Rutgers was gifted a chance to play in the postseason, but it has turned down the opportunity.

The Scarlet Knights declined an invitation to the Birmingham Bowl, where it would face Georgia Southern, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NJ Advance Media.

The news was first reported by On3’s Brett McMurphy.

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Rutgers (5-7, 2-7) did not qualify for a bowl game the traditional way after suffering a heartbreaking loss to Penn State in their do-or-die regular season finale, but chaos opened the door for them.

Multiple teams declined bowl bids on Sunday, including Notre Dame, Kansas State, Iowa State, Auburn and Florida State, forcing bowl organizers to dip into the p

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