Doesn't the world just look better after a victory? Instead of viewing this as simply another obligation to be done before basketball season a victory and a winnable home game suddenly brings back a little bit of excitement for football. As Juan pointed out earlier this week, we even still have a ludicrously small chance at winning the West Division.
At minimum, let's at least get a win here for some confidence and to keep the good feelings going for another week. There are no byes this week, so we have 7 games to preview:
Penn State (7-2, 4-1) at Northwestern (6-2, 2-2) Noon, ESPNU
Very quietly Penn State is alive in the race in the Big Ten East.