Illinois ready for upset bid against Penn State

The odds are not in favor of the Fighting Illini.

Coming into the weekend as 14.5 point underdogs, Illinois is going to need to pull off a miracle to take a win from the Nittany Lions.

However, this is familiar territory for the orange and blue. Just two years ago they came into State College to face No. 7 Penn State and accomplished the unthinkable.

So as far as an upset goes, stranger things have happened.

But if the Illini want any chance at all this Saturday, they need to have a short memory after last week’s disappointing showing against Kansas.

“Anytime you have a game like we did last Friday, to get back out there is what everybody wants,” said head coach Bret Bielema.

Coach is also anticipating as big a crowd as he’s seen during his time in Champaign this weekend. He wants his guys to relish in the atmosphere and seize the opportunity to shock the world.

“It’s about what we do and how we handle our moment,” he said.

The team is well aware of the early…