How to Watch Indiana Football Against Penn State

Indiana football continues the 2023 season Saturday against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Noon ET at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa. Here's how to watch, with game time and TV information, the latest on the point spread, series history, coaching information and more.

Things don't get any easier for an Indiana team on a three-game losing streak, as the Hoosiers travel to No. 10 Penn State on Saturday.

Penn State dominated every opponent in sight the first six weeks, winning by an average of 36 points, but suffered its first loss of the season last week at Ohio State, 20-12. The Nittany Lions will be hungry to get back on track Saturday against Indiana, which has lost its last three games by a combined score of 127-38.

Indiana's redshirt freshman quarterback Brendan Sorsby is set to make his first career road start in what is sure to be a daunting environment. 

"More than anything, [Sorsby] has to just trust his preparation," Indiana coach Tom Allen said. "Preparation creates confidence, and to be able to trust your teammates and communicate in both nonverbal and verbal communications that we use in these environments."

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How to watch Indiana vs. Penn State

• Who: Indiana Hoosiers (2-5, 0-4 in Big Ten) at No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions (6-1, 3-1 in Big Ten)
• When: Noon ET on Saturday, Oct. 28
• Where: Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa.
• TV: CBS
• Announcers: Tom McCarthy (play-by-play), Jason McCourty (analyst), Tiffany Blackmon (sideline)
• Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
• Radio: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network, Sirius/Online: XM (108 or 195)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Rhett Lewis (analyst), John Herrick
• Point spread: Penn State is a 32-point favorite, and the over/under is 46.5 points, according to the SI Sportsbook Thursday afternoon.
• Season totals: Before Week 1, Indiana's 2023 regular season win total over/under was 3.5, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Last season's records: Indiana went 4-8 overall and 2-7 in Big Ten play, with wins over Illinois, Idaho, Western Kentucky and Michigan State. Penn State went 11-2 overall and 7-1 in Big Ten play with losses to Michigan and Ohio State. The Nittany Lions defeated Utah 35-21 in the Rose Bowl.
• Series history: Penn State leads the all-time series 24-2. Indiana's only wins came in 2020, when Michael Penix Jr.'s dive for the pylon gave the Hoosiers a 36-35 win in overtime. The first win came in 2013, when Indiana defeated Penn State 44-24 under former coach Kevin Wilson. Penn State won the first 16 games of the series.
• Last meeting: Penn State defeated Indiana 45-14 on Nov. 5, 2022 in Bloomington. Indiana played three quarterbacks, Jack Tuttle, Dexter Williams II and Brendan Sorsby. Tuttle started the game and threw for 82 yards and a touchdown before leaving with a season-ending shoulder injury. Penn State generated 483 total yards of offense, while Indiana was held to just 196.
• Weather: According to weather.com, it's going to be 69 degrees and mostly cloudy with a 16 percent chance of rain, and winds from the west at eight miles per hour at Noon ET in University Park, Pa. on Saturday.

Meet the Coaches

• James Franklin, Penn State: Franklin has an 84-37 overall record and a 52-31 mark in Big Ten play in his 10th full season as Penn State's head coach. He took over for Bill O'Brien before the 2014 season and has a 4-4 record in bowl games. Penn State has finished in the top 10 of the final AP poll four times under Franklin, but has one Big Ten championship, which came in 2016. Prior to Penn State, Franklin was the head coach at Vanderbilt from 2011-13, where he posted a 24-15 overall record and went 2-1 in bowl games. Vanderbilt was Franklin's first head coaching position after he held various offensive coaching roles with Maryland, Kansas State, the Green Bay Packers, Idaho State, Washington State, James Madison, the Roskilde Kings, East Stroudsburg and Kutztown. Franklin played quarterback for four seasons at East Stroudsburg, a Division II school in Pennsylvania.
• Tom Allen, Indiana: Allen has a 32-45 overall record and a 17-39 mark in Big Ten play in his seventh full season as Indiana's head coach. He took over for Kevin Wilson as interim head coach for the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl, which ended with a 26-24 loss to Utah. Allen is seventh among Indiana head coaches on the all-time wins list, and he's six wins away from moving into fourth place. Allen was named 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, when he led the Hoosiers to a 6-2 record and reached as high as No. 7 in the AP top-25 poll, the school's highest ranking since 1967. Along with Bill Mallory, Allen is one of two Indiana head coaches to coach in multiple bowl games. Allen is a native of New Castle, Ind., and his coaching career includes stops at Temple Heights High School, Armwood High School, Marion High School, Ben Davis High School, Wabash College, Lambuth University, Drake, Arkansas State, Ole Miss, South Florida and Indiana.

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