On paper, Michigan State and Rutgers was supposed to be an even matchup. After all, they entered the game with identical 2-7 records overall and 0-6 marks in Big Ten play. Ultimately, it was the Spartans who got the best of the Scarlet Knights in a 49-0 drubbing in East Lansing, Mich. Here are 10 quotes that tell the story:

The Rutgers coach said during his opening statement: "To start, obviously played a good football team, talked about this a lot during the week with our football team, that was a team that was 2-7 but did not see that on the tape or on the field, from the film that we had watched in our preparation.