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The Good...and not so Good (and a Question) UCLA

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Good:
  1. Monangai. As good as Pacheco was with a bad OL, Monagai has been better. His second half performance was gritty and successful. When we got down 5 and it was rolling (until that rb screen), it looked like one could point to KM's second half as turning around the season. He is special and while we will likely have some good backs, it will likely be some years before we see one like KM and we should appreciate it down the stretch this year.
  2. TE blocking. This is something I've been repetitive on. Fletcher's pass catching was a nice surprise, but his blocking blew up so many plays it was my take his snaps needed to go down before injury. The TE blocking was very good Saturday.
  3. QB play. Some nice passes and gave the team a chance to win. Would be nice to see some of the rb throws and TE wide open looks Bienemy created rather than the LONG OUTS we see so often.
  4. Patel--While not booming deserves judos for making the fg including one long one.
  5. Strong, Dremel and Duff-Nice catches and all weapons in their own regard.
NOT SO GOOD
  1. LB play--there have been many threads already. Huge portal need.
  2. DL--Lot of young guys and some did some nice things like Walker and Hamilton, but really not sufficient to win.
  3. Tackling--WTF had happened this year. Routine plays turn into Chris Ash era big gains out of nowhere. The qb run was a thing we would never seen under GS. While I think he is still the guy for this job, self examination is always helpful for a program. Tackle better and give the ball to KM. Perhaps it can be that simple.
  4. Anyone else think the "call your shot" was almost the same as the 2004 post WVU game presser where he said some people coming to this building don't want this program to succeed but we will be just fine or something like it rant?
  5. Football IQ--Tackling angles---zone defense concepts etc. This years edition so far just doesnt seem to have a high fball IQ and whether coaching or players, it has made small gains and issues into larger ones.
  6. Repetitive offensive play calling----Have harped on this all year--So much even casual fans can see coming. KC just does the thing that worked once again and again and loses deception. ON the interception even the announcers said that RU ran the same play 4 or 5 times before and the dback so it coming and jumped the route. Need to get more motion and deception to address talent level issues.
QUESTION:
Does anyone who watched the game believe that RU had more talent on that field than UCLA did?

There has been so much hand wringing about losing to UCLA, but I for one saw few RU players who would start on that UCLA team. Yes KM Strong Powell Pierce and perhaps Dixon would (and maybe I'm missing someone) but the UCLA 2 deep appeared to be a talent upgrade from RU so it's a little ridiculous to have such a reaction. Especially where Bienemy put on a master class of how to exploit poor lb play. The result is in some ways predictable and not surprising in retrospect.

Now I see in some media that RU will be disappointed in not getting a win at USC. Think RU's talent level (now post injury) is the same as USC? Sure tackling and a healthy KM (hopefully) gives us a shot, but the goal posts seemed to have been moved not internally but externally about talent and expected results. Deception, good fundamentals and a running attack give it a shot but lets keep the eyes open as to talent differential--and especially the type of game plan needed to address that differential.
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OT: Guitar / Guitarist Appreciation Thread

Bleem Phuppert
There's been enough conversation about this topic lately, across multiple threads, that it warrants its own.

For guitarists: What do you play, what do you listen to, who do you like, what gear suits you best, stuff like that. For the rest, it's art - your opinion matters, even if you're not familiar with how it's made.

Hopefully we'll get some good chatter, here. And hopefully it can stay on the board. I mean, hey - it's gotta be as good as "What beers have you tried and how were they", amirite?

Cc: @RUGuitarMan, @mildone, @RUScrew85, @Knight Shift
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@sojo from ATS

Loyal_2RU
Regarding analytics.

The problem with drawing a specific conclusion from looking at analytics is that they are meant to describe populations and focus on average effects.

They are very informative at a population level.

But they do a terrible job of accounting for heterogeneity, threshold effects and other anomalies that differ from the relationship between means. That also implies that they do a lousy job of accounting for the favorability or unfavorability of any specific match up. They look only at average strength.

Further they are lousy at drawing inference to specifics, such as you did with the two schedule comparisons. You can be comfortable that neither team has the easiest or the hardest schedule on the country, but the level of precision of an individual estimate could be 63 and 61 or out could be 20 and 85.

That's a major problem with these statistics.
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The Indiana Turnaround Method

ScarletDave
What I can see: How Indiana did it is by buying JMU. They took a great team from a lower level, bought their coach and so he brought his super seniors with him in the portal. They are basically JMU lite playing in the Big Ten and scoring 50 points on everybody.

