After choosing to sit out of the bowl season in 2020, Penn State is gearing up for this season’s Outback Bowl. In what will be the first meeting with the Arkansas Razorbacks, Penn State arrived in Tampa as a slight favorite in the bowl matchup. But this year’s Outback Bowl appears to be a fairly even matchup between the Nittany Lions and Razorbacks.
Both teams will be missing some key players, including Penn State’s top two linebackers Brandon Smith and Ellis Brooks, safety Jaquan Brisker and wide receiver Jahan Dotson and Arkansas’ leading receiver Treylon Burks. And there could still be more names added to that list in the days leading up to the Outback Bowl. But let’s take a look at what both teams have to offer at the moment and see if we can determine if either team has a decided edge in this bowl pairing.