I'd like to think of myself as a glass-half-full person in nature, and it's usually the way I approach my picks. By most realistic observers, Rutgers has seven winnable games on the schedule: Eastern Michigan, Morgan State, Illinois, Purdue, Maryland, Indiana and Michigan State.
My colleague, Ryan Dunleavy, has argued with me that Nebraska is winnable as well. But as you'll read below, the chances of the Scarlet Knights upsetting a Nebraska team that has won 9 or more games in all but one year since 2008 is as remote as Cornhuskers alum Julie Hermann being honored by Rutgers for her recent contributions to the athletics program.