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10 bold predictions for Rutgers in 2018: A national champion, a bowl berth and more

If you are a Rutgers fan who predicted at this time last year improvement for the football and basketball teams, low-impact sanctions from the NCAA and high-impact transfers in 2017, maybe you are clairvoyant.

Summing up 2017 at Rutgers requires one word: Progress.

Maybe more than you expected. Maybe less than you expected.

So what will 2018 bring?

Here are 10 bold predictions from NJ Advance Media:

Pinstripe Bowl press conference for Rutgers and Iowa State
John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

When Rutgers joined the Big Ten, logic dictated that the team's annual bowl streak (2005-09, 11-13) would be in jeopardy.