The Nittany Lions are officially headed to primetime, but not every fan is excited to see the team featured on national television.

HBO announced Penn State football would be one of four programs featured on its upcoming docu-reality series 24/7 College Football Wednesday afternoon. James Franklin’s program will appear in one of the series’ four episodes on Wednesday, October 9 at 10 p.m. The episode will follow the team’s preparation for its Homecoming game against Purdue the week prior.

Most fans were pumped to see that their Nittany Lions would be featured on the program and rejoiced on Twitter once the news broke.

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— Penn State Pride (@PSUPride_1) September 18, 2019

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— Scott Livengood (@Scott_Livengood) September 18, 2019

Let's Go! #WeAre https://t.co/S922zeUwJm

— PennFal25 (@PennFal25) September 18, 2019

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— jdoss42 (@jdoss42) September 18, 2019

However, some fans were less than enthused to see their team would once again be showcased on the network that infamously released Paterno in 2018. The film was riddled with inaccuracies upon its release and drew harsh criticism from viewers.

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— psufootball13 (@psufootball13) September 18, 2019

The network that aired a movie about Joe, how fitting.

— Derek (@dlamar29) September 18, 2019

Will Pacino be in it?

— Greg Legg Fan Club (@MAyneLyon) September 18, 2019

Some folks were simply shocked to see the university appear alongside HBO.

https://twitter.com/puckandrally/status/1174424260577832962

At any rate, most Penn State fans will surely be watching when the program airs on October 9. Here’s hoping the Nittany Lions come out victorious so we don’t need to sit through a nationally televised pity party.

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