mar the event.
I'm Ready! ! !
"...WHITE OUT; white in this way > > > "
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 23, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this idea, but I tend to agree that people will screw this up.
So, to stay on the safe side, I will be getting two white posters, and in the middle, in case I need an actual sign, will be:
by psume06 on Sep 23, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
that is sweet... everything except for BHGP, that is...
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't be so sure
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m in Washington for some meetings this week. Met some alum from Washington State who want me to look for their flag on Saturday. sigh
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
The Wazzou fans are in on it too and have said they’ll use a white WSU flag over the more typical crimson one. So, while it won’t be explicitly blank, it should blend in more to the theme.
There's a Jimmy Buffett conference in DC this week?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
I am in Washington State, not DC
and hey, I am working!
Actually, right now, I am sitting in a day long seminar crusing BSD and not paying attention at all
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
Wow
I’m still impressed they have a day-long Buffett seminar. What is the presentation ostensibly on? The new fall line of Parrothead shirts?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
dude, I am not that serious a Parrothead, although I know some who found a way to make a living at it. I prefer to be multi-dimensional.
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
I'd gathered as much
Just jesting. You definitely don’t strike me as having wasted away.
I’m working from home today and can’t shake the bsd crack…..
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
herbstreit
is going to love this.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
I wonder if his
" awful brood of kids " will love it too.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 24, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
for well-played recycling.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
even better
if we could get the gameday crew to wear white.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
I really want to make a joke involving Desmond Howard...
but I just can’t formulate one that doesn’t make me sound like a total bigot.
If anybody wants me to save them a seat when I get to Hell, just let me know.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 24, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
+1
For sensible abstention.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Unless, of course, you are indeed a total bigot
then, – a million.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Guido
Should give them all white out cross t-shirts. Make himself useful or something. Herbie probably couldn’t wear it since he’s calling, but maybe he could get the others to
by PSUMark2008 on Sep 24, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
What would everyone think.....
…if Penn State wore white? Especially if they warmed up in the home blues, then changed before running out the tunnel, or changed at halftime. Not saying it would, could, or should happen, but I’m curious how everyone on here and in the stadium would react. Personally I would defecate the perverbial brick.
"Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."
1) They'd have to inform the away team
2) Joe would never do that.
3) Personally, I really don’t care about the white out, so I can’t really voice an opinion here.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 24, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I know it would never happen (didn’t the NCAA almost sue UCLA and Cal or USC the other year because they wanted to both wear home unis to their rivalry game like they used to?).
I just got to thinking about the famous game played by Notre Dame when they changed into their green unis at halftime and came out and stomped USC (green unis haven’t worked much since). I think it would be a nice show of fan-team uni ty (see what I did there?).
"Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."
It was UCLA and USC
and all they did was force USC to lose a time out in each half. That’ll show em’. And to top it off, Rick Neuheisel burned a time out at the beginning of each half to be fair to USC. So essentially no punishment.
by PSUisMyHeart on Sep 24, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The NCAA sux so bad
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 24, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I like that USC v UCLA tradition...
they did it forever that both wore home unis and PC and RN just brought it back. Love the old school stuff…. have a good amount of love for UCLA (#3 team)… fuggin hate USC
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 25, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
had to make a 'local' choice
growing up out here and USC was never an option. God willing my oldest daughter will be accepted there in two years
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 25, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
are you sure you aren't thinking of Mighty Ducks 2?
irishman fly together?
We decide when you hear the snap count...
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