Where does Beaver Stadium rank in USA Today's college football stadium rankings?: Newsstand

Penn State news, notes, and updates for July 29 include a ranking of college football’s best stadiums, headlines of the day, and more. USA Today national college football writers Paul Myerberg and Blake Toppmeyer put their heads together to come up with a list of the nation’s best venues to watch a game at. Beaver Stadium checked in at No. 2 behind only LSU’s Tiger Stadium.

“Former Arkansas running back and two-time Heisman Trophy finalist Darren McFadden once said of Death Valley: “The fans are relentless.” That’s especially true for night games, when “the sun has found its home in the western sky,” as the public address announcer says inside Tiger Stadium,” they write. “After LSU fans spend the day sucking down hooch, they’re in no mood to take prisoners.

“Few sights are more intimidating to visitors than Penn State’s annual “White Out” games, when fans dress up in white tops to provide visitors with an unsettling, eye-popping backdrop. Combined with the deafening roar provided by 100,000-plus fans, this makes Beaver Stadium one of the elite settings in the FBS.”

Two other Big Ten venues, Ohio’s Ohio Stadium and Oregon’s Autzen Stadium, are Nos. 4-5 on the list. Clemson’s Memorial Stadium rounds out the top five.

You can read the full story here.

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Quote of the day

“There’s more noise about us than there was in the past, but that’s all it is. It’s noise. Acknowledging it is awesome. It’s awesome we’re getting this kind of love and stuff like that, but I don’t really tune into it much.”

“Some guys like it, [and] some guys need it. Some guys need that stuff, like bulletin board material. It just depends on how you react to it. But at the end of the day, don’t believe the hype, especially preseason. We’re all just guessing.”

PSU center Nick Dawkins