Big 10 Showdown: Minnesota vs. Penn State Football Preview

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00:00Let's get to a Big Ten battle today in the Twin Cities.

00:06Minnesota plays host to number four Penn State.

00:09The Nittany Lions expected to win a football game in the last virtually three years when

00:13that has happened.

00:14They are 30-1 straight up, 22-8 and one against the spread and Kev here laying 11 and a half

00:21points.

00:22Will it be a comfortable cruise to a victory for the Nittany Lions today?

00:25I don't think so.

00:26The Golden Gophers are potentially going to be the best win on Penn State's resume if

00:34they get the job done.

00:36The key word there being if.

00:37I think Minnesota with that loss to Rutgers must have been looking ahead to this game

00:42here.

00:43I think RU's been fine this season at home.

00:45You know, they themselves making sure they were able to get ball eligible and things

00:48of that nature.

00:49But I think you are going to be getting Minnesota's best effort whose defense this season, Lee,

00:55he's really been figuring things out.

00:57Yeah, I like Minnesota as well.

00:58Couple things that stand out for me.

01:00Extra week of preparation in terms of that.

01:02I think they had definitely set up for this.

01:0516 interceptions, guys.

01:0716 interceptions on the year plus 12 in turnover margin as a team.

01:11Only giving up 119 rushing yards per game, a buck 77 in terms of the back end.

01:16It's going to be very difficult for this offense of Penn State to just chuck it all over the

01:21yard.

01:22And I still have concerns about Drew Allard.

01:24I watch Oxford, I'm rowing the boat outright over Penn State.

01:29Sweep the leg.

01:30Get him out.

01:31Sweep the leg.

01:32Prior to the game in Piscataway against Rutgers, Minnesota had won four straight covering in

01:37five in a row.

01:38Let's go quickly to Piscataway, where Rutgers hosts Illinois today.

01:42This line has been moving back and forth.

01:43The Illini were a favorite, the Scarlet Knights a favorite.

01:46I need Rutgers to win, Joe, to go over that preseason win total.

01:49Will the Scarlet Knights?

01:50I think they will.

01:51I think they grind out a victory.

01:52I believe in Shiano.

01:53Defense is better, I believe, a little bit than Illinois.

01:56They grind it out.

01:57Not going to be easy, Ben, but you'll get the seventh win.

02:00Game's in Jersey, so can't touch it, can't do anything with it, which is just always

02:04annoying to me.

02:05What I will say, and I want to make sure that everyone understands that this goes for two

02:09teams, Illinois and Missouri.

02:11I hope they lose out.

02:12Make them play one another in a bowl.

02:15Those two teams have exemplified the power conference bias, but neither one of them.

02:21Now, Illinois actually has some sneaky OK wins in there.

02:24Missouri's an absolute clown show.

02:26When Missouri has stepped up in competition, it has been bad, but both boosting resumes

02:31for their conference companions.

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