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Week 12 Opponent Scouting Report: Penn State

Waking up this morning I was greeted on the internet with a dizzying array of bowl possibilities for out intrepid Scarlet Knights. Arizona, Florida, California, the Bronx; who knows? But there is business to be taken care of and it begins this Saturday in Happy Valley.

Happy Valley has been anything but happy for the Scarlet Knights as the last time Rutgers won in State College was 1988. Rutgers has lost fourteen straight games to Penn State and the prognosticators have installed the Scarlet Knights as an 18-point underdog this Saturday.

In scouting Penn State, let us start with the obvious.