'College GameDay' crew wears all-white suits ahead of Penn State White Out vs Oregon
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Craig Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK September 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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On Saturday night in central Pennsylvania, roughly 110,000 fans will cram inside a stadium to watch one of the most anticipated games of the 2025 college football season, with nearly all of them wearing white.
No. 2 Penn State will be staging one of its famed White Outs on Sept. 27, when it hosts No. 5 Oregon at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, a matchup with significant Big Ten championship and College Football Playoff ramifications.
Just how big of a deal is it? Members of ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew decided even they wanted to take part in the all-white festivities.
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While broadcasting on the Old Main Lawn on the Penn State campus, the panelists on the popular college football pregame show — Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Kirk Hebstreit, Desmond Howard and even reporter Pete Thamel — were all wearing white from head to toe, with white dress shirts, ties, suit jackets, pants and even shoes (though McAfee’s jacket was more of a cream color).
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— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 27, 2025
The stylistic choice allowed them to mirror the largely all-white crowd gathered behind them and added to the festive mood in State College. It drew its fair share of jokes, too, with users on social media comparing the pundits in their all-white get-ups to musical groups like Boyz II Men and the Backstreet Boys.
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— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 27, 2025
Saturday’s game between the Nittany Lions and Ducks is a rematch of last season’s Big Ten championship game, which Oregon won 45-37 to cap off an undefeated regular season. Despite coach James Franklin’s well-documented struggles against top-five opponents, Penn State has won six consecutive White Outs, with its last loss coming to Ohio State in 2018.
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