Hamler is one of five finalists for the award given to college football's most versatile player.
The schedule includes just four teams that made it to the NCAA Tournament last season -- Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State, and St. Francis -- but has a number of RPI Top 100 finishers that just missed out, like Pitt, Florida Gulf Coast, and FIU.
Our staff is confident the Nittany Lions will get back on track on Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
Wisconsin's defense has been uncharacteristically bad this season, but Jonathan Taylor will likely cause problems for Penn State's defense.
"He’s just one of those guys who’s like an Ed Ruth, or a David Taylor, or a Quentin Wright, that you’re just dang happy they came to Penn State.”
Lamar Stevens and Josh Reaves lead a younger, deeper team into the 2018-19 college basketball season.