If we wanted to do the same, we could buy Boise’s HC, and get Ashton Jeanty next year as a senior and run all over everybody, etc. I wouldnt buy the current JMU guy because he’s doing it this year with Curt’s left players, so let’s see how they do next year and the year after.

Vandy also did this strategy, they bought Jerry Kill from NMSU and he brought his QB who’s now running all over the SEC and knocking off Bama.
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Take a look back and see what was really happening in Piscataway in 2014

Tango Two

Pioneers: Decade since Rutgers football’s inaugural Big Ten season​

The Rutgers football team took a massive step forward as a program last season. The Scarlet Knights finished the season with a winning record and a bowl game win for the first time since 2014.

That 2014 season was also memorable, with Rutgers going 8-5 in its first season in the Big Ten.

In honor of it being that team's 10-year anniversary, we will take a look back and see what was really happening in Piscataway in 2014.

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The case For Rutgers to run the triple option

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If NIL is truly an issue and we want to play a ball control style of offense then the triple option is the answer.

It is an offensive system that allows you to make the best with a limited amount of talent and has you zigging while everyone else is zagging. It is also a total nightmare to prep for as an opposing defense.

What are the main reasons why I think this offense makes sense for Rutgers:

1) What are the most expensive positions in the transfer portal? QB and OL. This system allows you to be efficient and effective with undersized and underrecruited linemen that the big boys don't want. It also allows you to get away with having a QB that isn't highly sought after by the programs with big money as your QB is more or less an additional running back who happens to be able to throw. This allows the limited amount of funds we have to disproportionately be spent on the defensive side of the ball.

2) It's succeeding around the country right now. Army, Navy and Vandy are all in the top 25 running really efficient albeit in some cases different versions of the triple option.

3) It helps keep your team healthy and humming late in the season where we've been falling apart every year. Furthermore, teams with 4* and 5* d-linemen have ZERO interest in competing against triple options and having their knees cut out from them on every play and potentially wrecking their NFL aspirations. In particular, late season if we are facing off against a team who is either loaded with dline talent or out of the CFP race, I'd anticipate lackluster efforts from them and great competitive games.

4) It is a NIGHTMARE to prepare for. A well run triple option is a total nightmare to prepare for especially after playing potentially a more spread/air raid based program like ohio state, oregon, usc, etc.

I think it's worth considering. Our identity is we want to run the ball, control the clock and let our defense go to town. If that's our identity, the triple option makes a whole lot of sense. We are essentially attempting to run a version of a spread triple option at times whenever we run split zone bluff. Based on Kirk's history, I think he would do a good job installing it if we wanted to. (I doubt we do this fyi but it's worth considering imo)
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Sobering Chart

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Big Ten Conference Schools 2023-24:​

School2023
Conf		2024
Conf		Collective
Funding * 		Total
Support		Ticket SalesContributions
Illinois Big TenBig Ten$ 9,311,667 56,656,994 15,693,517 40,963,477
Indiana Big TenBig Ten$ 13,631,160 82,939,020 21,278,997 61,660,023
IowaBig TenBig Ten$ 9,698,730 59,012,087 26,416,829 32,595,258
MarylandBig TenBig Ten$ 3,735,112 22,726,352 12,735,792 9,990,560
MichiganBig TenBig Ten$ 16,357,054 99,524,766 55,266,135 44,258,631
Michigan State Big TenBig Ten$ 13,035,471 79,314,544 25,178,673 54,135,871
MinnesotaBig TenBig Ten$ 7,171,424 43,634,648 19,252,536 24,382,112
NebraskaBig TenBig Ten$ 7,973,918 48,517,435 38,946,701 9,570,734
Northwestern Big TenBig Tenn/an/an/an/a
Ohio State Big TenBig Ten$ 20,253,400 123,232,149 59,649,921 63,582,228
Oregon **Pac-12Big Ten$ 10,623,807 64,640,729 24,357,945 40,282,784
Penn State Big TenBig Ten$ 13,793,489 83,926,716 44,678,657 39,248,059
Purdue Big TenBig Ten$ 5,510,579 33,529,207 16,617,614 16,911,593
Rutgers Big TenBig Ten$ 3,624,816 22,055,252 13,049,333 9,005,919
Southern Cal **Pac-12Big Tenn/an/an/an/a
UCLA **Pac-12Big Ten$ 5,919,423 36,016,831 17,494,361 18,522,470
Washington **Pac-12Big Ten$ 9,406,794 57,235,798 29,198,790 28,037,008
WisconsinBig TenBig Ten$ 8,982,406 54,653,602 38,117,093
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