Whatever we fans think of the state of the program, it would be materially worse without Duff and Strong at receiver. Those guys are future stars on offense.

Thanks you for advocating for the program so strongly with your LI crew!!

Multiple women reporting this

Auburn was on its way to play at Houston and the plane was turned around when some players were supposedly fighting on the plane.

They must have been arguing who was getting more NIL money. LOL

Best of Luck,
Groz

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Login to view embedded media -- I'm told Zach Martini continues to be one of the top targets at the forward spot. The other competition here continues to be programs like Davidson, Duquesne, St. Joe's, Wisconsin and a few others. Again as I've stated before I really like Rutgers chances here and I'm told Pikiell has had multiple convos with him. I really like where Rutgers stands here, but no word on if it's close a commitment or not.

Login to view embedded media -- As mentioned elsewhere on The Round Table, first reported by Trilly Donovan, Rutgers is one of four programs heavily pursuing Drexel transfer big man Amari Williams. The other programs mentioned with him include Florida, Penn State and Texas. I'm told PSU is pushing heavily for Josh Cohen and while they would love Williams, Cohen is the more realistic target for them. We also checked in with our Florida guys, who said they haven't heard much on the Gators front with Williams, which kind of makes sense considering they have big man Micah Handlogten who should be healthy by next season and Alex Condon, a promising young up and comer. Finally, there's Texas and we were told Rodney Terry is all over Williams and is making a massive push for him, so it looks like they will be the main comp here. Will be something to monitor.

Login to view embedded media -- Let's start with the latest on Gavin Griffiths, there's been some talk for a few days now and today is started to leak out more, as Trilly Donovan posted about the rumblings. There is no firm decision here just yet as to what he will do, but we are told this is not NIL related and rather it's about his role on the team this past season and going forward. Griffiths was expected to meet with Pikiell today to discuss everything, but I have not heard back yet on how things went. Previously it seemed like he was all in on leaving, but Rutgers is going to try and keep the former four-star, top 25 recruit.

"Somerville" - a town in Somerset County

"Sommerville" - our 6-10 freshman center

That is all.

Good job!!

Wasn't able to really watch...... can someone explain what changed?

The numbers suggest a solid defensive performance for the first time in a month.... definitely a pleasantly surprising result.

Rutgers Football opens as 3.5-point underdogs versus Maryland this week. The over / under is set at 47.5 points.

I have not been watching the game. Just turned it on to see their last drive.

He was racing personified.

NASCAR champion and Hall of Famer Bobby Allison has died at the age of 86.

SOOOOOOOOO CLUTCH!!!!! Great job ladies!!! Go get it!

I might have to leave the board. He was a BEAST tonight.

I know everyone is disappointed with the way the season went but I think there's reason for optimism. And that's a lot coming from me. It wasn't too long ago that we were UConn and Temple bad. Just blown out every week no matter who the opponent was. Chris Ash made us a national laughinstock where medicore P5 teams would beat us by 40. This year expectations were through the roof. However, we got hit hard by injuries this year. Not an excuse because every team deals with injuries but this year was particularly bad. Even with all the injuries, we still could've won Nebraska and UCLA. Which would've been what everyone predicted pre-season.

The reason why I'm optimistic about the program is that we have some good young players. Ian Strong and Duff are going to be stars. They are both big bodied receivers and are only going to get better. They both look like future NFL potential. Benjamin and Raymond were both awesome. Minnesota is a very good team. I thought we'd be dead in the water without Monangai but they both ran similar. We are 5-4 with another chance to go to a bowl. We have 3 winnable games on our schedule. I'm not saying we're going to win, but they are winnable. At this juncture, we're a mid level P5 team.

Hell it's been a long time since we've had even average QB play. Athan is a mid level P5 QB. He's rated a 78 in NCAA 25. That's probably what I'd rate him. He's serviceable. The last even semi respecful season for a QB at Rutgers was Chris Laviano in 2015. Nearly a decade ago. He went for 2247, 16 TDs and 12 picks. Athan's going to beat that season. Which makes Athan comparable to Gary Nova. There are similarities. Athan's good, is actually very good. However, he makes some bonehead mistakes at times. What I like most about him is he's kind of a gamer. I thought Vedral was a good teammate and tried hard. However, his physical limitations stopped him from being an effective QB. Same with Gio. Kaliakmanis was exactly what we needed. Athan is never the worst player on the field. According to PFF, Athan is our fourth best offensive player. It goes Hollin Pierce, Sam Brown, Kyle Monangai and then Athan.

