With all that in mind, FPI giving the Illini an approximately four-out-of-five chance Saturday seems fair. Illinois should win this matchup – and handily. That said, Rutgers descending on Gies Memorial Stadium and snatching up the best win of its season suddenly doesn’t feel like the pipe dream it seemed just a few weeks ago.

It is their first meeting since last November’s thriller in which the Fighting Illini scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute after an ill-timed timeout from Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. Can Rutgers avenge the loss against an Illinois team that is falling well short of preseason expectations?

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Rutgers Football is all set for another Big Ten Conference matchup, as the Scarlet Knights head back to the road this weekend to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini inside of Memorial Stadium for a Saturday afternoon showdown.

Rutgers football will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana to play the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium looking to snap a four-game skid.

Rutgers recently broke their four-game losing streak after clinching a 24-27 win against Purdue. While the fans celebrated the win, coach Greg Schiano was cloud

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