Penn St -9.5 at Minn (ov/un 49.5) Noon ET, ESPNU

[BB73]

The longest-serving head coach in the country against interim coach Jeff Horton, in his first game as a Big Ten head coach.

But he did go 20-48 in a few years at Nevada and UNLV in the '90s.

 

[ScriptOhio]

As Cyndi Lauper used to sing....

I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And gophers they want to have fun
Oh gophers just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But gophers they want to have fun
Oh gophers just want to have -

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Gophers - they want to have fun
Oh gophers just want to have fun



Interim coach Horton tells Gophers to just 'have fun'


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Jeff Horton just wants the Gophers to enjoy themselves.
Filling in for head coach Tim Brewster after Minnesota fired him on Sunday, Horton took control of the team this week and begun working out details for the rest of the season.
"We're going to have fun over these last five games," Horton said Tuesday. "We're not going to sit around here and be doom and gloom. ... I'm not going to allow that. I'm not going to wallow in pity. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself, and I'm not going to let anybody else. If anybody wants to be like that, we're not going to have them around."


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../horton.minnesota.ap/index.html#ixzz12vayl8cc

 

[DubCoffman62]

Call me nuts but I think Minnie has a shot here.

 

[buckeyesin07]

Gosh, giving 9.5 seems to be a lot for a team with an inept offense and a decimated defense.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Maybe it's just me but shouldn't any Penn State game have an over\under on depends soilage.

 

[Bucklion]

This game has upset written allllll over it. Minnesota always seems to be there waiting for when Penn State is about to implode.