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WATCH: Rutgers 'can't be lulled to sleep' on the pass vs. New Mexico

Related Topics: Quarterback, New Mexico

PISCATAWAY -- The golden rule against most triple-option offenses is to avoid being fooled into over-committing to stopping the run for fear of getting beat with a rare deep pass.

Against New Mexico, let's call it the platinum rule that Rutgers must adhere to Saturday or risk an upset.

Quarterback Austin Apodaca is the very definition of a dual-threat, having begun his career in coach Mike Leach's Air Raid offense at Washington State before transferring and winning the starting job in New Mexico's opposite end of the spectrum.