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Washington -2. Pretty interesting, it's last year's rematch. Michigan vs Washington Odds

New Jersey’s Team ranked number 19 in the country !!!

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Channel the Rutgersal that lives inside us all. If you've been a Rutgers fan for any length of time, you know optimism is usually the hand that shoves the knife in your back. Do not be too scared to open your heart and love again.

First Rutgers football will beat Viginia Tech and possibly Washington and even possibly Nebraska. A 5-0 start would bring incredible heat to the football program. It gets very challenging from there but even at 4-1 we will be at a new peak for the Schiano Part 2 era.

On the basketball front, Ace is going to pop eyeballs out of heads. He will be the best player on the court nearly every night. To my mind his star shines so bright it diminishes Harper a bit...and obviously Harper is capable of playing at a very high level. The rafters of the RAC will melt from the heat.

We are on the dawn of an exciting new epoch for Rutgers sports.

While Athan doesn't put up gaudy numbers, he is the true catalyst to our winning. In the past, we either had QB's who would miss game changing throws or just consistently turn the ball over. Athan has thrown 1 pick all year. He's also had some bad drops by our receivers. But he's been deadly accurate. He runs smart and always gets down and doesn't take unnecessary hits. I'm not used to believing we can convert on a 3rd and 10. But

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Got an offer from Vanderbilt.
2023 was a down year for Buffalo and Cole Snyder compared to his 2022. But he has attracted interest in the portal. Vanderbilt will be a tough place to play. 2-10/0-8 this year.

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/s/President of the Cole Snyder Fan Club

It worked marvelously! Stadium, team, fans and NJ all looked great on national tv on Friday night. Love Sat games but the Rutgers football program was showcased for the entire country even with the Va Teach/Miami game going on at same time with a team RU beat the previous week.

I think RU brought in new fans last night at homes and at the stadium. Would not be surprised if game drew over 4MM eyeballs in ratings.

Let’s just keep on winning.

GO RU

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Obviously need to see how today’s games shake out. At 4-0 where do you see us this week? I hope we sneak in to the top 25 and skip through the also receiving votes.

What are other’s thoughts?

Anyone there? How we feeling?

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The Athletic ranks Rutgers 27th and projects an 8-4 season based on 100,000 computer simulations of the season , with a 5% chance of making the 12 team playoff.

Now THIS is some crazy shit right here!!!!


TEAM ENTRANCE

Yeah, I know, will not be announced. It's a light week for the B1G. Have been offered registration for a training course that is on Saturday and Sunday during the day. Any chance of our game getting a 3:30 p.m. or night slot?

Friday Nov. 8, Iowa is at UCLA. Here is the schedule for Sat. Nov. 9:

So last night was something else eh. Not exaggerating but besides the Louisville game in 2006, there has never been a day/night that had the COMPLETE FINISH THE JOB play and atmosphere of the Washington game. So many supposed "big games" in the past that never lived up to the hype. Whether it was the promise of hanging in vs Penn State at Giants Stadium in the 80s, being desperate for attention and validity in failed games vs BC and Syracuse in the 90s, the Lucy take the football away moments vs West Virginia in the 00s, the Big East championship near miss vs Louisville under Flood and finally the emergence of the big time, big light crowds against the likes of Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State in the 10s. Those games brought the peeps in. The tailgates were wild. The opening minutes of these games usually pretty hyped and insane but alas with the exception of a win vs a Michigan team that wasnt good that year, all those games had one thing in common. They gave a bit of a taste of big time, Big 10 atmosphere but never delievered. In fact some of the games were over by haltime. Whats the point of all the hype and drunken tailgates if the program has trouble staying within 35 points of any program with a pulse. Like an endless cycle, after years of trying to prove they belonged in big boy college football, Rutgers was there but the feeling was empty. Here we are but what does that even mean. Does it even matter?


