The Penn St Nittany Lions will travel in Big 12 conference action to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday afternoon. <br /> <br />Kick off time from Minnesota is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2 TV. <br /> <br />The betting odds from this college football game has the home side Minnesota Golden Gophers favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line of 47 points. <br /> <br />Penn St improved to 5-3 on the season following a 24-17 home overtime victory last week to the Illinois Fighting Illini as a -13 point betting favorite. The game total landed at under 57 points. Penn St failed to hold a 14-3 first half leas as Illinois forced the overtime. <br /> <br />The Nittany Lions put up 490 yards of offense with 250 running for over 5 yards per carry. Christian Hackenberg hit on 20 of 32 passes for 240 yards and a touchdown. Bill Belton had 36 carries for 201 yards and a touchdown. On defense Penn St gave up 411 yards to the Illinois offense with 321 yards to their passing game. <br /> <br />Minnesota has won three straight to improve to 7-2 on the 2013 campaign following a 42-39 road victory last week to the Indiana Hoosiers as a +7 ½ point betting odds underdog. The game total landed at over 67 points. The Golden Gophers were down 39-35 late but gets a 50 yards touchdown pass by Phillip Nelson with three minutes remaining for victory. <br /> <br />The Golden Gophers offense produced 573 yards with 248 running for nearly 5 yards per carry. Nelson hit on 16 of 23 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns. David Cobb ran for 188 yards on 29 carries and a touchdown. Defensively Minnesota allowed the Hoosiers offense 496 yards with 227 to their ground attack for 6 yards per attempt.
