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Penn State football’s regular-season finale against Michigan State will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, the team announced Sunday.

Penn State will look to improve in its final two games of the regular season, but at this point it has found a formula that works and if it ain’t broke. Week 8 ain’t the time to fix it anyway.

Penn State running back Devyn Ford posted an 11 carry, 65 yard and one touchdown effort against Rutgers on Saturday following the death of his brother.

The term “game manager” can be derogatory in the game of football when it comes to quarterbacks. It implies a lack of skill and the ability to the basics but nothing all that special otherwise. Go out and throw the ball, don’t make mistakes and don’t take chances.

There’s a lot to be said for how Penn State looked, and how it didn’t look during its soggy and largely unremarkable 23-7 victory over Rutgers on Saturday.

The Nittany Lions will have their hands full this weekend but will also have a chance to turn a win in Ann Arbor into something even more meaningful. Here are five things to watch during tomorrow’s noon kick in a rainy New Jersey.