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How the Nittany Lions are using the science of acoustics to help crank up home field crowd noise.

Apr 26, 2010
By Devin Powell
Inside Science News Service

BALTIMORE (ISNS) -- Loud stadiums help win games, and Penn State's Beaver Stadium is one of the loudest in college football. When its crowd roars at a visiting quarterback, his calls can only be heard from a foot and a half away.

Next season, the university's athletic department will put into play a new strategy to make its field even louder thanks to a team of acoustic scientists. The goal is to send a deafening wall of sound at the opposing team's offensive line.

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