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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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Zurp said:
Put this in the LSU thread, if you want. I was just wondering why LSU wears white at home, so I used Google to answer my question. One of the top hits was this:
www.saturdaydownsouth.com

The tradition of LSU’s famed home white jerseys

LSU has gone against the college football curve since 1958, when coach Paul Dietzel decided to wear white jerseys at home. The Tigers won the national title that year, and the rest is well-appreciated history in Baton Rouge.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com www.saturdaydownsouth.com
If you care about that answer, feel free to read that site. (Spoiler alert: They just really wanted to wear white at home. That's it.)
But I guess they weren't allowed to wear white against Vanderbilt in 1995. So they wore gold.
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What the hell??? They told their crowd to wear white in order to "white out" Vanderbilt. Well, it was obviously Penn State who started that tradition, right?

According to Wikipedia, Penn State started it in 2004.
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They stole "We Are" from USC and then spun some fable that it had something to do with protecting their Black players from segregation.
 
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It makes sense in the south to wear whites at home so that the away team has to wear a dark color that absorbs the heat from the sun. I understand that back in the day NFL teams wore whites at home generally, and the Browns wore the dark jerseys at home to keep warmer in Municipal Stadium in the winter. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
They stole "We Are" from USC and then spun some fable that it had something to do with protecting their Black players from segregation.
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Yeah, I remember reading an article about their cheerleaders being impressed with the Trojan's "We Are SC" call and response cheer, and our own O-H-I-O cheer. They wanted to come up with something along those lines and flat out stole the "We Are".
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
They stole the white out from the Winnipeg Jets.
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ChatGPT weighs in…

The term “whiteout” in sports is often associated with a fan tradition, particularly in hockey and American football, where fans wear all-white clothing to create a unified, intimidating visual effect in the stands. The concept is believed to have originated with the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) during the 1987 playoffs. Fans were encouraged to wear white to support their team, creating a “whiteout” atmosphere in the arena.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
ChatGPT weighs in…

The term “whiteout” in sports is often associated with a fan tradition, particularly in hockey and American football, where fans wear all-white clothing to create a unified, intimidating visual effect in the stands. The concept is believed to have originated with the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) during the 1987 playoffs. Fans were encouraged to wear white to support their team, creating a “whiteout” atmosphere in the arena.
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<cultspeak> "But we made it ours and people associate it with us just like every other tradition we copied from someone else!" <end cultspeak>
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
They stole "We Are" from USC and then spun some fable that it had something to do with protecting their Black players from segregation.
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I didn't realize that that was stolen from USC. I figured it was one of those things that couldn't be attributed to one thing/person/whatever. Like 7 Nation Army being played in the stadium - I'd bet a lot of teams thought they started it and other teams stole it from them. Or AC/DC's Hells Bells on 3rd down, etc.

Anyway, I thought it was funny that there's at least 2 examples (someone else brought up the Winnipeg Jets) of white outs before Penn State claims to have started doing it. Man, they get so fussed about it. They want to be able to dictate the dates that their big opponents go to Penn State and what time those games should be.
 
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