Here's the good news for Rutgers: Wisconsin and Nebraska finally are off the schedule.
Here's the bad news: Defending Big Ten West Division champion Iowa is on it, along with two other conference crossover games.
It once was thought that Rutgers couldn't catch a worse break than drawing Wisconsin and Nebraska as its two crossover opponents during both of its first two seasons in the Big Ten.
The head-to-head numbers – an 0-4 record while getting outscored 158-48 in those games – support that theory, but it's not about to get any easier.