I am more than glad to have been wrong about Penn State's chances against Michigan. The very last way I thought Penn State could win was the way they did... in a 41-31 shootout. Denard Robinson is just as scary as I thought he would be. I honestly think he's the most dominant individual football player I've seen in a long time, perhaps ever. It's too bad for him that the Heisman voters generally only give the trophy to someone from a team at or near the top of the polls. Otherwise, Denard Robinson would be a shoe-in (no pun intended).
Let's face it... although Penn State's offense has shown signs of life (and improvement) in the past couple of weeks, a good portion of Saturday's apparently outstanding performance was the fault of Michigan's defense. As someone who has a great deal of respect for both the Michigan program and the Big Ten, RichRod has got to go. Michigan is still recruiting well, but they're not doing well with what they've got. Even a good friend of mine who is a Michigan fan describes the defense as "embarrassing". And the offense... which is currently one of the most potent in college football, honestly has a lot to do with one person. Denard is making RichRod look good (well, maybe not good, but at least it's not unanimous that he should be canned).
So, you take a team with a weak offensive line, a 3rd string quarterback (former walk-on) making his first start ever, a supposed "star" tailback averaging 62 yards per game... a team with the 115th ranked red zone offense in college football, 86th in points for, etc., etc., etc., put them up against a marquee program, and that program yields 435 yards and 41 points. It would be an understatement to say that defense has problems.
Who runs a 3-4 in college? Honestly... if you looked at the Top 25, how many of them do?
---J. J.
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