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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.