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Penn State Opens As 16.5-Point Favorite Over Rutgers

Vegas knows best?

NCAA Football: Michigan at Penn State Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports

Despite losing their fourth game in their last five, the folks out in Las Vegas still like a comfortable victory for Penn State over Rutgers as the Nittany Lions opened as 16.5-point favorites, according to DraftKings.

With Saturday being Senior Day, it will be the last time a number of Penn Staters — Sean Clifford, Jahan Dotson, and Ja’Quan Brisker, just to mention a few — play in Beaver Stadium. If history is any indication, it should be a Penn State victory — the Scarlet Knights have not beaten the Nittany Lions since 1988, having lost 14 in-a-row to Penn State. Rutgers only other win against Penn State came all the way back during 1918 while World War I was taking place.

All of this is to say: the Penn State portion of the internet might explode if the Nittany Lions don’t win on Saturday.

Check out the odds for this game, as well as others from across the country on a busy Saturday. Odds/lines subject to change. T&Cs apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for details.