Blah blah blah two top draft picks are leaving. The truly relevant thing is that two third team B1G players are leaving, one of which took the entire OOC to get up to speed and the other of which was out or severely limited for 40% of the conference season. This on a team that played the worst defense BY FAR of any Pike team here. The defense was worse than many of Pike's STONY BROOK teams.

Will next year's team be bad on offense? Almost certainly. But not THAT bad. If it can be in the range of #100 on offense and play the average Pike defense it will be like a bubble-out type team. If it can play slightly better offense or defense than that it can be a tournament team. I'm not predicting that.. but the team will likely be as or more competitive that last year's squad. Not exactly a huge win, but not the sub-10 win, last place in B1G doomsaying nonsense either.

Get me a Veteran Guard who can fill the basket, play tough defense, play some point, and show some leadership. A Cam Spencer/Quincy Douby type would work great. Get a good guard and we got a chance.

Just curious who's bailing after the poor results the last few years. We'll likely be bad again too this year unless Pike finds a pot of gold this year to pay the mercenaries that are available.

I'm still staying because if I give up my seats in the 100's it will be very difficult to ever get them back.

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UConn scores 6 in 1st but RU comes back to score 3 in top 2nd
6-3 into B2

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So despite the weather the Spring Tailgate went off without a hitch. At worst we had a light mist coming down, but for the more part it was dry with an occasional peek through of sun. A good number of people bailed because of the weather, so we had a much smaller crew. We did chicken skewers, salmon, veggie kabobs and hotdogs. Oh, and scotch.

First time doing my salmon recipe at the tailgate, so I prepped it the night before. Been meaning to do it since last fall, but the four straight noon games to end the season scuppered that.



Got the tailgate going shortly after 10:



We set up a couple of canopies, bungee corded them to the fence and put up a tarp as a wind break, so it worked out pretty well.



Part of the crew - ended up with just 11 total.

In his court case his lawyer claims that he got a $550k deal to play at RU.

You want to replace Toure? This is the guy we want. LB with big time pass rush ability. Sound familiar? He was banged up last year including missing a couple of games to injury but in the previous season he had 6.5 sacks as a LB. Reading he's a USC lean

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NEW BRUNSWICK (April 29, 2025) - Rutgers University today announced that it has retained executive search firm TurnkeyZRG to assist in the national search for a new athletics director at Rutgers-New Brunswick and that an advisory committee has been formed to support the search.

“Athletics often serves as the front porch to a university, and it is essential that Rutgers partner with an established firm to identify a leader who continues to move the program forward during a period of transformational change,” President Jonathan Holloway said. “Rutgers is a Big Ten Conference institution in our nation’s largest media market, and we look forward to welcoming an athletics director who can leverage our many assets to build prideful results for our students, staff, faculty, alumni and fans.”

A firm specializing in leadership and coaching recruitment in U.S. college athletics, TurnkeyZRG conducted many recent athletics director searches, including for The University of Iowa, Texas Christian University, The University of Pittsburgh, and Northwestern University. TurnkeyZRG also assisted with the search for the new Big Ten commissioner and has conducted the NCAA president search, as well as the Big 12 and American Athletic Conference commissioner searches.

“Rutgers is well-positioned, as the Birthplace of College Football, a proud member of the Big Ten Conference and one of the nation’s oldest and respected public universities, nestled in the heart of the country’s No. 1 market, to attract the best and brightest to lead our athletics department,” said Amy L. Towers, chair of the Rutgers Board of Governors. “On behalf of the Board of Governors, we look forward to working with the administration and TurnkeyZRG to identify and select a candidate with the required skill, experience and vision to guide Rutgers into this new era of intercollegiate athletics.”

The search advisory committee will provide institutional guidance and insight to the firm throughout the process. Search advisory committee members:

• Marco Battaglia (SMLR ’18); Senior Advisor to the Rutgers University Foundation President
• Arthur Certosimo (RC ’77); Professor and Chair, Board of Advisors, Rutgers Business School
• Meredith Civico; Field Hockey Head Coach
• Hollis Copeland (RC ’78); Rutgers Board of Governors
• Robert H. Friedman (RC ’74, NLAW ’83); Rutgers Board of Trustees
• Ann Gould; Academic Athletics Oversight Committee Faculty Representative and Dean of Academic Programs, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
• Gary B. Taffet (RC ’88); Rutgers Board of Governors
• Brian Ballentine; Senior Vice President for Strategy and Chief of Staff
• J. Michael Gower; Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

President Holloway will work with the chair of the Board of Governors and, when named, his successor as university president to select the finalist.

