always thought the '90's team had a chance, but in the end, we didn't have enough depth and talent, and frankly, the players just weren't disciplined enough to beat a team like PSU. those were the years, we would lose players to academic attrition in droves, so we always had a constant stream of new starters. At best, we might have been competitive in the first half, then got our doors blown off in the second half.
I remember one particular game where Mark D'nofrio had a monster game, where he was all over the place. another game, Marco Battaglia and Terrell Willis had monster games, but we just couldn't put the ball in the endzone, and lost something like 31-7. those were also years, where we had trouble beating syracuse, boston college, pitt and wvu too.
Now things have dramatically changed, as Rutgers talent is head and shoulders better than PSU's. If not for 5 ints, rutgers would've stomped a mudhole in PSU last year. If we had faced PSU at the end of last season, we would've stomped 2 mudholes in PSU.
what makes this game more meaningful is that i work with a number of PSU grads, so i can't wait to STICK it to them. They've been taking a lot of trash, so I can't wait for my opportunity to return the favor. Similar situations previously with SU and Pitt fans, and they got theirs.
Priority #1 this year is beating PSU.
I remember one particular game where Mark D'nofrio had a monster game, where he was all over the place. another game, Marco Battaglia and Terrell Willis had monster games, but we just couldn't put the ball in the endzone, and lost something like 31-7. those were also years, where we had trouble beating syracuse, boston college, pitt and wvu too.
Now things have dramatically changed, as Rutgers talent is head and shoulders better than PSU's. If not for 5 ints, rutgers would've stomped a mudhole in PSU last year. If we had faced PSU at the end of last season, we would've stomped 2 mudholes in PSU.
what makes this game more meaningful is that i work with a number of PSU grads, so i can't wait to STICK it to them. They've been taking a lot of trash, so I can't wait for my opportunity to return the favor. Similar situations previously with SU and Pitt fans, and they got theirs.
Priority #1 this year is beating PSU.