The Wildcats are one of two teams in the Big Ten still with a perfect record. \u00a0Only one of those wins was in conference but they have an excellent chance to keep the momentum going against a Penn State team in the middle of a roller coaster of a season. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
#22 Northwestern Wildcats (5-0) vs Penn State Nittany Lions (3-2)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gambling Insight!<\/a> |\u00a0Buy Ray’s Picks!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Northwestern hasn\u2019t knocked off any ranked teams but 4 of their 5 victories are at least against teams from other BCS conferences.<\/p>\n They have a great chance this weekend in Happy Valley.<\/p>\n Where in the world is Kain Colter? \u00a0The sometimes thrower, always exciting, athlete has become a key to the Northwestern offense. \u00a0I know it was against Indiana but last week he had 161 yards rushing (with 4 TDs) and 131 yards receiving.<\/p>\n He has also completed 66% of his passes when he takes the ball from under center this season. \u00a0If they can get him untracked at Penn State then the offense can flourish again.<\/p>\n Northwestern has not had a lot of success against Penn State in the recent past. \u00a0The last time they visited Happy Valley they were up 21-0 but eventually frittered away the lead.<\/p>\n In fact the Cats have lost 5 straight at PSU. \u00a0The fact that this is the smallest number in 5 years says a lot about how these teams are coming into this game though.<\/p>\n The upset potential is definitely there.<\/p>\n After droppings its first two games it would have been easy for this team to pack in this season. \u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″] Yet they have won their last three (3-0 ATS) all double digit victories including a thumping at Illinois last weekend.<\/p>\n The overall statistics are not great but it seems this team is rallying and won\u2019t be kicked around even though this is a lost season as they are not eligible for any type of post season play.<\/p>\n The brightest spot for the Nittany Lions this year has to be the play of senior QB Matt McGloin.<\/p>\n The least heralded QB on the roster he has been much improved with still room to grow. \u00a0He and receiver Allen Robinson have become maybe the best pass-catch combo in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n Penn State is really gutting it out these days and McGloin has proved to be just the right kind of leader for this team this year.<\/p>\n Maybe no team will be harder to predict from week to week this year than Penn State.<\/p>\n There is still some talent on this team but depth is a real concern…and so is motivation, even though coach Bill O\u2019Brien has done a nice job so far bringing them back from a rough start.<\/p>\n This team has lost two home games each of the last two season and this is another spot where they might go down in front of the home faithful.<\/p>\n Especially with the early start time.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Northwestern +3.5 Wildcats vs Nittany Lions NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The Wildcats are one of two teams in the Big Ten still with a perfect record. \u00a0Only one of those wins was in conference but they have an excellent chance to keep the momentum going against a Penn State team in the middle of a roller coaster of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":23835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[324,325,766,770,38246,3634,38244,7260,2657,38242],"class_list":["post-55564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-college-football-odds","tag-college-football-picks","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-predictions","tag-northwestern-vs-penn-st","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-northwestern-wildcats-vs-penn-st-nittany-lions","tag-penn-st-nittany-lions","tag-week-6","tag-wildcats-vs-nittany-lions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55564"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55620,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions\/55620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday October 6<\/strong>
\n Beaver Stadium – State College, PA<\/strong>
\n 12:00PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: \u00a0Penn State -150, Northwestern +130 at TopBet.eu<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Penn State -3.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a048<\/strong><\/p>\nNorthwestern<\/h3>\n
GRAB OUR BEST Expert CFB Picks for 2012 NCAA FOOTBALL Betting! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
Penn State<\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Northwestern 27 – Penn State 24<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"