Front row of 204, dead center – – $50 is sold. Second row 303 — aisle nearest 304 — $30 still available. I can transfer via the application and you can pay inside the arena.

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Thinking towards next season, these two guys are big time WR’s. Yes, we lose Monangai at RB, but i like Raymond and Benjamin, and i think we can become a powerful offense. Athan has gotten better and better this season, and hopefully the other QBs are learning from him.

Beating Maryland, and doing it on the road, was an achievement in itself. Im happy for our players and coaching staff. Bouncing back from 4 straight losses to win against two teams we couldn’t beat over the last 4 years was terrific. We still have work to do, but with all the injuries, we are continuing the upward trend of the program.

The idea is you can only post word. We try to keep a continuous thought going. You get one word and one word only.

FIRST WORD:


Schiano

With crypto getting accepted more and more by the mainstream, I ( and @T2Kplus20) felt it was worth having a thread on all things crypto. I k now this thread is going to open up pandora's box of shitposts, but I really don't care. I'd like to see this used to help educate people on a growing technology and mindset.

I've only become a Bitcoin bull in the past year. The printing of 4 Trillion dollars was what put me over the edge in looking for an inflation hedge. After digging aggressively into gold I began to realize that BTC was what I was looking for. Only 21 million BTC will ever be in existence and its a deflationary asset that can be transported anywhere in minutes.

In the past year, I've witnessed companies and institutions get involved in BTC, eliminating any concern I had that it would one day "go to zero." The image below I ripped from the sub-Reddit on Bitcoin, showing institutional headlines towards BTC in the past, and their recent headlines.

The current market cap of BTC is over 1 Trillion. BTC is the fastest asset to ever reach that number. The market cap of Gold is roughly 10 Trillion.

The people who say that Bitcoin will never be a currency are pretty much right. It's not. It's become a digital store of value, just as gold is a store of value. You wouldnt walk into Chipotle and shave off some gold to pay for a burrito, just as you wouldnt pay for it in a fraction of BTC.

An important phrase to remember is: "Not your keys, not your coins." The mindset behind this that if you do not hold the keys to your coins (digital proof theyre yours), you will never really own crypto. Everything you do with the "crypto" you own will have to be based around a traditional or Fiat currency. By holding your keys, you're future-proofing your crypto holdings and leave you less dependent on Fiat currency to perform any transaction with your crypto.

Where to buy crypto:

I strongly recommend if you're interested in getting involved in crypto, you open an account with one of those sites. They're easy to signup for, insured and MOST IMPORTANTLY, give you the ability to withdraw your coins if you would like. Do NOT purchase crypto on Robinhood, Square or Paypal. They do NOT let you withdraw your coins. You can never take possession of your coins. All you can do is sell them back to that exchange, which you will get a capital gains tax on.
Also, crypto on Robinhood is not insured. If they have a liquidity crisis and go belly up (GME proved that this is not outside the realm of possibilities) you will lose your coins.

The sites above let you buy as much or as little % of a bitcoin as you would like. For example, my Gemini account does a weekly buy of $25 of BTC for me. It also alerts me if there is a massive price swing in BTC. People often think you have to buy a whole coin. This is false.

Other Ways to Buy:
You could also invest in Grayscale or Galaxy funds to get Bitcoin exposure. IMO, it's not worth the premium they charge. You also never own any actual coins.

Ethereum and other Altcoins:
While BTC, serves as a store of value coin, The Ethereum network serves as utility, running smart contracts on other apps on it's blockchain network. The token for that ETH is the second largest crypto, with a 200+ Billion market cap.

There's thousands of other coins out there. You can see how they rank here. https://coinmarketcap.com/

The ranking is not necessarily a good barometer of how good a coin it is. 4 out of 5 of the top 50 coins I wouldnt touch, but that's me.

I currently hold BTC, ETH, ELA, DCR, AAVE & FIL. I'd be happy to discuss why I own any of these.

Blockchain:
Blockchain is the underlying technology that allows the coins or tokens to run on them. For those who used to download things using BitTorrent, Blockchain is very similar. This video is an easy explanation of blockchain: Login to view embedded media
NFT's:
This video is probably the easiest way tolay out NFT's. Its Cramer asking Anthony Pompliano (one of my favorite people in the BTC space) about NFT's
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First up, Mike Houston- fired on October 20, after going 2-10 in 2023 and starting at 3-4. Since his firing ECU has reeled off 3 straight wins.

