Every weed during football season, we'll be reaching out to opponent SB Nation sites or opponent beat writers to give readers another perspective on Saturday's upcoming game.
Coming off a bye, Northwestern has quite the test this weekend, a home meeting with 7-2 Penn State. Penn State, as always, has loads of talent, and its only losses this year have been to two pretty good teams. We talked with Black Shoe Diaries' Nick Polak to preview the matchup.
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Inside NU: After barely escaping College Park with a win against Maryland, Penn State really turned it up against Illinois, beating down the Illini 39-0, the Nittany Lions' first shutout of the year.