Yes, Rutgers has proven to be better than the Big Ten’s cellar dwellers.
The league’s cream of the crop? That’s a different story.
While the Scarlet Knights have produced a goose egg on the scoreboard in losing to Ohio State (twice), Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State by a combined 280-0 in the Chris Ash era, they’ve failed to muster much in the way of yards offensively.
Here are the numbers:

Maybe it’s paranoia.
Perhaps it’s a reaction to a Michigan program that treats its media like little more than a nuisance.