Liking this Minnesota Gopher game at home Minnesota is 2-1 straight up and 3-0 ats against top 25 teams. I don't think Penn state will be able to throw on Minnesotas defense. Minnesota has lost by one score once. They beat USC UCLA MD and ILL before losing last game to Rutgers 26-19. I expect Minnesota's defense to do enough to cover this big spread of +11 1/2 and go under the total of 45 points.