Indiana vs. Rutgers prediction, best bets: A brutal schedule spot for Hoosiers
Losses come in all shapes and sizes in betting, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a weirder one than what we witnessed from last week’s “Ugly Underdog.“South Alabama scored 21 points in the second quarter against Kentucky and was up 21-14 with halftime approaching, but somehow the Jaguars were not able to cover the 20.5-point spread, handing us our first loss since Week 1.Perhaps it had something to do with giving up 390 rushing yards.
Anyways, how about some good news? We’re on Rutgers against the defending champs this week.There’s only one place to start our preview of Rutgers vs.Indiana, and that’s in Amherst, Mass.You don’t need to remind any Scarlet Knights fans about their loss to UMass in Week 1, but I’ll do it anyways.The Minutemen were five-score underdogs and riding a 16-game losing streak when they upset Rutgers, 37-21, in Piscataway.
It was one of the first games of the entire college football season, but it was likely to go down as one of the most embarrassing results of the season.Or was it?Don’t look now, but UMass is 4-0 and all the way down to 15/1 to win the MAC.
That won’t make anybody at Rutgers feel much better, but it’s worth noting as we evaluate the Scarlet Knights for the rest of the season.It was a horrible loss.
But it looks slightly less embarrassing these days.It also helps that Rutgers has played better since the Minutemen routed them.The Scarlet Knights lost a close one on the road to Boston College in Week 2, and then came excruciatingly close to an upset over USC in Week 3.
The Scarlet Knights followed that up with a 51-point win over Howard last time out.Nothing to write home about, but you can start to see the sun peeking out from behind the clouds.While Rutgers is searching for existential answers, Indiana will bring the nation’s longest winning streak with them to New Jersey.It’s hard to nitpick a team that won the national championship last year and hasn’t lost since Dec.
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