Penn Staters Furious Over Freshmen-Only ‘Blue-White’ Practice Invite

Shannon Soboslay | Onward State

Despite being granted entrance into Beaver Stadium for graduation ceremonies, seniors won’t be able to see Penn State football play in person anytime soon.

Instead, Penn State opted to let first-year students in to watch the Nittany Lions’ final spring practice. President Eric Barron said they were selected so they could be introduced to the Beaver Stadium experience they’ve missed out on…just like seniors.

Naturally, folks were pissed online. Some could barely believe the announcement was real.

This has gotta be a joke….

Sure – invite the students with 3 years left of football games https://t.co/Veb9XAQQ8W
— lewis (@mrlewis_14) March 17, 2021

??? Shouldn’t this be seniors?
— Bennett Martinko (@BennettMartinko) March 17, 2021

i demand this school refunds me for my entire senior year right this second. https://t.co/iL8g6pvJJT
— tori bookwalter (@t_bookiee) March 17, 2021

Shouldn’t it be the seniors who get this opportunity?
— Joey Goldsmith (@JoeyHotTakes) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/lpj5001/status/1372248122718625792

Fuck The Seniors right ? https://t.co/IoKOMW4vRL
— Salim Madanat (@flabsofjelly) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/Cam_Aungst27/status/1372251225740169230?s=20

https://t.co/fuCxFwlpyo pic.twitter.com/C7Zi9JHi0u
— SB (@samuelbrungo) March 17, 2021

Silly choice….. seniors deserve one last time in Beaver stadium. Freshman have 3 more years
— K B Schmierer (@SchmiererK) March 17, 2021

Words of disappointment toward the university were not minced.

@GoPSUsports eat shit https://t.co/hnfyjrmWJJ
— Drew (@drewtrate) March 17, 2021

THIS SOME BULLSHIT https://t.co/BvuG2WAUmP
— i am STOKED baby (@davidbeck__) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/Wounderly/status/1372247485238874119?s=20

Other folks wondered where the logic of the decision came from. Many called back to the infamous freshmen “twerk circle” at the beginning of the fall 2020 semester that didn’t make a great first impression.

https://twitter.com/carolineemcd/status/1372252110704807943?s=20

https://twitter.com/jparitee/status/1372251290470858753?s=20

The twerk circle deserves nothing
— Mandy Sullivan (@mandy_sully33) March 17, 2021

The logic behind the decision is still yet to be determined.

1. Freshman have 3 full seasons to be in Beaver Stadium. Why not seniors instead?

2. If you opened it up to all University Park students you’d get, what, 15,000 max? Students don’t typically go inside to this game. Seems like 1 student per 8 seats is plenty of room to be safe. https://t.co/qZeJJMXJqg
— Kevin Horne (@KevinHornePSU) March 17, 2021

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