No. 6 Penn State (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) will host Washington (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten) on Saturday night, but you won’t find the game on live broadcasts or cable TV.

Instead, the Nittany Lions and Huskies will face off exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service, as part of the network’s deal to carry Big Ten games.

The game, which will be a first in university football, can be watched in select IMAX theaters across the country. The game will be broadcast live locally on IMAX screens in Cherry Hill, King of Prussia, Bensalem and Center Valley. A. You can find a full list of theaters across the country here.

After losing to No. 3 Ohio State last week.Penn State’s hopes of making the expanded 12-team playoff field hinge on a strong win against the Huskies. Despite the loss, if the season ends today, Penn State will host No. 10 Notre Dame in the first round of the expanded playoffs.

“College football has changed and we have an opportunity to move forward to right some wrongs,” Penn State head coach James Franklin said after the loss.

College Football Playoff rankings will be updated weekly on Tuesday until the final bracket is announced on December 8.

It wasn’t just the fans who were saddened by this defeat. After the game, Franklin had a brief altercation with a fan in the student section; The fan shouted something as the coach left the field.

“What’s your name? If you’re going to be man enough to talk, what’s your name?!” Franklin responded with a video that quickly went viral on social media.

“As I was walking off the field, someone yelled at me and my daughter a few feet away. I’m fine with this. It comes with the territory. I asked the young man what his name was. Franklin told reporters at his weekly press conference:. “For me, it’s like publishing something. “If you’re going to share something, post it with your picture and your name, and own what you share… He started stuttering, backed up, and didn’t say his name.”

Here’s everything you need to know to watch or stream a Nittany Lions game:

Saturday’s Penn State-Washington game will air exclusively on Peacock starting at 8pm Eastern.

Calling the game will be Notre Dame announcer Paul Burmeister, whom Philly sports fans will likely remember from his decade-long stint as host of the NFL Network. Has been on NBC since 2014.

Alongside Burmeister will be former Texans Colt McCoy, who spent 13 seasons in the NFL and six in Washington. Zora Stephenson will report from the sidelines at Beaver Stadium.

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Unfortunately no. The only way to watch Saturday’s game between Penn State and Washington is to stream it on Peacock.

It is one of nine Big Ten games this season that will air exclusively on the streaming platform.

If you don’t want to drop the bomb $7.99 per month for Peacock (No free trial, but there is student plan for $1.99 per month), you can tune to 1210 WPHT. Calling the game on radio will be longtime play-by-play announcer Steve Jones, who will be joined by NFL Hall of Famer and former Nittany Lions linebacker Jack Ham.

Penn State enters Saturday’s game undefeated at 3-0 against Washington, but those three games have spanned more than a century.

The Nittany Lions’ first meeting with the Huskies was in the final game of the 1921 season. The two teams also faced each other in the 1983 Aloha Bowl and the 2017 Fiesta Bowl. Current Eagles running back Saquon Barkley’s 92-yard touchdown run.

Penn State fans can expect more action against Washington thanks to their jump from the Pac-12 to the Big 10 in August. The duo is scheduled to play again in 2026 and 2027.

Tonight’s game will be “White Out” at Beaver Stadium, meaning the more than 110,000 fans in the stands will be decked out in all white.

The history of the tradition dates back to 2004 That’s when Guido D’Elia, Penn State’s then director of brand and communications, came up with a campaign to mobilize students after a few stagnant seasons in the early 2000s. What started in the student section grew to include all fans when everyone in Beaver Stadium wore white during Penn State’s 31-10 victory over Notre Dame in 2007.

Since then, Penn State has hosted a White Out game every season except 2020, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most memorable was in 2016 when Penn State defeated No. 2 Ohio State in Franklin’s first win against a ranked opponent.

Penn (3-4, 1-3 Ivy) looks to keep momentum going Saturday after giving up 38 points to the Browns last week behind junior quarterback Liam O’Brien, who was making his first career start in place of injured senior Aidan Sayin. Meanwhile, Temple (2-6, 0-3 American Athletic Conference) will need to emerge a re-energized team Against Tulane if they still hope to make it to their first bowl game since 2019.

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