Penn State Football: Week Eight Review and Week Nine Preview

Week Eight Review   The streak is finally over.   After 12 years of nine straight losses, Penn State finally defeated Michigan last Saturday.  And they did so very emphatically.   The Lions fell down early 17-7, but rebounded to outscore the Wolverines 32-0 in the second half, thereby demolishing Michigan 46-17.   I had originally predicted PSU to win this game by a score of 34-13 in my article at the beginning of the summer.  My prediction was fairly accurate, except that I didn’t account for enough of the PSU offensive explosion.  This has been a fairly common pattern throughout this season.  The Penn State offense continues to put up highly impressive numbers week in and week out.   This game got off to just about the worst start possible for the No. 3 ranked Nittany Lions.  On the very first play from scrimmage, center A.Q. Shipley snapped the ball over Darryl Clark’s head for a big loss.  Penn State was ... (link)