The Illinois Fighting Illini will host the Penn State Nittany Lions on Friday night in both teams Big 10 opener. Illinois are by no means a great team but this should be too many points for this Penn State team to cover. Illinois defense has done a good job this year. In their toughest game of the season against South Florida they held the Bulls to just 7 points through 3 quarters before dropping the game in the 4th quarter in what was a narrow loss. Life without Saquon Barkley has been a little bit challenging for Penn State. They have run into quite a few penalty problems and their receivers have struggled with drops so far this year. This will be Penn States toughest game to date and while Illinois does not stack up with some of the tougher opponents they will play this year, if they continue to make some of the mistakes they have made against some of the weaker teams they have faced this year this could be a close game. Back Illinois to keep this within 28 points at home.