In a game between unbeaten teams most expected would be close, Penn State benefited from the following massive plays against Michigan:

A 62-yard read keeper by quarterback Sean Clifford to set up a one-yard touchdown.
A 47-yard pick six by linebacker Curtis Jacobs after J.J. McCarthy’s pass bounced off not one, but two PSU helmets.
A 48-yard sideline bomb to Harrison Wallace III that dropped in a few inches past D.J. Turner’s outstretched arm.

The Wolverines didn’t just overcome those swings. …