Many of the major contributors to Penn State’s back-to-back 11-victory seasons won’t be around in 2018.
Even so, the Nittany Lions’ primary objectives for the coming season — to contend for the Big Ten title and a spot in the national championship — haven’t changed.
With winter workouts behind them, they will try to take the next step toward those goals when spring drills begin Monday.
Here are five of the most important issues Penn State will face during those practices, which lead up to the Blue-White intra-squad game at 3 p.m. April 21 at Beaver Stadium.