The Rutgers Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is comprised of 24 men's and women's varsity sports serving more than 730 student-athletes competing in the Big Ten Conference.

Inquiries, nominations, applications and requests for more information regarding the search for the athletics director are invited and should be submitted via email to ChadChatlos@TurnkeyZRG.com.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 69,000 students and 27,000 faculty and staff learn, work and serve the public at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark, Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers Health.

NEW BRUNSWICK (April 29, 2025) - Rutgers University today announced that it has retained executive search firm TurnkeyZRG to assist in the national search for a new athletics director at Rutgers-New Brunswick and that an advisory committee has been formed to support the search.

“Athletics often serves as the front porch to a university, and it is essential that Rutgers partner with an established firm to identify a leader who continues to move the program forward during a period of transformational change,” President Jonathan Holloway said. “Rutgers is a Big Ten Conference institution in our nation’s largest media market, and we look forward to welcoming an athletics director who can leverage our many assets to build prideful results for our students, staff, faculty, alumni and fans.”

A firm specializing in leadership and coaching recruitment in U.S. college athletics, TurnkeyZRG conducted many recent athletics director searches, including for The University of Iowa, Texas Christian University, The University of Pittsburgh, and Northwestern University. TurnkeyZRG also assisted with the search for the new Big Ten commissioner and has conducted the NCAA president search, as well as the Big 12 and American Athletic Conference commissioner searches.

“Rutgers is well-positioned, as the Birthplace of College Football, a proud member of the Big Ten Conference and one of the nation’s oldest and respected public universities, nestled in the heart of the country’s No. 1 market, to attract the best and brightest to lead our athletics department,” said Amy L. Towers, chair of the Rutgers Board of Governors. “On behalf of the Board of Governors, we look forward to working with the administration and TurnkeyZRG to identify and select a candidate with the required skill, experience and vision to guide Rutgers into this new era of intercollegiate athletics.”

The search advisory committee will provide institutional guidance and insight to the firm throughout the process. Search advisory committee members:

• Marco Battaglia (SMLR ’18); Senior Advisor to the Rutgers University Foundation President
• Arthur Certosimo (RC ’77); Professor and Chair, Board of Advisors, Rutgers Business School
• Meredith Civico; Field Hockey Head Coach
• Hollis Copeland (RC ’78); Rutgers Board of Governors
• Robert H. Friedman (RC ’74, NLAW ’83); Rutgers Board of Trustees
• Ann Gould; Academic Athletics Oversight Committee Faculty Representative and Dean of Academic Programs, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
• Gary B. Taffet (RC ’88); Rutgers Board of Governors
• Brian Ballentine; Senior Vice President for Strategy and Chief of Staff
• J. Michael Gower; Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer

President Holloway will work with the chair of the Board of Governors and, when named, his successor as university president to select the finalist.

The Rutgers Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is comprised of 24 men's and women's varsity sports serving more than 730 student-athletes competing in the Big Ten Conference.

Inquiries, nominations, applications and requests for more information regarding the search for the athletics director are invited and should be submitted via email to ChadChatlos@TurnkeyZRG.com.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 69,000 students and 27,000 faculty and staff learn, work and serve the public at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark, Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers Health.

Dead at 100. Her most notable role was Sue's mom in Carrie. That was actually her real life daughter Amy Irving. She also appeared in Dallas as Pamela/Clint Barnes mother. Played many mothers in movies like Blue Velvet Falcon &Snowman Mickie and Maude and Looking for Mr Goodbar

I know there were some recent threads out there, but I looked and could not find them.

So I'm starting one up fresh.

Despite the feelings of some posters and the alledged lack of NIL resources, ON3 thinks RU has improved significantly through the portal