As expected, Penn State football’s game against UCLA scheduled for Noon on Fox Oct. 5 will be the destination for Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff pregame show.
WE'RE HEADING TO HAPPY VALLEY, PA 📍🏟️
Big Noon Kickoff is taking the party to Happy Valley ahead of @UCLAFootball vs @PennStateFball 🎉 pic.twitter.com/Yb0UtermsQ
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) September 28, 2024
This past Monday, it was confirmed that PSU-UCLA would kickoff at noon on Fox.
When that was announced, most fans had a good idea that Fox’s pregame show would be coming to Happy Valley.
That ended up being confirmed Saturday afternoon via Fox on social media. It will be the first time Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff show has been to Happy Valley since last November when it took on Michigan. This game is expected to go better for Penn State than that one did.
PSU’s season-opening win at West Virginia was also a Big Noon kick. Last season, three of Penn State’s games were Big Noon kicks— a win at Illinois and losses at Ohio State and to Michigan at home.
All three of those teams are staples of the Big Ten. That cannot be said for newbie UCLA.
This will be just the seventh overall meeting between the two schools. The first six came from 1963-68.
UCLA won four of those games but lost the most recent meeting, 21-6 at the Rose Bowl.
The week after Penn State plays UCLA, it will be going to Los Angeles to take on fellow Big Ten newbie USC, which is currently ranked No. 13.
Penn State has another Big Ten team, Washington, set to come to Beaver Stadium for a Nov. 9 clash that will also be Penn State’s annual White Out game. The fourth new team, Oregon, is not on this year’s Penn State schedule but is set to come to Beaver Stadium next season.
UCLA is off to a rough start at 1-2, with the lowlight being a 29-point loss to Indiana at home Sept. 14. Before No. 10 Penn State can worry about that, it must focus on No. 19 Illinois, which comes to Beaver Stadium this Saturday for a 7:30 kick.
