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Penn State was stunned by its lopsided loss to Michigan ... but should it be?

Tony Ding AP

Penn State Football

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Cheers echoed off the tunnel of The Big House, as Penn State and Michigan players alike filed through the long hallway after the game. Not a single Nittany Lion uttered a word, one biting his lower lip and another hiding his mouth beneath a towel.

This, a 42-7 loss to Michigan, was something the current team thought to be inconceivable. Before the game, if you would’ve told linebacker Cam Brown what the final score would be, “I probably would’ve laughed. I didn’t think this was going to be the outcome.