Last night was a 24 hour finish the job chop from the expanded Rutgers community. From the production of the lights, the drones, the band. That takes a whole lot of work and planning to make it come together and make it work and last night was brilliance. Rutgers football was a true event last night. The type of experience that will make the next game and the next game after that a hot ticket. Contrast that to the complaints about the drab, boring, forced atmosphere in games vs Howard and Akron where it appeared as if the fans, team and staff were all sleepwalking through. Rutgers fans take a bowl The fans were a big part of last night too. Howling and screaming in all the important parts. Willing that last fg attempt to miss miserably. True not a full sellout, but that is okay. The fanbase still has room to grow. Last night helps alot. The Rutgers pregame and tailgating atmosphere is back again after years of dormancy. If we only can somehow get the students an area to tailgate and be a part of the on campus festivities things could really get wild. The student turnout was impressive last night. In their seats early, cheered and danced like mother****ers all game and stayed to the triumphant end. It all came together last night and when it does you make note of it in your memory

No doubt the Ash years were as big of a stain as the Terry Shea years. Wrong coach at the wrong time. Schiano was the right coach at the right time. As everyone is well aware I have not been shy about criticizing Schiano especially his plateau after the 2006 season. Have been more on board with him the 2nd time around while realizing the things about him that make me hit my head against the wall are the same reasons why he is so successful at pushing the right buttons for the Rutgers program. Last season was true progression. Beating BC and Va Tech were a leap forward. Unfortunately we were stuck with a poor quarterback that could not throw for a lick and it really showed as Rutgers stumbled against the better teams in the Big 10. Now with Athan, Rutgers isnt about just trying to eek out a win 10-9. Athon can actually throw. He ismt a goddamn turnover machine waiting to happen. We have a OC who can actually mix up the plays. Kyle and Sam are a potent combo. In some ways our offense has now become more of a strength. Much more versatile and unpredictable than our opponents are used to.

At the end of the day, I am at the point of quibbling about style points in wins. Box score is full of ugliness....521-299 yards. You can pull your hair out on why RU called an awful series coming out of halftime or the last series of downs just so damn predictable in not getting the first down. I do not want to hear anything about luck or Rutgers was outplayed or Washingtons lack of discipline gifted us this win. At the end of the day its a victory and its glorious period. No team is perfect and certainly Rutgers is not. I do know they are 4-0 and they now have an opportunity in their next biggest game to have another opportunity to have an even bigger opportunity at home. See how this works. It does not work if you cannot finish the job and that is all tha matters from the last 2 wins vs very very very respectable programs.

Atmospheres like last night get noticed. So today wear your Rutgers gear with pride. Brag and boast you had an incredible time at the game last night. Make your skeptical friends think they are missing out on something because they are.

We were the first...okay second people in Scarlet yesterday. Had a great tailgate blah blah blah. Once lots are packed and people are everywhere we're all playing flip cup and this dude is just staring and watching with his college aged daughter, watching us having fun talking, TVs on under the tents, catered food, our ice luge ,just taking it all in and asking how the game works that we were playing. Guy was so tall I was calling him Wilt Chamberlain. We talked him into playing with us. I had Wilt come next to me, we played a few rounds he thanked us and that was that.

I come to learn the guy donated $3M to hoops recently. Not an RU alum. He was blown away by the atmosphere how welcoming people were etc. Wants his daughter to transfer to RU.

You never know who someone is. Even if the guy was wearing a Washington jersey we would have let him play and have fun.

Don't see enough teams in the 15-25;slot losing and just a few getting high votes not getting the job done

I think we are right around the #30 mark

Wimsatt was beyond the line of scrimmage and fumbled near the goal line and it fortuitously ended up in the hands of a teammate who carried it into the end zone. I do not understand why that wasn’t cited as a forward lateral, which is illegal. The ball was untouched by a defender and the fumble never hit the ground.

Last 4-5 times I’ve been driving Rutgers has been mentioned

All good comments

Jacob Hester and EJ Manuel show have spoken about RU a few times

Luginbill this morning mentioned Friday night games

The usual tough team , Schiano building program .
Today luginbill mentioned schedule and how we can make some noise , Plank was starting to look up schedule but luginbill quickly though about replay of Techs Hail Mary