FINALLY!

Just before kickoff at Saturday's game, two jets screamed across the sky above Beaver Stadium. One could take them to symbolize that the real story of this game would not be told until two halves of football were played.

In what's becoming a disturbing trend, the Nittany Lions started slowly against Michigan, but rebounded to give RichRod his worst loss yet as head coach of the maize and blue, 46-17. This game had it all: touchdowns, field goals clanging off of uprights, fumbles, blocked punts, safeties, the fourth biggest crowd in Beaver Stadium history and the eighth straight win for Penn State in '08.

There is much to be written about this game, but the team can't pat itself on the back too much for being the first group of Lions to beat Michigan since 1996, as the Buckeyes and Ohio Stadium are awaiting it next weekend.

This season is just the second time ever that Penn State has beaten Michigan and Wisconsin in the same year, the first was 1996, but it has never defeated the Badgers, Wolverines and Buckeyes in the same season. So far, the Joe Paterno Retirement Revenge Tour hasn't missed a beat, but can it do something in Columbus that hasn't been done by a Penn State team in 30 years? Win?

If any Paterno-coached squad could make it happen, it's this one.