It looks like there is no suspense for Rutgers football as far as their bowl game destination. The Scarlet Knights appear to be heading back to some pretty well-known turf.
According to Erick Smith of USA TODAY, Rutgers is heading to the Pinstripe Bowl. This isn’t a huge surprise, given that Smith has been very consistent in lining up Rutgers for a trip to the Bronx for well over a month.
The opponent, according to Smith, is ACC opponent Georgia Tech.
The Pinstripe Bowl, played at Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York) is the closest bowl game to Rutgers geographically. It would provide the best opportunity for Rutgers fans to be able to travel in numbers for a bowl game.
Georgia Tech comes into this potential bowl game meeting with Rutgers at 6-6 (4-4 ACC). They’ve lost two of their last three games (although they were quality losses against a solid Clemson team and a tight loss to No. 1 Georgia).
Rutgers has not outright made a bowl game since 2014, their first year in the Big Ten. In 2011, they played in the Pinstripe Bowl for the first, beating Iowa State in a game that was the final one on the sidelines for head coach Greg Schiano during his first tenure with the program.
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