Why isn't Penn State football vs Ohio State a White Out game? Here's what to know

 Penn State football finds itself with its biggest home game of the 2024 college football regular season in Week 10.

The opponent is none other than the Nittany Lions Big Ten conference rival No. 4 Ohio State — a game that has significant implications surrounding the Big Ten championship game and College Football Playoffs.

It's a game where both teams are ranked in the top five of the US LBM Coaches Poll, and has all the makings of being Penn State's annual White Out game. In fact, Penn State has hosted Ohio State for its White Out game five times in the history of its overall White Outs.

But that isn't the case in 2024, as the Nittany Lions look to keep their undefeated season alive as the Buckeyes travel to Happy Valley and Beaver Stadium.

Here's what you need to know on why Penn State-Ohio State is not a "White Out," including when the Nittany Lions will hold their "White Out" this season:

Is Penn State-Ohio State a White Out?

No, Penn State vs. Ohio State is not the Nittany Lions' White Out game for the 2024 college football season — even though Saturday's game will have the game atmosphere of one.

In fact, Penn State fans have not been afraid to throw their two cents in on the fact Saturday's game isn't a White Out or being played at night.

Why isn't Penn State-Ohio State a White Out?

The reason Saturday's Big Ten heavyweight showdown between Penn State and Ohio State isn't the Nittany Lions' White Out game seems to be due to TV rights.

Though it wasn't announced until last week, the Nittany Lions-Buckeyes game was the likely choice for Fox's "Big Noon Kickoff" in Week 10, compared to the Big Ten's 3:30 p.m. ET game on CBS or 7:30 p.m. ET game on NBC. At this point of the college football regular season, start time and TV channel information are not released until the week before.

According to The Athletic's Audrey Snyder, Saturday's game was not selected within the top four picks from the networks in their quote on quote "Network College Football Draft."

"This game was on the board for us at No. 5 when we have three consecutive picks and there’s just no way that I can allow this game to fall to the eighth pick," Fox's president of insight and analytics Mike Mulvihill told The Athletic. "That would almost be malpractice on my part. … Given the draft played out the way it did, it was just obvious that we had to take it."