Rutgers is following a familiar pattern of teams that upgrade their conference. Riding the adrenalin of being the new kid in town, they got off to a nice start. In uncharted waters of playing quality teams, they are off a humbling rout to Ohio State now play another good team on the road at Nebraska.

They did not have to deal with this burden in the Big East and American Athletic. Ameer Abdullah can get back to the top of the Heisman race. Rutgers has allowed 201.3 rushing yards per game in its last four. The Scarlet Knights were gashed for 324 yards on the ground in last Saturday 56-17 loss at Ohio State getting outgained 585-345 in total offense in their first Big Ten road game.

The Huskers have outscored opponents by an average of 24.0 points in opening 4-0 straight up. Rutgers already allows teams to get .5 more yards per play above their normal average. Nebraska holds teams to 1.4 yards per pass below their normal average and .9 yards per play.