The Penn State Nittany Lions are 49-point favorites against Kent State, ESPN's lowest-rated team in college football.
Penn State has been a big betting favorite in several college football games recently, but Saturday's game against Kent State might be the biggest line ever involving the Nittany Lions. Or at least the biggest since the 1990s.has lines for Penn State games dating to 1995, and the highest until now was for the Penn State-Akron game in 1999. The Nittany Lions were favored by 44.5 points in that game and covered. Saturday's Penn State-Kent State game could be one for the scoring ages.
Tennessee on Saturday scored 65 first-half points and set program records for total points and total yards . The Volunteers offered Kent State a running clock in the second half, but the Golden Flashes declined. "That's now who we are as a football team," Kent State coach Kenny Burns told reporters in Knoxville after the game. "That's not who we are as a culture. There are a lot of teams that lost today in lump sums. They're not getting running clocks. A football game is a football game. I talked to our captains about it, and they said absolutely not. I said absolutely not. It's just not who we are at all as a football program. No way.
Penn State has been pretty solid against the spread as a favorite of late. In their last 19 games as favorites, the Nittany Lions are 15-3-1. However, Penn State did not cover as a 34.5-point favorite in its home opener against Bowling Green. Saturday's Penn State-Kent State game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET at Beaver Stadium. Big Ten Network will televise.Penn State on SI is the place for Penn State news, opinion and perspective on the SI.com network. Publisher Mark Wogenrich has covered Penn State for more than 20 years, tracking three coaching staffs, three Big Ten titles and a catalog of great stories.
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