Penn State vs Northwestern Prediction, Game Preview

Penn State vs Northwestern game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

Penn State vs Northwestern prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 5, Saturday, October 1


Penn State vs Northwestern How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 1
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Beaver Stadium, State College, PA
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Penn State (4-0), Northwestern (1-3)
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Penn State vs Northwestern Game Preview

Why Northwestern Will Win

So what’s going well in this disaster of a run?

If you’re losing to Duke, Southern Illinois, and Miami University at home, things aren’t going well. However, the passing game has been clicking. Ryan Hilinski and the Cats are good for over 200 yards, and they’re going to keep winging it around.

What’s working? The defense was great against the Miami University passing game, the offensive line hasn’t been bad in pass protection, and the main problem is fixable.

Northwestern has to be Northwestern. It has to control the clock, win the mistake battle, and it has to get physical on the offensive front. It can do all of that, but …

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Why Penn State Will Win

The Wildcats can’t stop screwing up.

Northwestern can’t afford to make mistake – EVER. If it halts the giveaways, it has the makeup and style to hang with just about anyone. If it loses the turnover battle, it can lose to Southern Illinois and Miami University.

The team is -5 in turnover margin this year with nine giveaways over the last three weeks.

Penn State? It took the ball away four times in the blowout over Auburn, and then it took the ball away four times against Central Michigan.

It’s going to take the ball away from Northwestern.

The secondary will give up yards – it has hardly been a rock – but it makes plays, the run defense won’t allow a thing, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Penn State keep doing what it’s doing?

One turnover. That’s all it has given up so far with a lonely interception in the opener against Purdue. The penalties haven’t been a problem, the team isn’t making big mistakes, and as long as that holds form, all will be fine.

Northwestern will keep pressing, but it’s at its best when it can control the game with a lead. The team is way overdue for a great performance, but that’s not happening here.

It won’t be a total wipeout – Northwestern will keep throwing – but there won’t be a ton of drama.

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Penn State vs Northwestern Prediction, Line

Penn State 40, Northwestern 16
Line: Penn State -26.5, o/u: 52
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Penn State vs Northwestern Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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Penn State vs. Northwestern Broadcast

Date: Saturday, March 7
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, IL
Network: BTN

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Why Penn State Will Win

Northwestern doesn’t do enough offensively to keep up.

Penn State rolled in the first meeting a few weeks ago, winning 77-61 with a dominant first half and no issues throughout. Northwestern was miserable from three, Penn State was great on the boards, and it was a breather.

The Cats have the worst scoring offense in the Big Ten, there isn’t enough happening from the outside to get back in games, and there’s absolutely nothing happening on the boards.

As long as Penn State continues force steals and create mistakes, and as long as it’s able to steadily keep the scoring to rolling – get on the move, and NU can’t keep up – there won’t be any problems.

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Why Northwestern Will Win

The Wildcats have to somehow slow the tempo down.

Penn State scores in bunches and likes to get into shootouts, but it’s not great from three, it commits a slew of fouls, and Northwestern doesn’t give the ball up enough to generate a ton of easy points.

Unlike the first meeting, not getting down fast is vital. It’s the final home game in a rough season, and it needs to hope for Penn State to be looking ahead a bit. However …

What’s Going To Happen

Penn State won’t be looking ahead at all after losing four of its last five games.

Northwestern will still be in the game by halftime, and then the drought will come. Penn State will go on a decent early second half run, will rebound all the misses from the outside, and won’t have any issues in the rematch.

Penn State vs. Northwestern Prediction, Line

Penn State 76, Northwestern 65
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ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
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Must See Rating: 2

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Penn State vs. Northwestern Broadcast

Date: Saturday, February 15
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA
Network: BTN

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Why Northwestern Will Win

So what’s going right in this nosedive of a season? The Wildcats have lost 13 of its last 14 games, but they’re still battling.

They have the energy to keep attacking – even if they’re not effective enough defensively – they don’t give the ball up for easy points, and they do just enough to keep teams from rocking from three.

Penn State might be playing well, but they’re also hitting well from the field with a knack for going on good runs. Northwestern is able to slow things down a bit when it needs to, and it’s not all the bad defending the three.

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Why Penn State Will Win

Northwestern is awful.

It can’t score, it doesn’t do anything on the boards, and it doesn’t force the mistakes needed to generate easy points. Worst of all, they don’t score.

They don’t do enough from the outside, they don’t come up with second chance points, and the defense doesn’t force enough turnovers to come up with generate O.

Penn State is the opposite when it comes to forcing mistakes. It leads the Big Ten in steals and is second in blocked shots.

Northwestern isn’t going to have an easy time finding points.

What’s Going To Happen

Penn State isn’t going to start struggling now. Northwestern might bring the want-to, but it won’t come up with enough steady points to overcome an early Nittany Lion burst.

Penn State vs. Northwestern Prediction, Line

Penn State 77, Northwestern 65
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ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
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Must See Rating: 2

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