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The weather for State College, Pennsylvania calls for room temperatures and maybe a few rain showers Saturday afternoon.

That’s far from the muggy conditions Alabama used to its advantage a year ago when Penn State visited the Deep South for the first time this generation.

Don’t expect such easy sledding, Tide coach Nick Saban said, when his team travels to Big Ten country for the first time in 22 years at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. But like Alabama, the Nittany Lions are still sorting out a quarterback competition entering game week.