The Penn St Nittany Lions will travel in Big 12 conference action to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Minnesota is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2 TV.
The betting odds from this college football game has the home side Minnesota Golden Gophers favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line of 47 points.
Penn St improved to 5-3 on the season following a 24-17 home overtime victory last week to the Illinois Fighting Illini as a -13 point betting favorite. The game total landed at under 57 points. Penn St failed to hold a 14-3 first half leas as Illinois forced the overtime.
The Nittany Lions put up 490 yards of offense with 250 running for over 5 yards per carry. Christian Hackenberg hit on 20 of 32 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown. Bill Belton had 36 carries for 201 yards and a touchdown. On defense Penn St gave up 411 yards to the Illinois offense with 321 yards to their passing game.
Minnesota has won three straight to improve to 7-2 on the 2013 campaign following a 42-39 road victory last week to the Indiana Hoosiers as a +7 ½ point betting odds underdog. The game total landed at over 67 points. The Golden Gophers were down 39-35 late but gets a 50 yards touchdown pass by Phillip Nelson with three minutes remaining for victory.
The Golden Gophers offense produced 573 yards with 248 running for nearly 5 yards per carry. Nelson hit on 16 of 23 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns. David Cobb ran for 188 yards on 29 carries and a touchdown. Defensively Minnesota allowed the Hoosiers offense 496 yards with 227 to their ground attack for 6 yards per attempt.