But with all the injuries, to be 5-4 at this point isn't a complete disaster. With some of the young players flashing and the recruiting class we have coming in, there's a lot of reasons for optimism. Greg was right and called us all out. Don't doubt Greg.

They may become endangered due to the hundreds of RU fans needing to eat a lot of them for throwing the team and players under the bus.



As I've said a lot recently, our fans melt faster in the face of adversity than a whore spreads their legs. Glad our players don't melt like our fans, you know who you are.

1. Can’t take too much from this game, as Wagner was not a good team. But there were some good signs (and a couple of not-so-good signs) nonetheless.

2. Dylan with an all around good game, played like an established veteran, creating scoring chances for himself and others. Had 20 pts, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists and 9-14 from the field. He is sooo good “at the rim.” Guarantee he will be practicing FTs tonight at the APC after going 1-6 at the line.

3. Pleasant surprise of the night was the play of Lathan Sommerville. Went for 11 and 8 and had some nifty post moves, plus he was more aggressive in rebounding the ball.

4. But (current) starting C Manny Ogbole was a complete non-factor. He’s just very stiff and unskilled. Pike needs to continue to force feed Sommerville to get him ready for the big opponents.

5. The offense generally functioned well, with good ball movement, ZERO guys just dribbling with nowhere to go and ZERO hoisting up desperation shots late in the clock. We consistently got really good looks, with guys making the extra pass. The fact that we went 7-23 (30%) doesn’t concern me, as there wasn’t a “bad” shot among them. The guys that we WANT shooting threes (Martini, Harper, Hayes, Acuff) were a solid 6-16 (37.5%).

6. Acuff still looked rusty, but hitting that three late in the game was really important to give him confidence. That shot could unlock his potential.

7. Absolutely love PJ Hayes. Kid is a baller, plays better defense than we all thought he would, and has a money stroke. Had 12 points on 4-6 (2-4).

8. JMike with a solid floor game, with the usual good on-ball defense (plus 2 blocks and a steal), but also 5 assists and 0 turnovers. He was also 3-4 at the line. He was 0-3 from deep, but I didn’t hate any of those shots.

9. We won handily, that’s all that matters without our best offensive player and after a slow/ragged start.

The Fall portion of NCAA Women's golf is complete. Rutgers played in 5 events with their best finish 4th out of 15 at Louisville's Cardinal Cup. During this half of the season they traveled to Oklahoma, Texas, and California where they faced a number of the Top 25 squads including #1 Stanford and #2 Arkansas.

Here's a look at where Rutgers and the B1G stand......

Women - 280 Teams

#4. USC
#6. Oregon
#9. Northwestern
#22. Michigan St
#28. UCLA
#29. Ohio St
#33. Purdue
#42. Minnesota
#52. Washington
#64 Maryland
#67 Michigan
#69 Indiana
#70 Illinois
#109. Wisconsin
#112 RUTGERS
#116. Penn St
#123 Iowa
#177 Nebraska

Rutgers Individual - 1801 Ranked

#386. Sr Lucrezia Rossettin
#392. Fr Joline Truong
#539. So Grace Lu
#814. Fr Judy Amano
#923. So Krystal Li
#930. So Lorena Rossettin
#1159. So Emily James

Grad Kayla Diaz has not played

TOP 5 B1G Players

#1. Jasmine Ko - USC
#12. Katherine Park - USC
#13. Kiara Romero - Oregon
#19. Natasha Kiel - Purdue
#20 Vivian Lu - Washington

#6 is Holmdel's Megha Ganne (Stanford)

One of the hottest teams in the B10 comes to SHI - a team that has historically crushed us. and we are without our top player

Finally got pressure on the QB. Defense gelled as time went on and our pass game is legit

If we lose this game. our chances to go bowling are slim. This was the most complementary game our O &D have played all - have to like our chances of getting to 6 or 7.

Great adjustments by Greg. Joe and Kirk

When he goes bad his throws go high. It reminds me of a baseball pitcher that tries to throw to hard and their pitches end up high. Over striding will change his arm slot and cause high throws as well. You would think that we would have a coach that would pick up on this and correct it during the game, but for some reason it doesn't happen.

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