(First of all, my apologies for not getting this to you, dear readers, until today. A combination of holiday travel, influenza and the head cold from hell has conspired to keep me away from my keyboard until the last few hours. Thank you for your patience.)
The final scoreboard says that the Penn State Nittany Lions beat the Washington Huskies by a slim margin of seven points, with a final score of 35-28. If you didn’t watch the game, you could be forgiven for assuming the game was a competitive back-and-forth contest between two evenly matched teams.