How to watch Penn State-Oregon; pregame info, weather, TV, start time, more: Gameday Central

penn-state-football-beaver-stadum-sept-1 — A view of the west side of Beaver Stadium at Penn State, which includes the TV broadcast booth. (Pickel/BWI)

STATE COLLEGE — The White Out game is here, Penn State fans! The No. 3 Nittany Lions host No. 6 Oregon in a rematch of the 2024 Big Ten title game today at Beaver Stadium. After both sides cruised through their non-conference slate, each program, its fans, and the rest of the college football world are eager to see what both are made of in primetime.

“Tremendous challenge,” Lions coach James Franklin said this week. “Tremendous opportunity. You know, obviously we need this place rocking. Need to have a distinct home field advantage. We always do, but I’m expecting this to be an environment like no one has ever seen.

“We want to make it clearly obvious to everybody what’s the most challenging and difficult environment to play in all of sports, let alone college football. … We’re going to need everybody’s help.”

GameDay Central gets you ready for kickoff below.

Game time, TV channel, how to watch: Penn State vs. Oregon

Venue: Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.

Kick time: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: NBC

On the call: Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (color commentator), and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporter).

Penn State radio: Steve Jones, Jack Ham, and Brian Tripp will call the Penn State Sports Network radio broadcast on Saturday. It airs on 99.5 & 103.7 FM/1450 AM locally and at GoPSUSports.com online.

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Series facts: This marks the sixth all-time meeting between the two schools, but only the third in the regular season. It’s also only the third contest between the two sides since 1995.

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What is the Penn State-Oregon spread?

BetMGM calls Penn State a 3.5-point favorite. The over/under betting total is 51.5 points.

Blue-White Illustrated predictions

Nate Bauer: PSU: 38, Oregon: 30
Sean Fitz: PSU: 30, Oregon: 28
Thomas Frank Carr: PSU: 27, Oregon: 24
Matt Herb: PSU: 27, Oregon: 24
Greg Pickel: PSU: 28, Oregon: 24
Ryan Snyder: PSU: 27, Oregon: 23

Weather report

If you spent all of last week and the start of this one thinking or saying “rain, rain, go away,” your efforts might have worked. Precipitation was in the forecast earlier this week. But, it is not anymore, for the most part. The current forecast from Weather.com is as follows: “Cloudy skies. Slight chance of an afternoon shower. High near 75F. Winds light and variable.”