One decision that backfired. In the end, Rutgers was left with a heartbreaking loss. This defeat certainly won’t ruin the season – the Scarlet Knights are still bowl bound, and they still have a chance to beat a very mediocre Michigan State team in the regular-season finale to earn a program-defining seventh win.

If the Rutgers football program ever gets to where head coach Greg Schiano has long insisted it’s going, the 2024 campaign will ultimately not be a signature season. An opportunity

Pat Bryant scored a miraculous 40-yard touchdown in the final seconds to push the Illini past the Scarlet Knights. In an offensive shootout, Illinois found itself down by one with just over a minute to go.

Rutgers' football players did everything they could to take down No. 24 Illinois. Then a brutal Greg Schiano decision made it all for naught.

It took No. 24 Illinois well over three quarters of play to get out of its own way against Rutgers on Saturday, but just when the Illini were nearly out of time to straighten up and fly right, they caught a weirdly favorable wind – and an enormous break – to pull out a 38-31 win at SHI Stadium in Piscataway,