1. Rutgers defense came to play in the first half. Very impressed with how they played before getting worn down by PSU. It is SO hard to keep defensive intensity when the lead keeps growing and growing because your offense can’t do anything.

2. For a coach who’s known for his focus on discipline and special teams, this team is horrible in both those areas. Outside of Adam Korsak this season, our special teams have been a huge letdown. Penalties once again were a problem, but not as big of one as in the past few weeks.

3. While I thought Gavin took a big step forward last week at Michigan State, he was really bad against PSU. He set the tone for a long day missing 4 wide open receivers in the 1st Q, giving up golden opportunities for points when the game was competitive.

4. I don’t know how Greg can look back on the 2nd half of the season and decide to give Nunz the OC job. Since he took over for Gleason, Rutgers offense has averaged 13 points per game. Rutgers needs to hit a HR at OC and while Nunz has a chance of being a decent OC, it’d be foolish for Schiano to tie the program to an unproven guy who hasn’t shown much as a playcaller when given the chance this year and in 2019.

5. Rutgers needs to HAMMER the portal this year for skill position players (WR/TE). We obviously need more in the portal (safety, OL, iDL, backup QB, etc), but WR/TE has to be the #1 priority. Chris Long and Rashad Rochelle have shown flashes, but other than that the program has no pass catchers who you can be optimistic about based on their play on the field right now.

6. Rutgers has now lost 4 games by 30+ this season. With teams like OSU and UM, who are currently in the CFP field it’s more understandable. But there’s no reason we should be getting dominated by an average Minnesota team or a PSU team decimated by injuries. Schiano needs to take a long look in the mirror to figure out why this is still happening in year 3.

7. Football is the only thing holding back this athletic department right now. We’re seeing almost every program making massive strides other than football. The results need to start coming and fans are at their wits end patience wise. Rutgers NEEDS to pull an upset at home over a ranked team/big program next year. There has to be hope to point to, because right now it’s a very hard sell.

8. Very excited for basketball to take my mind off this football season

sure wasn't super positive........ though, realistic/frank.........

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Via @Craig Epstein

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Really? It got deleted?

Mag or Hyatt

....will be honoring the great teams from the 1980’s with our new white throwback uniforms.

1. MUCH quicker release on his outside shots.
2. Foot speed quicker than Geo.
3. Doesn't need to shake and bake to get by people.


I actually don't get the Geo comparisons, other than they were both relatively lightly recruited.

Rutgers Football has sent out another new offer recently in class of 2023 defensive tackle prospect Vincent Jackson Carroll out of Central Dauphin East out in Pennsylvania.

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Any word on Paul or Caleb?

Still genuinely curious what his injury was last year. He was elite in 2020, absolutely strapped rondale moore. Then 2021 looked lost and always a step or 2 slow.
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Just turned on World Cup. 2 of 3 experts on before game are from RU; Akexi Laila’s and Carli Lloyd. How cool is that?

Considering he was a long-time commit and coached by PSU grads Belton and Hackenberg at Winslow

Shakir

Here's our updated rankings for week 3 of the season. Still a couple outliers that I need to look at regarding the algorithm, but this version is working out fairly well.

Wrestler Rankings | https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/starters
Dual Rankings | https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/dual
Tournament Rankings | https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/tournament

What is the plan for replacing Korsak, who is easily our biggest loss to graduation?

Micah Lawson from Rahway committed to RU this week. Last week he shocked the NJ XC world winning the Meet of Champions at Holmdel. He ran one of the fastest times in Holmdel's courses history.

We are getting a steal with this kid. He didn't have a lot of offers because of a groin injury and Covid but put it all together at the end of this XC season winning all of the sectionals. states and MOC. On top of that he is a great young man and a wonderful family.

Congrats

Sorry I jumped the gun last night when we were still the 20th total defense in the nation. Bottom line, there it is, we know what the problem is now Greg needs to go out and fix it. He gets paid plenty of money to do so, and to not keep making excuses, so GET IT DONE.



As I said last night in my thread:: if I am in Greg shoes I give up my entire 2023 salary to fix this issue before next year begins. Half to staff, half to NIL. Unfortunately I know nothing like this will come close to happening but hey, one can dream, right? Lol …

Here’s a quick 12-team playoff format refresher: The top four seeds will be given to the top four conference champions. The final eight teams in the field will include the fifth Power 5 conference champion and the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion, along with six at-large teams.

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