The odds are not in favor of the Fighting Illini.
Coming into the weekend as 14.5 point underdogs, Illinois is going to need to pull off a miracle to take a win from the Nittany Lions.
However, this is familiar territory for the orange and blue. Just two years ago they came into State College to face No. 7 Penn State and accomplished the unthinkable.
So as far as an upset goes, stranger things have happened.
But if the Illini want any chance at all this Saturday, they need to have a short memory after last week’s disappointing showing against Kansas.