Without context, this is actually an excellent t-shirt design that deservedly won that year’s fan vote, but head coach Bill O’Brien and the university’s attitude following the sanctions made “tradition” a questionable choice of theme for the shirt. The first White Out t-shirt of the sanctions era used “tradition” as a central theme. The Nittany Lions finished that season with a 9-4 record and lost the 2011 White Out game to Alabama, but sanctions loomed in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. 2011Īlthough the front of this shirt is a bit bland, the “S” on the back made up of 30 rows of “Success With Honor” singlehandedly makes it the greatest t-shirt design of all time. As great as this shirt was, it didn’t accompany a successful season on the gridiron Penn State went 7-6, including a 41-31 White Out victory over Michigan. The back of the shirt is also much simpler, calling Beaver Stadium “the White House” and making a couple other snow and avalanche analogies. The Symbol of Our Best takes up most of the front of the shirt with “Roar Lions Roar” placed above him. The 2010 White Out shirt featured a much smoother (less controversial) shirt design.
Penn State lost that season’s White Out game to Iowa and dealt with another controversy surrounding “Terrelle Cryer” shirts before he scored three touchdowns and led the Buckeyes to victory at Beaver Stadium. Those complaints fell on deaf ears - the shirt sold more than 30,000 times - but not before Fox News picked up the story. Six whole students complained about the front side of the shirt’s appearance of a cross and requested its removal from store shelves. 2009Īlthough the Nittany Lions went 11-2 and beat LSU in the Capital One Bowl, 2009 was the year of t-shirt controversies for Penn State. If not for the front side, this one would be a dud, but it was released ahead of a Big Ten championship-winning season. The front of the shirt features a surprisingly great design of the Nittany Lion Shrine, while the back features an oddly-shaped design with “PSU 2008” and a football helmet overlay. The 2008 White Out shirt featured a…unique design, to say the least.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane and check out some of those White Out t-shirt designs. In years past, fan input decided which shirt would be released for sale, but Penn State released its own designs for each of the past two years. Penn State athletics capitalizes on this tradition every year by selling t-shirts specifically designed for the White Out. More than 107,000 fans clad in white pack Beaver Stadium for the Nittany Lions’ biggest home football game of the season, creating one of the most hostile environments in college football. Penn State’s White Out is among the most recognizable traditions in sports.
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