Penn State Football: Week Five Review and Week Six Preview

Week Five Review   Penn State moved up to the No. 6 ranking in both polls after their 38-24 victory over Illinois last Saturday night.  The win served as a statement for this year’s squad, letting the national media know that they can win in impressive fashion over a good team as well.   Penn State’s national image was also helped out a lot by Oregon State’s 27-21 upset of No. 1-ranked USC.  Penn State demolished Oregon State 45-14 in Week Two.   I had originally predicted Penn State to defeat Illinois by a score of 27-24 in my article from the beginning of the summer.  While I had the defense tabbed perfectly, the offense was better than expected.  This has been a trend throughout the season thus far.   I had actually changed my score prediction last week to be 37-20 in favor of Penn State.  This prediction was much closer to the actual score.   The Penn State offense played the entire game without the ... (link)