Penn State did not immediately respond to PennLive’s request to confirm whether the student section — which typically holds roughly 21,000 people — has been reduced for the playoff game.

“All Penn State students, including Commonwealth campuses, received an email offering them the opportunity to reserve tickets in the student section at Beaver Stadium,” the spokesperson said.

It is hard to blame Kirk Herbstreit for thinking Penn State has the best student section in the country. The Nittany Lions pack 106,572 fans into Beaver Stadium every Saturday home game.

Ellie Sheehan, a fifth-year student from Holidaysburg, is the first woman drum major in the Blue Band’s 125-year history.

Penn State football fans will witness history when the Penn State Blue Band takes the field on August 30. The Blue Band ...

The next two largest crowds were the 110,007 who watched Penn State lost to Michigan on Oct. 14, 2006 in a student-section White Out and the 109,958 who watched the Nittany Lions beat Auburn in ...