A child-sized inflatable rowboat marks the beginning of the line for tickets.

Although the specific bowl game will not be announced by the Bowl Championship Series until Dec. 3, two groups of students began the season's last football stakeout in front of the Bryce Jordan Center yesterday afternoon.

Brad Czaszynski (senior-biology) said he chose to begin the line with the rowboat while he waited for friends to arrive with a tent.

Despite the uncertainty of the game's location, opponent and date for Penn State's bowl game, students are determined to stay put for the next 10 nights.

"That's how much of fans we are," said Drew Guaraldo (sophomore-mechanical engineering).

About 30 rotating campers are waiting for tickets issued by the university, and they are expecting more campers to arrive today and throughout this week.

"I think there are enough die-hard Penn State fans to come out here," said Czaszynski, who said his dad has already booked flights and hotel rooms in both Arizona and Florida, which are the sites of the Fiesta and Orange bowls.

Czaszynski and Scott Redding (senior-hotel, restaurant and institutional management) were in the front of the senior section for all of the home football games this season, attended the Michigan State University away game and camped in Paternoville for the last three home games.

The campers in front of the Bryce Jordan Center weren't the founders of Paternoville, but Czaszynski said they are thinking about a name for the new group of campers.

Although the time leading to sales may overlap with studying for finals, Redding said the campers have their priorities straight, and studying will give them something to do during the wait.

Weather may be an issue for outdoor campers who expect snow later in the week, but Redding said snow will not deter the campers.

"After going through all of the bad stuff these past two years, I figured we had to be first this time," he said.

The Penn State sports Web site www.gopsusports.com said information will be advertised in The Daily Collegian and on the site to alert students when and how the ticket sales will occur.

The campers said they are hoping for the best and are expecting to spend about $300 in the process.

"They're the best team in a while," Guaraldo said. "It'll be worth it."