The odds have moved for tonight’s Penn State-Minnesota game.
Penn State was initially a 7.5-point favorite, then became a 9.5-point favorite.
Now, after Minnesota’s travel issues, Penn State has favored by 12.5 points.
This is the largest spread of Penn State’s Big Ten season, with the previous high being the Purdue game Oct. 31. Penn State came into that one as 10.5-point favorites and ended up winning by 14.
PSU and its fans would love a similar result tonight, and there are plenty of things in the team’s favored. Penn State is playing good football in the Big Ten for the first time in the Matt Campbell era. After losing its first four conference games, Penn State handled Purdue and hung on against Washington, 28-25.
Penn State Survives Washington for Biggest win of Matt Campbell Era
But what about the Gophers?
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Minnesota has lost two of its last three, but the Gophers haven’t played badly in any of those games. Minnesota upset No. 15 Iowa at home, 13-10. The next week, No. 4 Indiana needed a 60-yard field goal in the final seconds to force overtime, where the Hoosiers ultimately survived. Minnesota lost by 14 to No. 8 UCLA at home the next week, but that score is deceiving.
It was a tie game in the fourth quarter before Bob Chesney’s Bruins ultimately pulled away.
Minnesota is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten.
Both teams would secure bowl eligibility with a win.
INJURIES
Penn State isn’t clean on the injury front.
Receiver Koby Howard will be out for his seventh straight game, and a trio of key defenses are questionable. But Minnesota is down three defensive tackles. For a Penn State team that’s had a 100-yard rusher in each of the last two games, it could be time to eat.
The game is scheduled to kickoff at 7 on FS1.