Mike Bloomgren- Rice- fired on October 27. Temple's former QB EJ Warner transferred to Rice and has been the starter this year.

Brian Bohannon- Kennesaw State- fired Nov. 10. Led the team for 11 years got them from FCS to FBS. Fired after going 1-8.

Mike Neu- Ball State- fired after going 40-63.


Today, Stan Drayton, Temples Head coach has been fired, after an overtime victory yesterday:

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I sort of of that Grant might get an opportunity this year and maybe Dortch would redshirt? Are there just not enough minutes for Grant to even get a look? Theres definitely no guarantees that either will stay beyond this year. Any word on how they are doing in practice?

Rush the damn field! (maybe even tear down a goalpost)

- First ranked win in 15 years.
- Senior Day.
- First time wining three Big Ten games in a row.
- First 7 win regular season in 10 years.

I don't care that they are barely in the top 25. If we win Saturday, we deserve a field storming! The seniors deserve it.

I bought one of the hoops jerseys on the Rutgers NIL store and they’re god awful. Tiny lettering on the front and back. Has anyone bought the Adidas player jerseys on the Rutgers team store? Is the lettering and quality just as bad?

Rutgers fan or NBA scout ONLY!

I have xfinity in Central Jersey. Could someone let me know how I can get Peacock for Saturday's game? Thanks.

I do a post like this every year, where I try and identify targets Rutgers should pursue in the event they enter the portal. Here's the thread from last year and 2022 for reference:



I'll pat myself on the back, the first guy I highlighted last year was Dymere Miller and he's our leading WR this season. Let's first go through position by position and assess a need at each position group...

QB
Need: 0.
Rutgers has it's starter for next season in Athan Kaliakmanis and the heir apparent in AJ Surace behind him, with Ajani Sheppard as a depth QB as well.

RB
Need: 0-1.
Kyle Monangai is out of eligibility after this season but there is quality depth behind him with Samuel Brown, Antwan Raymond and Jashon Benjamin, with 4 star true freshman John Forster coming in the 2025 recruiting class. Two reasons why this isn't a 0/10...

1) Samuel Brown has suffered his 2nd season ending injury in the past three seasons, I doubt he's back at 100% by next season
2) The staff recently offered another RB in the 2025 class, so they clearly are interested in adding a RB

WR
Need: 0-1.
Rutgers is also in a very good situation long term at WR, with KJ Duff and Ian Strong clearly being the 1/2 punch of the future. Throw in Famah Toure and Ben Black as guys the staff really likes and you have a very good young core. It would be great to add a veteran pass catcher to round out this group, but it's a luxury item.

TE
Need: 0-1.
Kenny Fletcher had an up and down first season as a starter and unfortunately was lost for the season with an injury. The rest of the group (Logan Blake, Mike Higgins, etc) haven't shown a ton either. Rutgrs would use a TE, but It's not near the top of the need list

OL
Need: 1-3.
Hollin Pierce's graduation will leave a gaping hole on the left side of this offensive line. The rest of the starting OL (Bryan Felter, Gus Zilinskas, Kobe Asamoah, Tyler Needham) all have eligibility remaining. LT is an obvious need and upgrading depth behind starters should be a key.

DL
Need: 2-4.
This is probably the biggest area of need this off-season. Rutgers will be losing the majority of it's two deep from a unit that didn't perform up to expectations in 2024 so far (Aaron Lewis, Kyonte Hamilton, Malcolm Ray, Troy Rainey), but Wesley Bailey could return if he wanted which would be a big boost to this unit next year. Regardless, this is a unit that needs a talent infusion in the portal.

LB
Need: 1-2.
Rutgers will lose Tyreem Powell in the off-season, who has been a standout performer when healthy for 4 seasons at RU. They return Mohamed Toure, but he will be coming off of an ACL injury and the LB play has left a lot to be desired this season.

CB
Need: 1-2.
Rutgers loses it's CB1 and CB2 after this season in Robert Longerbeam and Eric Rogers, with Al-Shadee Salaam and Bo Mascoe likely pencilled in as the likely starters next year as things currently stand. Schiano has shown he has a great eye for DBs and has recruited the position well at the HS ranks. But adding a proven CB to this group would help the young guys along.

S
Need: 1-2.
Rutgers loses it's top three safeties in terms of snap counts after this season in Flip Dixon, Desmond Igbinuson and Shaquon Loyal. No position group gets hit harder this off-season than the safety room. Kaj Sanders is the obvious choice to take one of the safety spots this off-season, but Rutgers could really use a couple more safeties to solidify this unit.


