Jim Harbaugh won't get quite the same welcome in Piscataway that he is accustomed to 40 miles north in Paramus, but Michigan will still be the overwhelming favorite in at least one sense.
Las Vegas has taken care of that much.
Rutgers fans might be saving their loudest boos of the season for Michigan -- even more than Penn State -- because of the way Harbaugh has unabashedly invaded New Jersey for recruits, football games and commencement speeches.
The love affair between Harbaugh and Paramus Catholic High School -- the home of Michigan star Jabrill Peppers and soon-to-be star Rashan Gary -- reached new heights in the spring around the time that reaction to it reached new levels of strange when a Rutgers-based secret society left a crytpic message for Harbaugh.