A must win tomorrow

[Knight Time Fan_rivals]

Tomorrow's Penn State game is the make or break game for this season, I think. Watching from afar, I have seen a lot of talent on this year's team, and have read all the angst about the coaching. To me, this game is must win because:

1 - Rutgers is 4 - 6; to be over .500 entering the main part of conference season, they need this win. The next 3 final OOC games are eminently winnable.

2 - Rutgers is on a 5 game losing streak. Penn State is on a 4 game losing streak. Penn State's best win is against a .500 St. John's team, we don't have a best win.

3 - For any hopes of anything resembling a successful season we will need to beat the B1G teams we think we should beat. That includes Penn State.

4 - From an over-all point of view, the sad OOC schedule provides little boost to any hopes. Wagner is 6-1, but hasn't played anybody significantly better than they are, which is not good. Stony Brook opened the season strong. Other than that, there is not a single Rutgers OOC opponent over .500 and one that is winless. So again, it is all about the B1G.

Sadly, I think a successful season would have to be judged on a low bar, but it is going to have to start with beating State Penn. That simple.

 

[MADHAT1]

This team and staff need to show it can win games and PSU is a game that RU has a chance to.
Penn State has lost its last 4 games and Rutgers must prove it can beat teams like that or just be a cupcake game for its opponents.
Being an away game shouldn't be an excuse, RU wins or just prove it is a bad program with it's 6th loss in a row.