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Penn State-Northwestern preview: Alex Olah a game-time decision

Northwestern should earn the victory Saturday if it executes well and does not turn the ball over.

EVANSTON — Northwestern senior center Alex Olah is a game-time decision for the Wildcats as they host Penn State Saturday in a primetime matchup on ESPNU. Olah has been sidelined for six games with a foot injury, but is progressing.

"There's still a little soreness," Olah said Friday. "It takes like six weeks for something like this to heal. I'm like three-and-a-half weeks in." More notes and quotes from Olah below.

Saturday's game is one Northwestern should win, even without Olah, but head coach Chris Collins and the Wildcats are wary of any trap game potential, given next Tuesday's game at No.