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O T H E R M A T C H U P S THE LOWDOWNThis is an area where Penn State has a solid advantage. Indiana's top special teams player is Page, who has returned 13 punts for an average of 7.8 yards per attempt. Penn State has the better punt and kickoff cover- age teams, and the Nittany Lions also have a big advantage with their place kicker, Tyler Davis. Davis has con- verted 15 of 17 field goal attempts, with his longest being 40 yards. Redshirt junior Griffin Oaks has converted only 11 of 20 field goal attempts for Indiana, with his longest being 49 yards. Redshirt sophomore Joseph Gedeon is av- eraging 40.2 yards per punt for the Hoosiers, while Blake Gillikin is averaging 41.4 yards for Penn State. Miles Sanders had a 48-yard kickoff return against Iowa. // EDGE Penn State SPECIAL TEAMS THE LOWDOWN This is easily the most lopsided of Penn State's conference rivalries. The Nittany Lions, who had never faced Indiana before the start of the Big Ten era in 1993, hold an 18-1 advantage. The Hoosiers' lone victory came in 2013 in Bloomington by a score of 44-24. // EDGEPenn State THIS 'N' THAT THE LOWDOWN This is Kevin Wilson's sixth year in Bloomington, and he is within reach of his first winning season. The Hoosiers came close last year, posting a 6-6 regular-season record, but they ended by losing to Duke, 44-41, in the Pinstripe Bowl in December. James Franklin led his Nittany Lions to a 29-7 victory over Indiana at Beaver Sta- dium last October. He's got the team rolling in 2016, as Penn State enters this year's matchup ranked 12th in the AP Top 25 and 14th in the coaches poll. // EDGE Penn State COACHING STAFF N O V E M B E R 9 , 2 0 1 6 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 5 Westbrook has 41 receptions for 708 yards and two TDs, while WR Ricky Jones has 40 catches for 681 yards. In ad- dition, Redding is a dangerous receiver coming out of the backfield on screen passes; he has 19 receptions for 143 yards. Lagow has thrown passes to 16 receivers this season, and the Hoosiers have 16 TD receptions. The Nittany Lions have two good tacklers in their secondary in Allen and Golden. They also had nine interceptions in their first nine games. Smith leads Penn State with two picks, while Golden, Bell, Troy Apke, Amani Oruwariye, Christian Campbell, John Reid and Jordan Smith have one apiece. Up front, Sickels leads Penn State with five sacks. DE Evan Schwan is next with four sacks, and both DE Ryan Buchholz and DT Kevin Givens have three sacks apiece. Penn State has totaled 27 sacks, ranking second in the Big Ten. // KEY MATCHUP Cronk will try to keep Sickels in check, while Westbrook will challenge Reid in the defensive backfield. // EDGE Indiana

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