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What the news says about this game

Penn State, ranked No. 13 and previously undefeated (3-0), suffered a shocking 24-20 loss to Wisconsin on Sept 27 with Wisconsin scoring twice in the final four minutes. Northwestern also lost recently to No. 4 Indiana 29-23 on Sept 26, now 2-1. Penn State will be without or severely limited by leading WR Koby Howard due to injury reported Sept 24. Both teams arrive wounded.

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What it means for the players

Team	Player	Direction	Note
NU	Aidan Chiles	unchanged	NU QB threw 3 passing TDs and 2 rushing TDs in dominant 41-7 win over Colorado on Sept 20.
NU	Joseph Himon II	unchanged	NU WR caught 3 TDs from Chiles in Sept 20 rout of Colorado.

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