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I don't have an issue with Penn St at #2, we're gonna find out in the next 3 weeks if they deserve the ranking or not.

Although if I was voting, I would put Georgia in the #2 slot as of right now.

That's where I'm at.  I think Georgia is #2, but PSU started higher, and while they haven't had a big moment, they haven't lost, or been challenged by a vastly inferior opponent.  One of those 31-28 wins over Illinois that will cause you to drop.
I like SOR, and that has Georgia #1, and I agree they have the best resume, although I wouldn't pick them to beat Bama (#3).  FWIW, PSU is #5 there, also behind TCU (#2) and Miami (#4)

If O'Korn passes like he did against Purdue Michigan wins by 10+ points.

Oh please. Get out of here with that non-sense. IF my Aunt had a d*** she'd be my uncle.

WHEN O'Korn passes like he did against Michigan State, Indiana in 2016 and Indiana in 2017- Michigan will lose by 17.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt ya know.

Bill Bender recounts the last 25 years of clashes between the two football programs....

25 Years Penn State vs. Michigan

It's jihad week in Happy Valley.  As I pointed out in the Game Week thread, this series has produced a number of classics, but the vast majority have gone the Wolverines' way.  A not so memorable game took place last year when a 2-1 Penn State team came in off a loss to Pitt, and a near loss to Temple, and got absolutely trucked, 49-10, in a game that could have been much, much worse.  Trace McSorley had a career worst 34.4 QBR, and Saquon Barkley had what was at that point a career low in rushing yards, with 59.  That was the game that convinced everyone that James Franklin was only a recruiter, and that his time in Happy Valley was drawing to an end.  But to the surprise of everyone, it flipped the other way.  Since that humiliating defeat in the Big House, the Nittany Lions are 15-1, with the lone loss being a 3 point loss to USC in the Rose Bowl.  They've tallied wins over the schools that had supplanted them in the conference pecking order, Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Wisconsin.  Now it's time to go after the one that got this whole thing started.  Everyone talks about Michigan's defense, with good reason.  Maybe it's because all attention to Penn State is to Saquon Barkley's Heisman candidacy, but for whatever reason, the Nittany Lion defense is vastly underappreciated.  They aren't the smothering front that Michigan is, but they aren't letting anyone score, and their creating turnovers at a greater rate than anyone but Michigan State (who admittedly piled up a lot in one game).  Michigan just decided to quit even trying to pass the ball last week, when they totalled only 58 yards through the air and O'Korn missed plenty of downfield targets, without the weather as an excuse.  Indiana's defense is better than your typical Indiana defense, but Trace McSorley threw for 315 yards on them, and J.T. Barrett threw for 304...in a performance that had people questioning what was wrong with him.  If Michigan can't loosen up the Penn State defense, they can forget just relying on the ground game, like they were able to do last week.  The Michigan defense will do all it can to keep them in the game, but unlike the Michigan State game, where the Spartans couldn't take advantage of opportunity after opportunity to put the game away earlier due to Michigan's offensive ineptitude, the Penn State offense will eventually cash those short field in.  This will be another referendum on Jim Harbaugh, and probably unfairly, the Wolverines are going to walk into an absolute beehive on Saturday night, without a quarterback to fight them out of it.
PENN STATE 30, MICHIGAN 14

Michigan just passed for 58 yards. Against Indiana. Any Michigan fan who is confident in a victory on the road at night against Penn State is an absolute complete and utter moron. Penn State is going to absolutely smash Michigan in half. It will not be a close game. At all. Michigan's defense might be able to keep them in the game for a half, but Penn State will start to roll in the 3rd QTR and midway through the 4th the game will be over. The only plus side is O'Korn will probably play so bad, Harbaugh will be forced to put Peters in late when the game is out of hand and then Peters will be able to probably make his first start at home against Rutgers and then Michigan can start finding out what they have in him and build for the future.

I’m trying to feel optimistic about this game, but my gut keeps returning to a similar feeling as posted here. I like Michigan’s D, but they get worn out by the second half because the offense is not good. My only hope is that Michigan has this oddly bizarre good fortune against PsU and has won many games they were not the better team.
As far as betting, I had a few guys ask me about it this week and my advice was if you’re honestly putting money down, bet the house on PSU. Michigan’s offense looks that bad to me. 

O’Korn played well enough to win the game. The fundamental problem with Michigan’s offense is the OL not the QB.  WRs need to improve as well.   Hard to win games over a quality oppenent with piss poor blocking and all the dropped passes.

Michigan’s defense gave up quite a few big plays.  That’s going to happen when you’re playing the likes of Barkley.  What bothered me the most was the mis-matches on PSU’s recievers.  LBs defending Barkely or a WR like Hamilton in space does not work.

Congrats to Penn State and good luck next week.

The fundamental problem with the offense is the play-calling and the coaching.

Harbaugh needs to basically fire the entire offensive staff and start from scratch and find a real play-caller. It's that bad. I'd offer Jedd Fisch the job ASAP. The problem I am seeing with the WR's is the route running and their hands. I don't think they have a full-time WR coach. Time to call up Soup Campbell and see if he wants a job. Drevno has to be demoted to OL coach or go.

I don't agree with you on O'Korn. At all. He is bad. He struggles going through progressions and telegraphs throws and if his first read isn't there right away he's running out of the pocket. He has no feel in the pocket, he can't slide and step up and get rid of a ball. He often runs himself into pressure that isn't there if he'd just slide and step up. He's a really good athlete who can run, he's got ideal size with an above average arm- his arm is better than Wilt's- but he's just not good at football. He teases you with his physical talent but mentally he's not there. And he's a 5th year senior. His flaws aren't going to be fixed.

Peters needs a shot and they need to try other RB's and shuffle up the OL. Kareem Walker and O'Maury Samuels can't be much worse than the horseshit at RB they keep trotting out there. Higdon can't pass block and Chris Evans is NOT A RUNNING BACK. I think Ruiz at C, Kugler to LG and Bredeson to RT might be the line up they should try for the OL. JBB should probably be benched. He struggled yet again.

The Penn State game was a huge indictment on the coaching staff. They are being way too stubborn. That defensive game plan was atrocious. They never once made adjustments. Just like the offense. Harbaugh's ego is holding this team back right now. He needs to realize it ain't working- time to make some changes.

Michigan's defense got burned early and then got worn out, and while the offense played better than I expected, they're obviously not able to score more than 20 points against a decent defense.

At this point, there's no reason not to at least play (if not start) Peters. However, I wouldn't make any other major changes to who plays. Cole, Kugler, Isaac, and the fullbacks are the only other seniors that play, and they deserve to. If the team is able to get a big lead against Rutgers, Maryland, and/or Minnesota, the backups will get reps, anyway. There's also no reason to burn redshirts at this point.