I’m going either way, my wife will go if Ace plays.

Yes sir

Both QB's put up great 1st half numbers but still a 14-9 game. Most of the second half after adjustments was a clinic on how to play Defense. The turnover was huge. Looked like we had a second turnover but just a great battle between these two coaches and of course the players on the field getting it done.

Also nice okay call by Ciarocca on the last TD. Strong went to the spot were the safety vacated.

Really bad news.

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Boy was i wrong. In fact, it may have been the spark we needed. Not only did we get a chance to see Benjamin, but Raymond got much needed reps. And AK had a big day.
When Kyle comes back, i think we should continue to give Benjamin reps.


And i don’t know what happened with the pass rush, but we finally had one. All in all, a great day for Rutgers!

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What is it and how long could it keep him out?

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Nice solid win over a good team, as we outgained them 349-297 and the season is back on track to some extent with 6 wins and a bowl now looking likely and 7 wins a decent possibility (I predicted 7-5, so I'd be happy with hitting that mark). A big part of the win was certainly being more healthy than we've been for weeks on defense, where we've just been bad the last 3 games, against WI, UCLA and USC. We finally had what appeared to be healthy versions of Longerbeam, Dixon, Lewis, and Powell who have all been either out or playing limited minutes for the most part in those games. And it showed, as we were good against the run and pretty good against the pass, against a pretty damn good MN offense, plus we turned it on in the 4Q when we absolutely had to with a couple of huge gamechanging plays in the fumble and the safety.

On offense, we continued to play pretty well - not amazing, but pretty well, with 349 total yards of balanced offense, with 240 passing and 109 rushing. Thought AK's passing was very good, apart from the bad INT (although the WR bears some responsibility for that one, not coming back to the ball and letting the DB step in front of him) and his stats would've been significantly better than his 17-33 for 240 if we hadn't had several drops (although our WRs did make some nice contested long catches too). And the rushing sounds much better when it only includes the RB's as Raymond/Benjamin were a combined 33 for 139 (4.2 ypc, which is respectable) - and while we obviously missed Kyle, the OL came up huge in the running game and probably moreso in giving AK time to pass.

Also, whenever a team wins, the coaching staff gets some credit and I thought we really came to play and didn't get down at all when we didn't score on that first possession when the ref swallowed his flag on an obvious DPI, and that was followed by a nice MN TD drive, where we missed some tackles. We came right back and drove for a TD and if we hadn't had that bad INT we likely would've been up more than 14-9. We also had very good game plans on offense and defense and we got decent play from our special teams (and finally ran back a punt!). I wonder if the fire Schiano crowd will recognize the excellent job Greg and his staff did in preparing the team and making adjustments within the game to help us win. And we'll never know, but it kills me to think about how much better our record might be if we hadn't been decimated by injuries.

Also, what a gorgeous day and while attendance was underwhelming (understandable after 4 straight losses), the crowd was decently loud at key moments.

Richie - it's really f*uckin annoying lol.

Do you have any control over it?

Torn but have to say Athan. Nice to have many options

Torn between Athan and Hamilton. Will go Athan. 3 Tds should have better completion stats and yards. Killer drops in the second half did not help him

Didnt see a thread on him yet, SIAP. What a difference him coming back was. Defense this game vs UCLA was night and day. Him and Powell are leaders and the defense was ready for everything. UCLA game, our guys were waving their arms looking at each other as the snap went off, this game total locked in.

He also made a huge swat on a late Minny drive on a deep bomb. Played lights out like 0 YAC on his receivers today. Just gutty and to me was the difference. I think we’re 5-0 or 5-1 when he’s fully healthy.

we do throw the ball - we take lots of shots. sure we are predominately run but it depends on the matchups. against a far superior team we want to run and control the clock. against a team where we have advantages on the outside we throw the ball. receivers were healthy today too - strong was hurt earlier in the year. we are not the most boring offense ever - KC and GS know what they are doing but there are reasons sometimes we are predictably boring. jimmy's and joes matter.

With a stat line like this deserves a big shout out: 13 total tackles 11 of which were solo, and 3 of which were TFLs. Plus 1 sack. Good job young man.

Hearing Kyle and Bailey are out has made me depressed.

Somebody give me some hope.

our RB room is DEEP.