Penn State wins, 38-24

Penn State beat Illinois tonight, but it didn't seem like a great win. It is, and Penn State will most likely move up into the top-seven. But as I already mentioned, Comcast screwed its ESPN GamePlan subscribers. The Penn State game wasn't working. So I don't want to fake it and pretend I know what exactly happened tonight, but I did see the play-by-play online.

The Good: Penn State's offense had an answer for everything Illinois did. Each time the Illini scored, Penn State roared back with a big play or a score of its own. Derrick Williams would get my vote for player of the week.

The Bad: The defense gave up too many key plays. Arrelious Benn tore up the Penn State defense, again.

Overall: I think this was a good lesson for Penn State going forward. If the Nittany Lions really want to win the Big Ten, and contend for the national title, they will have to play better.

*On a side note: Just now--12:34 a.m.--on College Football Final, Mark May said Penn State is his No. 5 in the nation. Yes, he had to add "I still want to see more, but..." So I guess we can't really expect more from May, but it was a big reach for him to put PSU that high. Lou Holtz said PSU was in his "Top-8" but not top five right now.