In the second half of the ninth straight Big Ten game in as many weeks, the weight that Rutgers carried on its back during the strangest and most challenging season that I’ve ever witnessed finally broke them. Three 90 yard plus touchdown drives later for Nebraska proved that notion to be true, resulting in a season ending 28-21 defeat.
After becoming the first team in the conference to play out the entire season, with only Penn State still able to equal that feat with a scheduled game on Saturday against Illinois, it was injuries and not COVID-19 that took the greatest toll.