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Get Your T-Shirt trepreneurship and small business management to post-Sept. 11 soldiers, sailors, aviators and marines with disabilities resulting from their service to our country. Click here for more information. reception and Ryan Keiser's end zone interception sealed the deal for the Nittany Lions in overtime. Saturday's game was the Nittany Lions' third straight Big Ten home game to be decided in overtime. Coach Bill O'Brien is now 3-0 in overtime games. Running back Bill Belton's 201 yards rushing Saturday is the first 200-yard game for a Penn State running back since 2002, when Larry Johnson rushed for 279 yards against Michigan State. Christian Hackenberg's 240 yards Saturday marked his sixth The Next Three 200-yard game, which is a Penn The following is a look at Pur- State record for freshman quarterdue's next three opponents: backs. The record was formerly held Nov. 16: Penn State by Zack Mills, who had five in 2001. Penn State came out on top Nov. 23: Illinois 24-17 Saturday against Illinois as Illinois battled back from a tight end Kyle Carter's 15-yard TD 14-0 first half deficit but couldn't finish against the Nittany Lions. The loss extends the Illini's losing streak to four games. To a great degree, Illinois' offense has improved this season under new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit. As compared to last year, the Illini ofIllinois fense has jumped at Nathan Scheelhaase hasn't won many games during his Illinois least 50 spots in the career, but he certainly has totaled a ton of yardage. R The Boilermakers have lost six consecutive games, their longest streak since 1993, when they lost nine straight in a 1-10 season. R The game marked Purdue's sixth straight against teams that are ranked or receiving Post-Ohio State Notes votes. Iowa will break that string R Ohio State was a 31-point on Saturday. favorite. R The last four teams Purdue has played are a combined 32-3. R Ricardo Allen's intercepBig Ten standings tion was the 10th of his career, Legends Division moving him into a tie for eighth Team Big Ten/Pct.Division/Pct.Overall/Pct. Michigan State 5-0/1.000 2-0/1.000 8-1/.889 on the all-time Purdue list. A specially designed T-Shirt and hat are available for Saturday's Military Appreciation Day. A portion of the proceeds will support the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities program at Purdue. The EBV program offers cuttingedge, experiential training in en- Nebraska 3-1/.7501-1/.500 6-2/.750 Minnesota 3-2/.6002-2/.500 7-2/.778 Michigan 2-2/.5001-1/.500 6-2/.750 Iowa 2-3/.4002-1/.667 5-4/.556 Northwestern 0-5/.0000-2/.000 4-5/.444 Leaders Division Team Big Ten/Pct.Division/Pct.Overall/Pct. Ohio State 5-0/1.000 3-0/1.000 9-0/1.000 Wisconsin 4-1/.8002-1/.667 6-2/.750 Penn State* 2-2/.500 1-2/.333 5-3/.625 Indiana 1-3/.2501-0/1.000 3-5/.375 Illinois 0-4/.0000-2/.000 3-5/.375 PURDUE 0-4/.0000-2/.000 1-7/.125 * Ineligible for postseason play Saturday On Tap GameTime (ET)TV Penn State at Minnesota Noon ESPN2 Iowa at PURDUE Noon BTN Nebraska at Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC Illinois at Indiana 3:30 p.m. BTN BYU at No. 21 Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ESPN BYES: Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State Source: DannySheridan.com Line UM -1.5 Iowa -14.5 UM -6.5 IU -9.5 UW -7.5 national rankings in first downs, passing offense, passing efficiency, turnovers lost, scoring offense and total offense. Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase's 356 yards of total offense moved him ahead of Kurt Kittner into second place on Illinois' career total offense list. Scheelhaase has some work to do to catch the leader, though, as he will need to average 357 yards over the team's final four to surpass Juice Williams with 10,594 total yards. Nov. 30: Indiana: Indiana dropped a heartbreaker Saturday, 42-39 to Minnesota, to put its postseason hopes in serious jeopardy. Trailing 35-13 in the third quarter, IU rallied to take the lead late in the game but couldn't stop Minnesota late. The Hoosiers' 39 points over the weekend marked the sixth time this season they had scored more than 35 points. Indiana has also scored at least 28 points in nine straight games, which dates back to last season. With 111 rushing yards in Saturday's game, fifth-year senior running back Stephen Houston tallied his seventh career 100plus yard game. Houston also moved into fifth-place on the school's all-time rushing touchdown list with 21. j GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 9 • 30