How sweet would it be if both Penn State and Syracuse lost today? Both down at the moment.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 92

Bye Week 3


For a change, I think I will stick with this prediction and not bother to modify it.

arrgh the other thread was locked as I was writing this so here are my thoughts



back to my thoughts on the Ledger...i loved it as a kid in the 70s. The pure breadth of sports information for me as a kid was incredible. On Sundays I was also fortunate enough to read the Daily News at my grandparents house for family dinner but make no mistake the Ledger was wear it was at. From pro to college to local to horse racing it had it all in the 70s and 80s and throughout the 90s then at the turn of the century it sank precipitously into an abyss becoming almost unreadable not because of what they covered but because of what they were no longer covering whether it was the far reduced high school information or the complete removal of coverage of horse racing in the state

My routine everyday was to read the sports before going off to school. I did this as a precocious 7 year old. I was a sports information junkie. Their coverage of local sports in New Jersey whether it was college or high school or events happening in NJ like tennis tourneys or golf tourneys was incredible. The Dunkel Index, the Bill Born Power Index, the predictions for all the high school games every week. The Sunday coverage of all the Saturday high school and college games, the rankings of all the high school sports not only by top 25 but within each county. I mean we were getting virtually every result in sports even like field hockey by the next morning in a day where there was no internet and immediate communication. Those people who worked there in the 70s and 80s must have really been busting their asses. My favorite day was Thankgsiving morning...the anticipation of reading all those previews for the games that day, a tradition we sadly have lost.

But all that was gone in the 2000s and Julie was right all along. The paper became trash much like most journalism. The model changed and they were slow to keep up. Sure I would love the printed paper again but the reality is its not coming back...ever and its not coming back in the way we would want it to plus the cost became laughable...why would someone pay that much money for that. A similar scenerio with the Courier News and I dont even know if its still going

I also remember the Messenger Gazette from back and in the day and their football contests they ran in the 70s and 80s plus WCTC gone too. Local coverage is gone and its not coming back. Sad price of progress

This is FANTASTIC…. but I think the one kid could’ve left the baseball bat at home lol!!!

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I never saw this before. I thought it was pretty interesting.

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Greg will get top notch transfer portal players that can make an immediate difference to listen. They will listen because he is a top coach great recruiter and we have glaring needs in the offensive lines and defensive lines. Greg will need NIL money to get these guys to come here. I don’t want to hear boo when once again we strike out for lack of funds. NIL is here to stay whether we like it or not.

So I'm an admitted channel flipper on the radio: I like to to flick between all styles of music, a relic of my DJing days. Anyway, switched to the station I mentioned and they're playing Christmas music. It's friggin' November First! Already? Time to drop them from my rotation. I know a couple of other stations go all Christmas, but usually they wait until the week of Thanksgiving. This is just getting silly now.

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Will rutgers fans storm the field if we beat Washington ?
Please note, this is a simple yes or no question on whether rutgers fans storm the field or not . Do not pollute this thread with thoughts on whether or not it’s appropriate to storm the field. Just simply stick to the question, whether we storm or not.

I vote yes. Biggest game here in a decade. Night game against last year’s finalist . Fans will storm if we win!

The Bye Week is here
Once a worthy opponent
Now just a cupcake

No upset alert
rutgersal can rest easy
We'll cruise through this week.

Although they're hard fought
We're undefeated against
The dreaded Bye Week!

Or stayed at DE?

First and foremost I do not know if it makes a materially difference in the big picture of the team and program in 2024/2025. I also hate moving players around positionally bc I think it stunts development of said player and others impacted in those position groups. But..

I thought Fletcher had flashed on D his first year. It was a crowded position group I understand l. And he did not have a sure fire position as he was one of many hybrid lb/des we’ve brought in over the years that are rated highly but have big position question marks (same can be said for lb/safety but in recent years that’s been better). I think his niche was probably as a passing down specialist off the edge, which quite frankly one of the biggest team deficiencies we have.

Conversely, he has been involved at TE. However, the usage was almost exclusively ADOT of two yards or less. A role I think could’ve been filled by others. I won’t go to bat for his blocking either but admittedly I don’t know how much you get at blocking from the other guys. As we put more on tape, defenses began to shut down the one play he was the primary target in, and in his last game he had a case of the drops.

Assuming he’s brought back next year, and if so that he’s healthy, I think he is needed on D more than O. Maybe should’ve been given more of a chance there all along but who’s to say.