A Friday links round up to wet your appetite before this college football weekend.  What a great game last night for Miami, looks like they'll be a competitor in the Big East ACC this year.

• NJ.com previews the Florida International game
• NJ.com also has a nice take on the tiny but effective #2, WR Timmy Brown
• Bleed Scarlet has his own links round up, in paragraph form.
• ESPN.com blogger Brian Bennett thinks the Knights will prevail over their de-facto step brother, FIU, by 14.
• Scouting Rutgers vs FIU, from Scarlet Scuttlebutt
• RUjerseys.com has a 7FOR7 deal going on this weekend

One thing is highly apparent going into this game.  Rutgers needs to play solid football against a not so middling opponent.  This is a team they should beat.  Savage needs to manage the game and not turn the ball over.  The defense needs to play like they are supposed to: poised, together, attack oriented.  FIU's coach, Mario Cristobal, is a Rutgers decibel, meaning he knows how Rutgers works and how to beat them.  This is a pivotal, pivotal game for Rutgers.  A loss here would send the season into oblivion.  It should not and will not happen.  Wins in the next 2 weeks will propel this team to a 1-3 loss season and a possible BCS birth.  I still believe, even after the Cincinnatti loss, the Rutgers can and will come back and make this season a statement season for the program.

Go Knights, Beat FIU!