White-out games are a staple of college football.
Sure, other teams do [insert color here] outs, but there’s nothing like seeing 60,000-plus fans draped in all white, cheering in one voice. Penn State has arguably the most iconic version of this, of course, and there are no shortage of schools who try to replicate the Nittany Lions’ success.
But a curious thing happened along the way this season.
It seems like each week a team will announce a white out only for the visiting team to announce it will also wear white. While visiting teams haven’t been required to wear white since 2009, they still get the right to do so if they choose.
And lately a lot of them having been choosing to do so seemingly to troll their opponents.
First it was Miami (Fla.) crashing the white out at Florida’s season opener.
First Saturday in The Swamp… WEAR WHITE.
Stay cool for our first game against Miami on August 31st and wear white!
Get your Gator gear here ⤵️
🔗https://t.co/3I7vwiJQw9#GoGators | @GatorsFB pic.twitter.com/WE4rAhKTFt— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) August 22, 2024
Florida ended up scrapping the white out, but things only got worse for the Gators in Week 1.
In Week 2, it was Eastern Kentucky trying to spoil Western Kentucky’s white out — and the Hilltoppers were seriously peeved.
A statement on Saturday’s uniform: pic.twitter.com/mg8XUpAW1O
— WKU Football (@WKUFootball) September 4, 2024
The white out went on as scheduled and WKU stomped on Eastern Kentucky, 31-0.
Shut 'em out even in the red jerseys 😏🔴@WKUFootball | #NoLimitsOnUs pic.twitter.com/hVU3jnc5lj
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) September 8, 2024
For this week’s homecoming game at Colorado, the Buffaloes made a big showing about their all-white look and kept telling everyone planning to attend to wear white.
The visiting Baylor Bears heard the message loud and clear.
Wear White 🤝#GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/qQjdm5KmeW
— Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) September 19, 2024
All white up in the mountains ⚪️⚪️⚪️#SicEm pic.twitter.com/t4IDV926Yz
— Baylor Football (@BUFootball) September 20, 2024
Colorado hasn’t called off the white out, but it did notably change the jersey combo on it’s game day post:
First conference game of the szn 💪
⌚️: 6:00PM (MT)
🏟️: Folsom Field
📺: FOX #GoBuffs pic.twitter.com/FJbYTN7lsr— Colorado Buffaloes Football (@CUBuffsFootball) September 21, 2024
At least Penn State won’t have to worry about this issue. The most well-known white out in college football features the home team wearing blue tops.
Replicated, never recreated.
This is the Penn State White Out. pic.twitter.com/qgS397zbfg
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 23, 2023
