1/12/25
Back from a short trip up North. Hopefully, we can build on the Oregon St. win from Thursday night.
Penn St. Vs Oregon
Penn St. +2-105
Penn St. got wiped-out vs Illinois on Wednesday. It was never close. They were down by 24 at half and never got closer. I like it when a team get the "crap" out of their system on the road. This home game vs Oregon should be a good bounce back spot. So far this season, they've played two top 100 teams at home and won both (Purdue and Northwestern).
Oregon pulled out a comeback at Ohio St. on Thursday. They should have lost that game IMO. Frankly, Oregon is getting lucky of late. Their last two games could have easily been loses. Maryland last weekend was another very close game they managed to win in the late minutes. KenPom LUCK indicator has Oregon at 18th in the country (which means, they are lucky-ducks). Also, the Ducks flew to Ohio on Thursday and then back to Oregon. Now they fly across country again yesterday to play today at Penn St. That'll take a little toll on them It's cliche to say, but they are due for a loss. This is a perfect spot to see it happen.
Finally, this has all the signs of being relatively close game. With the Penn St. expected bounce-back, Oregon travel, their lucky wins, being "due for loss", and the Nittany Lions playing at home, I'll take the points.