
Forty dollar student tickets will be sold this week for Saturday's homecoming matchup against Northwestern. Attendance has seen dramatic increases this season, averaging 5,395 more people than the first two games of last year.

Penn State showed what it was capable of at Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon, demolishing the UMass Minutemen to the tune of a 48-7 victory and an undefeated 4-0 start. Before that game, the Nittany Lions were ranked No. 30 in the AP poll and No. 34 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. One week later, the squad is knocking on the door of the Top 25 in both polls, reaching No. 27 overall in each.

The Nittany Lions hosted the UMass Minutemen on Saturday afternoon, cruising to an easy 48-7 victory en route to an undefeated 4-0 record to kick off the season. With another game comes another round of takeaways as we analyze the game and what it means going forward for the Penn State squad. Here's what we thought about the Penn State vs. UMass showdown.

The Nittany Lions came into today's game with plenty of questions concerning the offensive line and run game. Well, it's safe to say that some of those questions were answered. The Nittany Lions defeated the UMass Minutemen 48-7 in a one-sided thrashing.

Relive Penn State's 48-7 thrashing of the UMass Minutemen through the lenses of our photographers, Bobby Chen and Hannah Byrne.

Keep up to date on today's game vs. UMass with our live blog.