It sure was quite the roller coaster ride for Penn State Football: Two seasons ago, a promising 5-0 and Top 10 ranking collapsed in epic fashion following a painfully close loss to a fellow Top 10 opponent, culminating in a seven-win season with a listless New Year’s Day bowl loss.
The following year saw PSU bounce back with a double-digit winning season, replete with a New Year’s Day bowl win over a quality opponent, and their only losses being to Michigan and Ohio State. Naturally, this bounce-back season plus the return of numerous key players, led to a lot of offseason hype, including not-so-quiet whispers of a Big Ten championship.