Penn State faces Northwestern in the grand opening of new Ryan Field in Evanston Friday night (8 p.m. Eastern, FOX). These are the Lions247 Expert Score Predictions for the matchup.
As of Sunday afternoon, our friends at Caesars Sportsbook had established Matt Campbell‘s Nittany Lions (3-1, 0-1) as 3.0-point favorites over David Braun‘s Wildcats (2-1, 0-1). The over/under was 47.5. While those numbers may change, we’ll stick with them for the sake of scoring our competition.
A longtime staple of the site, the score predictions feature input from our full-time staffers, as well as a variety of contributors and/or moderators who have been part of this process for decades now. The panel includes 247Sports national recruiting analyst Brian Dohn as well as Keith “Goon” Conlin, an All-Big Ten offensive tackle for PSU’s unbeaten 1994 squad.
Read on for our predictions. As always, please add your score pick for the game. You can find recaps and standings at the end of this piece.
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