Defensively, though, the Nittany Lions have the best scoring defense in the Big Ten, giving up just 13.8 points per game.Д¬oming off a bye week healthy and rested, the Penn State defense should be in a positionВ to reassert its dominance. Fortunately, the Nittany LionsВ had a bye last week to regroup and will be ready for a bounce-back this week.ДЄlthough Penn State hasВ the fourth-ranked passing offense in the Big Ten, theВ offense is not what drives this team, which hasВ averaged only 22 points per game against Power Five schools this year. Penn State suffered its first loss at Iowa after blowing a 14-3 lead after the first quarter. Penn State News & NotesДЄfter winning two straight against ranked teams to start the year, James FranklinвЂ™s team couldnвЂ™t manage a third. Brandon Peters is banged up, but could see time, as could Artur Sitkowski. It also doesnвЂ™t help that they still havenвЂ™t settled on a quarterback for this week. ThatвЂ™sВ almost 200 yards less per game than Ohio State, which leads the Big Ten in that category. Illinois also has the worst passing offense in the Big Ten, averaging just 153.7 yards through the air per game. The Illini areВ averaging just 17.7 points per game, 120th in the FBS amongВ 130 teams, and in fact have broken 20 points just onceВ in their last five games. In the middle of the pack in the Big Ten, theВ lack of a run game has led to an anemic offense that hasnвЂ™tВ scored 25 points in any of its last five games. The first Illinois season under Bret Bielema,В known for a power run game, has not gone as planned as he has struggled to get theВ offense rolling. See Odds SharkвЂ™s Best College Football Betting Sites Illinois News & Notes IllinoisвЂ™ big season-opening win against Nebraska seems like a distant memory for a team that has managed just one victory since then.В With Penn StateвЂ™s defense one of the top units in the nation, it is easy to see how the Illini will struggle to score, making the 24 points very attainable for a Penn State squad that shut out its last Big Ten opponent,В a much better Indiana team, 24-0. Opening Odds: Penn State -24 | O/U 46 ( Line History).Illinois Fighting Illini vs Penn State Nittany Lions

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