5 Things we learned from Michigan Football’s loss to Penn State

Michigan football was flat again on Saturday as the Wolverines were defeated by winless Penn State at home. Here’s what we learned.

As a Michigan football fan, this season is starting to feel like that movie “Groundhog’s Day.” No matter the opponent and especially at the Big House this season, the script is always the same.

For the third time at home in 2020, a Michigan football team absolutely came out flat in a pretty important game at home. First it was Michigan State and Wisconsin that made the Wolverines look like fools — now winless Penn State took a turn, winning 27-17.

The problem is that even though Michigan only lost by 10 points Saturday, the game wasn’t that close. Penn State was by far the better team, outgaining U-M 417 to 286.

Penn State’s fourth-string running back Keyvone Lee rushed 22 times for 134 yards and if that wasn’t bad enough, Sean Clifford, who has struggled all year ran for 73 yards and a score. He also didn’t throw a single interception despite having eight in five games prior.

But as we have all seen this season, there is nothing like facing Don Brown’s defense to get your quarterback and your offense right. It certainly worked wonders for Rocky Lombardi, Noah Vedral and now Clifford, who all led their teams to 27 points or more against the Wolverines.

The problems weren’t just on defense though, the offense was just as bad and was hampered by a shoulder injury to starting QB Cade McNamara. Even the special teams coughed up a costly turnover.

It was a failure in every way, shape and form and someone needs to answer for it. With that in mind, here are the five things we learned from the Penn State loss.