Fighting out of the maroon corner are the challengers, Tyrone Carter, Karon Riley and the underrated, top-ranked Minnesota defense. It's a heavyweight battle this week for the Lion D, going up against another squad that has bullied opposing offenses this season. Penn State will look to prove it is truly as good as everyone says. The Gophers will look to prove they are as good as the numbers say. The Gopher offense isn't backing down, but they're making sure to pay the Nittany Lion defense plenty of respect.
Confidence is everything.
If you don't have that, you have no chance. The Nittany Lion offense isn't intimidated, but they know they have their work cut out for them. They have a tough run defense. For us to win, we have to go out and be good in all aspects of the game offensively. In fact, the Boilermakers did it the last two weeks.