MadRU said:

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the data includes all sports and all schools

more relevant would be more basketball only and specifically in the top 5 conferences plus maybe add in Gonzaga and Memphis


also is this like the third year of the NIL...any data from even last year is outdated given what we just saw last spring in the portal.

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Rutgers Chris said:

Legal cannabis is definitely cutting into alcohol consumption from my anecdotal observations

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My kids are nowhere near even thinking about drinking(hope not at least) but heard from several other parents that alcohol is not seen as “cool” these days

Jerseylegends said:

What I don't understand about this narrative is who or what did pike give up by bringing these 2 players in? If anything it was a huge risk not bringing in better talent to surround them with. Recruits haven't panned out over the last couple of years. I like the class they have signed up for next year though. I just don't understand how bringing in Dylan and Ace can be seen as a negative for Rutgers.

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Not saying upgrading talent was a mistake. It’s more about who they are surrounded by. The rest of our team is a disaster in roster makeup. My point is more geared towards having continuity in your program with older players who have culture/system knowledge(aka Cliff in this example). A guy like Martini has upperclassman experience but not in our program.

goru7 said:

That is normally true and Duke has a couple of upperclassman but it appears their success over the the last 6-7 games as they are on a 10 game win streak , it due to their freshman , Flagg , Knueppel and Malauch . They run their offense thru their freshman and gelled presently. A tribute to their coach.

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Thank you as I haven’t really looked at their program and credit to their coach for that.
Maybe Pike needs to
Look at the freshman at this stage too and let them loose rather than these older players who don’t derive value.

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OSU has more players, but I think ND could keep it close. Their defense is very good and I’m sure they will copy Texas’s approach of playing the safeties back and shading extra help on Smith. Make OSU sustain drives . Think ND will need a very big game from their QB, will need to protect the ball, hit some throws downfield and most importantly , use his feet and run effectively. I like OSU by about a TD.

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The Texans probably go to Kansas City now , assuming Buffalo wins. Damn what an easy conference semifinal game for the chiefs.
The Texans are not that good.

GoodOl'Rutgers said:

Can anyone explain the 2010 Offense.. co-OC's by Kirk and Kyle.. Flood the OL coach too.. many NFL OL on that team.

If KF was a great OL coach.. and the OL players were great.. why did that 2010 offense suck?

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ashokan said:

"From 2006-2009, Rutgers' offensive line was one of the nation's best. Coach Kyle Flood was a highly sought after, and Rutgers seemed lucky to keep him—especially after he managed to lure and develop NFL rookie star tackle Anthony Davis.

In order to placate him and save money, along with his duties as line-coach, the university dubbed Flood as associate head coach for the past three seasons including 2010. It seems that the double-duty has caused the line's production to slip, as he struggled to incorporate three new players on to the line this season.

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GoodOl'Rutgers said:

you know what? He had a much better OL in 2009 than 2010... but keep in mind, it was HIS OLine.. his recruits.. he developed.. I dunno.. his teams and his offense and his OL got worse every year after he was head coach... I just don't know. maybe he is lucky like the OP says... or he is a good OL coach... or maybe he got a lot better at coaching watching Saban and now Sarkasian

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PSAL_Hoops said:

The 2010 Rutger’s team’s extremely poor performance could be attributed to a multitude of things with LeGrand’s injury overarching it all. Regardless - on no stratosphere does anything about that one season in isolation demonstrate that Kyle Flood isn’t a good OL coach. It’s literally one single data point amongst many others that suggest the opposite.

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I just quoted a bunch of posts to bring attention to 2010. People conveniently forget that in 2010, KC decided to completely change the offense from a pro-set (which we had used up until then) to a spread style. And it failed miserably because we didn't have the personnel to run it. The primary area was the OL, as all of the starting offensive linemen had been recruited for, and trained for, playing in a pro-set. @yesrutgers01 can probably corroborate me on this, but it was just a horrible decision to think you can throw a switch and now everyone is going to play differently. Especially with the OL, which more than any position group has to play as a unit.

Rutgers Chris said:

Legal cannabis is definitely cutting into alcohol consumption from my anecdotal observations

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Here too

Is there anyway to get a video of the half time performance?

Pike is going nowhere. Firing a coach after 2 losing seasons is a bad move in all sports. His last 3 years:
1 seed in NIT
missed tourney last year
8-8 so far this year

That’s not getting fired by any school

One of his great traits, IMO anyway, is that he never makes it about him. The game, event, and the people around him are what counts. So many announcers try and make themselves the event. He just calls the plays. Great announcer.