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Nebraska are set to play their first home game of the season on Saturday against Penn State, and will open the week as a outsider according to punters.
Penn State opened as a four-point favorite against the Huskers ahead of Saturday’s 11am kick-off which will be televised on FS1.
While Saturday’s game will be a showdown between two of college football’s most famous programs, the two are in shock as they head into Saturday’s game. Nebraska dropped their first game against Ohio State and then their second game against Wisconsin was called off. The Huskers fell on Route 21-13 to the northwest on Saturday, after passing the Wildcats, but were unable to take full advantage of six trips into the northwest red zone.
Nebraska will face a Penn State team that is in shock after a 0-3 start to the season. Penn State fell in overtime to Indiana in the season opener, then lost 38-25 to Ohio State at home in week two. Maryland shocked the Nittany Lions on Saturday, taking a 28-7 lead before ultimately winning 35-19.
The Nittany Lions and Huskers will meet for the fifth time since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference, with Penn State coming to Lincoln for the first time since the 2012 season. Nebraska are 3-1 in clashes in as enemies of the Big Ten, with Nebraska having won four of the last five clashes. The two teams last met at the end of the Mike Riley era, with Penn State claiming a 56-44 victory over Nebraska in 2017 at State College, Pa.
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