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OT: Drones over NJ?

What happened was it was always a dumb public hysteria spurred by viral claims with no basis in reality. Listen to her statement. Hobbysits, recreational, etc. Additional sightings spurred by "curiosity." 99 percent of the sightings were planes lol. We learned that NJ is full of extremely dumb people.
Show your work.

We’re not done yet

Takes the same amount of thought and energy to be an optimist or a pessimist.

I love Rutgers, I love college basketball, I love our players. They’re like my sons. When my sons were struggling in some way, I did not give up on them, and I never will. Same with our team.

If you were invited into the locker room before the next game, would you tell the team, “Oh brother, you guys suck, just give up already.” Or would you find something they can latch onto, to give them hope and ignite a spark in them?

I choose the latter.
I think I’d just tell them you tried, unfortunately you came to RU and we never seem to capitalize properly on opportunities so the team sucks. I do appreciate the effort.

We’re not done yet

As they use to say- the $64,000 question is what happened to the team that almost took down both Alabama and Houston in LV- currently 2 of the top 6 teams in the country???
We had a healthy Dylan who carved up Alabama for 37 points and went downhill and could not be stopped. We got a more consistent Ace against Alabama and Texas A& M . Jeremiah scored 20 against Texas A&am and was our third scorer when Dylan only had 18.
Illness and injuries have derailed Dylan and Jeremiah has taken the worst turn for a worse performance every game. Ace has elevated his overall game but still can have an off shooting night like the Notre Dame game.
The rest of the supporting cast bungled in Vegas and have been mostly terrible since Vegas. Just a little better play , a few. Ore rebounds and less second chance points , a few more shots made by that crew and we are looking at wins against Alabama ,Texas A& M , Indiana , Wisconsin , and Penn State.
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We’re not done yet

we had this discussion last week and it was brutal...now a week later with 2 more losses its just stupid

We should be focusing discussion on what we need to do to make the BIG tournament for one last “fresh start” with a healthy Dylan. Even without Ogbole, there’s a non-zero chance our stars can get hot at the right time and at least make things interesting.

If Bart is still saying we have a better statistical chance at an At Large bid at this point than the auto bid, his tool should be flushed down the toilet. Beyond the numbers, we can at least hope Dylan will be healthy by the BIG tournament. First have to get in though.

I know most won’t agree, and won’t happen, BUT..here me out.

I'm aware. The current CBA doesn't expire until 2029.

It got close last time.

The problem is deciding what year to have the "double draft" (college freshman and HS seniors).

So many teams have traded so many future picks already.
Nobody really wants to lock down a year because then those picks instantly become overly valuable - but a lot of teams may not even have their own picks already.
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Hollin Pierce at Shrine Bowl

Good to hear Pierce is OK, got a nice writeup from PHLY's Fran Duffy in his Shrine Bowl report. Behind a paywall but here's the relavant Pierce blurb:
Most of the offensive tackles struggled, but to me the one who had the most steady play was Rutgers’ Hollin Pierce. He’s a huge human being, standing nearly 6-8 and over 340 pounds with arms over 36 inches long. There’s a lot to clean up in the run game, but I was pleasantly surprised with him in the pass game. He’s tough to get around and he was no slouch moving in reverse

Poor NIL is the biggest reason for our disappointing season

So was the basketball program. Players to pros means bupkis. Belichick’s seal of approval means bupkis. The only thing that matters is wins and he’s barely .500 last 2 years and 26-34 since he’s been back. Like I said, good coach but don’t see how he’s the gold standard.
Pike has a .400 winning percentage in the B1G lifetime and a .408 winning percentage in league the last three years. So not a model either.
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