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At Penn State, that takes the form of the White Out game, where the home crowd descends on Pennsylvania's Beaver Stadium dressed in white, creating a wave of white across the stadium that looks especially impressive under the lights for night games.
Tyler (Penn State captain) and younger brother Nick (Oregon backup) bring their specialized skills to Saturday's top-10 showdown at Beaver Stadium.
This is the moment for James Franklin and No. 2 Penn State. For a program needing a statement win, a visit from Oregon brings opportunity and pressure
The Ducks rolled up 496 yards in a 32-31 win over the Buckeyes in October in Eugene, Ore. It was a different story in January in the Rose Bowl, a College Football Playoff quarterfinal, where Ohio State held Oregon to 276 yards in a 41-21 rout.
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James Franklin and Penn State take on annoying national narrative (and Oregon)
Penn State and Oregon each have something to prove, but the Nittany Lions will be the program with the most pressure to make a statement this week.
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Penn State hosts Oregon in a national headliner while Penn and Villanova try to figure things out
We also tackle Temple's return to a normal schedule, how much Drew Allar is pocketing, Fran Brown's shout-out to Camden, and more in this week's rundown.
Franklin, by PennLive’s count, is 4-20 vs. AP top 10 teams. That is a winning percentage of 16.7 percent. It should be pointed out three of the losses, all of them lopsided, occurred when Franklin was just starting his Penn State rebuild in 2014 and 2015.
It's a huge week. We get a top-10 clash in the Big Ten, a pair of SEC blockbusters and a ton of high-stakes action in conference play.
Dan Lanning can't stop thinking about the Ducks' CFP loss to Ohio State last season. A win against No. 3 Penn State could help him forget.