Saturday will be the eighteenth time Northwestern and Penn State have played against each other, and to most people, it will be just another game. For Walt and Taryn Gillikin, it will be just the opposite.
Northwestern’s Homecoming football game marks the first time the Gillikins will see their twin boys — Tyler, the redshirt freshman long snapper for the Wildcats and Blake, the sophomore punter for the Nittany Lions — take the field as opponents instead of teammates.
Other than being one minute apart, something Tyler jokingly said his slightly-older brother has always held over him, the two have always had extremely similar interests, something which brought them closer throughout their childhood years.