On Saturday afternoon, the Penn State Nittany Lions traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan to face the Michigan Wolverines in the Big House. The battle of top ten teams was, frankly, not much of a battle. I have several thoughts, which are set forth “randomly” below…
1. Last November, Michigan beat Ohio State in the Big Ten’s most prominent rivalry game for the first time in 8 years and only the second time since 2004. That game was many things, including, as Slate and Split Zone Duo’s Alex Kirschner would call it, an exorcism.