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Published: November 13, 2009
The Indiana Hoosiers will travel in Big Ten Network play when they face the Penn St Nittany Lions in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Penn St is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the Big Ten Network. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Penn St Nittany Lions opened as a 17-½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home favorite, as the Penn St Nittany Lions are currently a 25-½ point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 51 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Penn St Nittany Lions at –2500 with the road underdog Indiana Hoosiers bringing back +1500 to win without the points on their side.
In their meeting in 2008 it was Penn St pounding Indiana 34-7 but failed to cover the inflated 35 ½ point spread in a game played on November 15th. Penn St move the ball on the Hoosiers with 184 yards rushing and 258 through the air. Penn St is looking to rebound off a bad 24-7 loss last week at home to Ohio St. The Nittany Lions were miserable on offense with just 76 yards rushing and only 125 through the air. Junior running back Evan Royster could only muster 36 rushing yards on the Buckeyes on 13 carries in defeat. It was another poor performance from Penn St starting quarterback Darryl Clark who could only complete 12 of 28 passes on the day with no touchdowns and 1 interception. Penn St fell to 8-2 on the season with losses to Iowa and Ohio St in conference and is pretty much out of the Rose Bowl race. Defensively Penn St is outstanding allowing just 10.8 points per game with just 264 yards and ranking 2nd in the Big Ten conference. The Indiana Hoosiers have had a frustrating season as they sit at 4-6 this season. The team must win out to become eligible for a bowl berth. The Hoosiers have been miserable losing three straight games and six of their past seven. Last week they fell to Wisconsin 31-28 as a 13-½ point underdog. The Hoosiers had success throwing the football with 323 yards passing on the Badgers defense. Indiana starting quarterback Ben Chappell is hitting on 63% of his passes with 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions on the season. On the ground Darius Willis is the lead ball carrier for Indiana with a 4.5 yards a carry average. A huge issue for Indiana has been their defense as the team allows an average of 28 points per game and 410 yards a game ranking 11th and last in the Big Ten conference.
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CFB Trend: Penn St is 7-1-1 to the under this season
The Wagerline consensus has 61.9% of the CFB bettors on Penn St +25 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 51.9% of the CFB bettors playing over 51 1/2
