Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (9-0) vs #10 Penn State (8-1) WHERE Beaver Stadium State College, PA WHEN Noon Eastern THE LINE M –4.5 (Vegas) M –6 (Bill C) TELEVISION FOX PBP: Gus Johnson Color: Joel Klatt TICKETS From $201. WEATHER cloudy minimal wind mid-40s Overview It is November 10th. The season starts tomorrow. Jim Harbaugh is on a plane; the Big Ten hasn't said a dang thing. Welcome to the silliest of all seasons. Michigan takes on a Penn State program that has consistently been the third best in the league post-COVID. For them this has meant a lot of beating up on minnows and failing to take down the Great White Whales of the Big Ten. Massive hype for the PSU-OSU game earlier this year petered out into a grim slog where neither team could move the ball unless Marvin Harrison Jr had it. MHJ does not play for Penn State. As soon as OSU got bailed out by a holding flag on Kalen King on what otherwise would have been a game-changing sack-strip touchdown, it was game over.
At long last, a real team! After nine long weeks of drab opposition whose offensive FFFFs amounted to "will they move the ball? No", we finally have an opposing offense on tap that is mildly interesting. Of course, the Penn State offense haven't been world-beaters this season, apparent to anyone who watched the Ohio State-Penn State game live, but they are more talented and have far more weapons than any offense on the schedule previously. Get excited! The Film: There's a very obvious game to go with here, the OSU-PSU game. Ohio State is one of the two best defenses that Penn State has faced so far and it is a far more recent game than the Iowa matchup, which was in late September. That made it an easy choice, but I also am going to drop a few clips in from the most recent performance for PSU against Maryland, as it was the Nittanys' best offensive showing of the season. Personnel: Click for big. Penn State's QB for this contest is Drew Allar,