Penn State Football: Keys to the Game vs Rutgers

See what the Lions need to do to emerge victorious at Rutgers Saturday.

The road to a Big Ten Championship or a birth in the College Football Playoff is often littered with debris of close games or important moments that test a team’s mettle.  Last Saturday at Indiana was just such a moment for a young Penn State team.

After being utterly dominated by Michigan, Penn State has come a long way.

The Nittany Lions have forged a bond, a trust, that only comes from being in the trenches with fellow teammates.  Lasting relationships cultivated from the belief your teammates are your brothers.  That trust and brotherly love has translated into six straight victories and has put Penn State on the precipice of an unthinkable Big Ten East title.  While dreams of hoisting the Stagg Championship Trophy are palpable, Penn State still has work to do on the gridiron.  Not to mention Ohio State must help the Lions by defeating Michigan next weekend in The Game.

This week Penn State travels to Piscataway, NJ to go up against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.  And, as Penn State head coach James Franklin would like to to remind, at an almost hilarious rate, the focus needs to remain on Rutgers, Rutgers, Rugters.

Coach Franklin has implored Nittany Lions fans to White Out High Point Energy Stadium to blunt the Rutgers faithful.

Rutgers enters the game in the basement of the Big Ten East and remains the only winless team in the conference.  Despite the obvious tendencies to look past this showdown and on to Michigan State, the Lions must win out if they want to entertain any grandiose postseason aspirations.

See what Penn State needs to do to leave Eastern New Jersey with a win.