Scarlet Knights need to put the loss behind them quickly

So despite the panic in some parts of the Rutgers fan base, the sky isn’t falling.

The Scarlet Knights still have a very legitimate chance to be 6-1 when they make their own trip to Los Angeles to play USC on October 25th.

But that will only happen if this Nebraska performance is truly an anomaly.

Rutgers needs to get back to capitalizing on key opportunities

Rutgers failed to enter its opponent’s territory nine times and escaped with just seven points.

Rutgers fails to block a punt, reach the 2-yard line, and fails to reach the end zone on six attempts (it certainly looked like Kyle Monangai scored on one of those attempts, but the officials ejected him inside the 1). low).

Rutgers cannot land a guaranteed touchdown pass inside the 5-yard line without a defender in sight.

Simply put, Rutgers cannot fail to capitalize on these opportunities.

And the Scarlet Knights’ failure to do so was surprising, as capitalizing on their opponents’ failures played a major role in winning their first four games.

It was also surprising that Rutgers got so far away from the run – Monangai had eight runs for 64 yards in the first quarter, but only 11 runs for 14 yards the rest of the game. Rutgers ran the ball 32 times as a team, its lowest rate this season.