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Must-win game: Rutgers Scarlet Knights

All this week on the Big Ten blog, we've been looking at which regular-season game on each team's schedule should be considered a "must win." That can be because of rivalries, for momentum's sake or because league title/playoff implications are at stake.

We continue now with Rutgers.

Must-win game: Nov. 19 vs. Penn State

Are there truly any must-win games on the Scarlet Knights' schedule in 2016? Rutgers won't play any real rivalry games, unless you consider the Nittany Lions or Maryland a rival, and at this point, both would be a stretch. Beating teams like Ohio State or Michigan or Michigan State would be great, but Rutgers will be a heavy, heavy underdog in all three contests.