To each their own.
I know folks that have gone up for the day, tailgated with friends, enjoyed State College and the campus, and watched the game at a bar.
While some aspects of that sound interesting, I would have no interest in driving up, and doing all of those things, if I wasn't going inside to the game. That still remains my main reason for going to State College for a weekend.
Not every season goes as fans would like. I always expect the team to be undefeated, but I don't jump off the wagon if they lose a game.
And to miss a Whiteout game? I've sat through some that we lost, and one where it was raining, and I didn't regret my attending any of them.