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Two key members of the Penn State offense are game-decisions for Saturday's Big Ten opener against Wisconsin at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions announced the statuses two hours before game time as part of the Big Ten's mandated pregame availability report. That means it will be wait and see for Penn State offensive lineman Brock Riker, the team's starting center, and tight end Andrew Rappleyea, one of three starters at tight end. Riker and Rappleyea were both listed as questionable on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday availability reports released by Penn State. Offensive lineman Dominic Rulli, who has played exclusively on special teams this season, is also a game-time decision after he was listed as questionable during the week. Safety Omarion Davis and wide receiver Ethan Black were listed as probable Friday night, and they are also listed as game-time decisions. No. 13 Penn State (3-0) and Wisconsin (2-1) are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. ET at Beaver Stadium. The game will be streamed on Peacock and televised on NBC Sports Network. The Nittany Lions opened as double-digit favorites over the Badgers. See the Lions247 expert predictions here. Keep up with all of Lions247's game day updates here. You can see Wednesday's availability report here, Thursday's availability report here and Friday's availability report here. GAME-TIME DECISION S Omarion Davis OL Brock Riker OL Dominic Rulli WR Ethan Black TE Andrew Rappleyea OUT (1ST HALF) n/a OUT WR Koby Howard DE LaVar Arrington II CB Joshua Johnson DE Max Granville LB Cam Smith CB Christian Askew CB Tyler Armstead DE Mason Robinson DE Dayshaun Burnett OL Will Tompkins TE Cooper Alexander Here is Wisconsin's availability report: GAME-TIME DECISION RB Bryan Jackson II P Sean West OUT (1ST HALF) n/a OUT CB Cai Bates WR Jaylon Domingeaux OL Michael Roeske DL Xavier Ukponu The following players were listed as probably by Wisconsin on Friday night and are god to go after being removed from the availability report: RB Abu Sama III, WR Malachi Coleman, LB Mason Posa, WR Eugene Hilton Jr., QB Danny O'Neil, OL Kevin Heywood, OL Emerson Mandell and TE Ryan Schwendeman. According to the Big Ten, midweek status designations will identify players as probable, questionable, doubtful, out or out (1st Half). On game day, the reports will include three categories: game time decision, out and out (1st Half) on gameday. If a player is not listed, he is considered available. For visiting teams, players will be included if they were "either a) were part of the travel squad, or b) were not part of the travel squad but are (or have been) included in the two-deep on offense, defense, or special teams or otherwise regularly participate in games," according to the conference. THE LATEST PENN STATE NEWS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for Lions247 and 247Sports. He can be reached at bydanieljtgallen@gmail.com. Follow Daniel on X at @danieljtgallen, Instagram at @bydanieljtgallen and Bluesky at @danieljtgallen.bsky.social.