In a private hallway in the bowels of Spartan Stadium after a blowout loss to Michigan State in 2014, then-Rutgers coach Kyle Flood tried to explain to the team's writers that margin of victory doesn't matter in football.
Wins are wins. Losses are losses.
It seems silly in hindsight that there was nitpicking over final scores in the middle of an eight-win Big Ten debut season for Rutgers.
Rutgers has won just six games over the last two seasons, and Flood is long gone.
If you are a Rutgers fan, ask yourself this: Did last season sting just because of a 2-10 record?