It's just one of those things as a Rutgers fan that never seem to get easier. There's always a litany of excuses as to why we won games. It's usually someone else's problem. You should've won, but you blew it in the fourth. Michigan was a bad team, that's why we won. Maryland phoned it in, that's why we won. I know its par for the course and that's fine. Ultimately, I agree though. I can't sit here and say anyone is just writing this game off as a W. We don't have the luxury of being that positive about anything. I am positive about a few things though. We have a new QB with next to no experience. So it's a good thing this a home game, because if Laviano had to play you guys in Seattle, I could see that being a challenge for a young guy. Otherwise offensively, we are 4 or 5 deep at RB. Paul James, who put up 170+ yards against you last year will most likely be back from injury. Our OL has to replace a couple starters, but the early returns are positive. WR's all return (and we have one of, if not the best in the B1G in Leonte Carroo) and we did lose our best TE to the NFL (Tyler Kroft), but the back-ups have promise. Defensively, and here's where I see things being different, I think we could be better than last year. We haven't lost much and what we did lose, we could've upgraded when its all said and done. Now, the inherent challenge with playing you guys is how much you throw the rock. It remains to be seen how our secondary will handle that. Could be a tough match-up like last year. I'm curious to hear about this new kid you have playing this year. Halliday was pretty damn good when he needed to be, I expect some of the same. However, if our pass rush improves like I think it will, it could change the landscape of the whole game. So all that talking really put us back where we started. Going to be a good game and should be a predictor of where both of us are at to start the season. A blow out on either side seems unlikely and if it did happen it would be a major cause for concern.