Rutgers has been a member of the Big Ten since the 2014 season, but this is the first time they will be making a trip to West Lafayette in football. The six year rotations just worked out that their last “first” visit was this year, and if not for the restart it would have been until at least 2026 before they finally got around to coming to Purdue. The only matchup was a 14-12 game in Piscataway in 2017 where Rutgers won by breaking math.
This also feels like a must-win for Purdue and Jeff Brohm.