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Rutgers Fails To Show Up In Embarrassing 41-0 Loss To Indiana

When it rains, it pours. Rutgers began its most disappointing performance in Big Ten play this season with two penalties on the first drive of the game. After the defense forced Indiana to punt, returner Hunter Hayek had the ball bounce off his chest and the Hoosiers recovered it on the Rutgers 5 yard line. Morgan Ellison ran it in for a touchdown on the next play and the rout was on for Indiana, who won 41-0. The Scarlet Knights continued to make mistakes in a lackluster, head scratching performance. Rutgers was 11 point underdogs, but to deliver such a non-competitive effort, just a week after leading Penn State on the road midway through the second quarter, it made this game all the more difficult to swallow.