{"id":6228,"date":"2009-10-30T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-northwestern\/"},"modified":"2009-10-30T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T02:42:00","slug":"espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-northwestern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/espn-college-football-odds-penn-state-vs-northwestern\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN College Football Odds: Penn State vs Northwestern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ryan Field.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 17-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 47.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> made it clear that it is the team to beat in the Big Ten with a 35-10 victory over Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Michigan Stadium in Week 8.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
PSU covered as a 3.5-point road favorite while the final score played under the 48-point total.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Stefan Demos kicked a 19-yard field goal with 21 seconds left and Northwestern completed a comeback from a 25-point deficit to beat Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 29-28 in Week 8.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Northwestern did not cover the 4.5-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the posted total of 53.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 7-1 SU, 3-4 ATS
Northwestern: 5-3 SU, 2-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penn State most recently:
When playing in October are 9-1
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/p>\n

Northwestern most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Penn State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Penn State is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Northwestern
Penn State is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Northwestern is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Northwestern is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games
Northwestern is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Penn State<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Penn State home to Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, November 7
Northwestern at Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Northwestern Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ryan Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 17-point favorites versus the Wildcats, while the game’s total is sitting at 47. Penn State made it clear that it is … Continue reading ESPN College Football Odds: Penn State vs Northwestern<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}