Illinois (2-6, 1-5), had 500 total offensive yards, and Michigan appeared to be nearly as lost as they were during last year’s 3-9 disaster of a season.

Three of Daryll Clark’s four touchdown passes were to Graham Zug, leading the No. 13 ranked Penn State team to a 35-10 victory over Michigan for the Nittany Lion’s first Big House win since 1996. On Saturday Penn State (7-1, 3-1) shut down Michigan (5-3, 1-3) after the Wolverines opened the game with a drive of 70 yards for a touchdown.

Last Saturday the Michigan football team had a chance to prove all the skeptics were wrong. They had the opportunity to prove their win against Notre Dame was not a fluke. That the team might actually be worthy to play in the Rose Bowl, in case the Hawkeyes win out.

Lou Kovacs was a bit skeptical when his son Jordan called from fall camp to tell him he was working on the second team defense for Michigan’s football team. Privately Lou questioned whether his son was really second on Michigan’s depth chart. Perhaps Jordan was just naive and overstated his rank on the team, or maybe the coaching staff was just experimenting for a few practices.

Bill Martin inherited an athletic department at Michigan when the basketball program and finances were in complete shambles and the facilities for the school were outdated. Now, a decade later, Martin is calling it a career after he fixed the books, restored pride on Michigan’s basketball court, and made almost $300 million worth in improvements to the infrastructure of the basketball and football programs.

Saturday was the record breaking day for Michigan, as they trounced Delaware State 63-6. The 5-2 Wolverines set school records for 442 yards during the first half as well as 727 total yards for the game.

Ricky Stanzi, Iowa’s quarterback, always seems to be able to make up for any early mistakes. Tate Forcier, Michigan’s quarterback, didn’t get the opportunity to do that. Stanzi passed for 284 yards and had two touchdowns after being intercepted on his very first pass as No. 12 ranked Iowa was able to survive another very close call, defeating Michigan on Saturday night 30-28.

The Michigan Wolverines came up short against Michigan State, botching their trademark last minute comeback.

The defense for Michigan is still a question mark. So what do Greg Robinson and Rich Rodriguez have to do to get the defense improved before the Michigan State game?

With their win against Indiana, Michigan and head coach Rich Rodriguez surpassed their win total for last season. However, it didn’t come easy. Late in the fourth quarter Tate Forcier, Michigan’s freshman quarterback, threw a touchdown pass of 26 yards to Martavious Odoms, sophomore receiver, to lift No. 23 ranked Michigan over Indiana 36-33.