5 things we can learn from the Penn State football Blue-White Game

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Penn State football will end the spring portion of its most anticipated, high-expectation season-to-come on Saturday in the construction zone known as West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.

There are a lot of moving parts for this top-five football program heading into this Blue-White Game.

How many of the Nittany Lions’ core group of national championship-hopeful leaders will even be in action? Injuries, caution (established upperclassmen may sit out Blue-White day) and the transfer portal, which closes 12 hours before the scrimmage, expect to make this a showcase for the young and unproven.

The on-field festivities also will be shorter than usual (no halftime, a running clock) and may, at times, resemble more drill work than an actual game. And the atmosphere may seem surreal with the entire West side of the stadium off-limits because of the $700 million renovation project.

Still, there will be plenty to watch and evaluate Saturday, just with a different twist. Here are five storylines to follow:

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