So in terms of needs, Rutgers needs between 6 on the low end and 16 on the high end in terms of transfers this off-season (it will be closer to the low end than the high end I'm sure). Here are some realistic players that make sense for Rutgers to target in the hypothetical scenario that they enter the portal:


Potential Portal Targets....

2 tickets (212 Row K)
1 parking (Yellow)

$60 total (well below cost)

Looks like Blackstone might be buying Jersey Mike's. I wonder how this will effect our agreement.

I wanted to share a video we made with PJ Hayes at Jump Shot Gym few weeks ago. I have worked with a lot of shooters, and I am happy to report that PJ Hayes is killer from 3! By far the best shooter we have hosted. It's going to be a fun year watching him knock down shots for Rutgers.

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Right across from Rutgers bench

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Any good new songs or albums released this year?

Biggest surprise and solid release on June 23, 2020 by the band Hum (famous for the 1995 song Stars), which had not released an album since 1998.

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Car Seat Headrest has also released a new album, which is not as strong as the last album:

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Badly Drawn Boy- Banana Skin Shoes
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Elvis Costello- No Flag - very solid song

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BPMD- American Made

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Tuesday, Nov. 19

7 p.m. | Akron at Kent State | CBSSN
7:30 p.m. | Western Michigan at Central Michigan | ESPN2
8 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN

Wednesday, Nov. 20

7 p.m. | Buffalo at Eastern Michigan | ESPNU
7 p.m. | Ohio at Toledo | ESPN2

Thursday, Nov. 21

7:30 p.m. | NC State at Georgia Tech | ESPN

Friday, Nov. 22

7 p.m. | Temple at UTSA | ESPN2
8 p.m. | Purdue at Michigan State | FOX
10 p.m. | UNLV at San Jose State | FS1

Saturday, Nov. 23

12 p.m. | Indiana at Ohio State | FOX
12 p.m. | Wake Forest at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN
12 p.m. | Ole Miss at Florida | ABC/ESPN+
12 p.m. | SMU at Virginia | ESPN2
12 p.m. | Iowa at Maryland | Big Ten Network
12 p.m. | UConn at Syracuse | ACC Network
12 p.m. | North Carolina at Boston College | CW Network
12 p.m. | Sam Houston at Jacksonville State | CBSSN
12 p.m. | Illinois at Rutgers | Peacock
12 p.m. | Yale at Harvard | ESPNU
12:30 p.m. | UCF at West Virginia | ESPNU
12:45 p.m. | UMass at Georgia | SEC Network
1:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Florida State | ESPN+/ACCNX
3 p.m. | Arizona at TCU | ESPN+
3:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Texas | ABC/ESPN+
3:30 p.m. | BYU at Arizona State | ESPN
3:30 p.m. | Colorado vs. Kansas (at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri) | FOX
3:30 p.m. | The Citadel at Clemson | CW Network
3:30 p.m. | Northwestern at Michigan | FS1
3:30 p.m. | Stanford at Cal | ACC Network
3:30 p.m. | San Diego State at Utah State | CBSSN
3:30 p.m. | Wisconsin at Nebraska | BTN
3:30 p.m. | Penn State at Minnesota | CBSSN
3:30 p.m. | Texas Tech at Oklahoma State | ESPN+
4 p.m. | Pitt at Louisville | ESPN2
4:15 p.m. | Missouri at Mississippi State | SEC Network
7 p.m. | Army vs. Notre Dame (Yankee Stadium at the Bronx, New York) | NBC/Peacock
7 p.m. | Boise State at Wyoming | CBSSN
7 p.m. | Washington State at Oregon State | CW Network
7 p.m. | Baylor at Houston | FS1
7:30 p.m. | Alabama at Oklahoma | ABC/ESPN+
7:30 p.m. | Texas A&M at Auburn | ESPN
7:30 p.m. | Marshall at Old Dominion | ESPNU
7:30 p.m. | Iowa State at Utah | FOX
7:45 p.m. | Vanderbilt at LSU | SEC Network
8 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Duke | ACC Network
8 p.m. | Cincinnati at Kansas State | ESPN2
10:30 p.m. | Air Force at Nevada | FS1
10:30 p.m. | Colorado State at Fresno State | CBSSN
10:30 p.m. | USC at UCLA | NBC