Michigan Daily: Article by Nate Sandals

Early lead evaporates, Michigan gets blown out at Penn State

Three-game losing streak longest since 1967

By Nate Sandals
Daily Sports Editor On October 18th, 2008

STATE COLLEGE — Late in the first half against No. 3 Penn State, Michigan looked as if it might have the moxie to pull off an upset.

But the Nittany Lions proved there is no replacement for talent and experience, coming back from 10 points behind late in the second quarter to win 46-17 in front of 110,117 fans at Beaver Stadium — the fourth largest crowd in stadium history.

The loss snapped a nine-game winning streak for Michigan over Penn State, dating back to 1997. It also extended the Wolverines losing streak to three games, the program’s longest slide since 1967.

It had to sting that much more for Michigan because everything was clicking early on.

Near the end of what had been, to that point, an outstanding first half for Michigan, the errors and inexperience of past weeks reappeared.

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