Zack Mills returned with a partially separated right shoulder, but it wasn’t enough to overcome an early 10 point lead by the Golden Gophers of Minnesota, as the Nittany Lions lost another one, 16–7. With the loss of Michael Robinson to a concussion, the offense—such as it was—has fallen on extremely hard times. The defense—well, at least we held Minnesota to 16 points, while allowing 288 rushing yards, half of them by Laurence Maroney. We must have looked like a formidable opponent to the pollsters, because in the wake of their victory, Minnesota jumped from 19th to 13th. Well, the Turkey has to find something positive! There were few bright spots to write about.
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