Rutgers plays Washington State in Seattle on 8/28. Wazzu is between a 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 point favorite. Look for a lot of points in this game. Rutgers, and new OC Ralph Friedgen (the Fridge is back) welcomes back 9 starters, though their QB is rather inconsistant. Wazzu under HC and offensive guru Mike Leach have perhaps the best passsing game in the Pac 12. Neither team has much of a defense to speak of.
The one fact that many do not take into consideration is the "Reverse Time Change" that effects this game. Many people talk about the disadvantage that West Coast teams have going back east. UCLA opens at Virginia in a game scheduled to start at 12:00 noon, EDT. That is 9:00 am PDT. Well Wazzu has returned the favor by scheduling this game for a 7:00 PM PDT start, which is 10:00 EDT. Rutgers will not like this. I think that the starting time for this game may be enough to give the covering edge to Wazzu. Wazzu and the over (around 60) should be the play.