Give credit to Penn State for being the only team this year to shut down the Ohio State offense.

After seeing what Ohio State was able to do against Michigan, I understand that our defense played great outside of that one play where Troy Smith juked out Tim Shaw and lasered a beautiful 50-yard throw for a touchdown.

The football team has been ridiculed pretty harshly this year even though 8-4 is much better than things were at 3-9 and 4-7.

Really if you look at the Ohio State game earlier this year, Penn State gave up a total of 14 points. Ohio State's defense, however, scored 14 points.

The team competed well in every game this year outside of the Notre Dame game, which I hope I will be able to forget.