SEATTLE — It's all been building toward this.
Ten months of sweeping changes at Rutgers and within the football program all geared toward being more competitive on the field and less of a punchline off of it in the 2016 opener, the season and the future.
In one way, it's a game for the masses to see the dawn of a new era under athletics director Pat Hobbs, coach Chris Ash and his staff of assistants with ties to Big Ten powers like Ohio State and Wisconsin.
In another, it's a game for the savvy Rutgers fan.