I’ve seen this comparison many times over the past 24 hrs. Let me be clear:

They are not even in the same stratosphere of each other. Art made legitimately 0 progress in his time here. He barely, very rarely ever showed flashes of being able to be good. He threw so many bad interceptions his freshman year - 18 to be exact. (Penn State comes to mind where he threw it up to their safety with no one from RU within 30 yards).

Gavin is making very clear progression. First half is a good example (Art never once had a half like that and certainly not against a top 3 defense PERIOD.) The progess he has made from Wagner until now is good. He commands the offense , can rattle off multiple good throws in a row and looks to be very comfortable. Last night showed more than just flashes. He is a legit QB that is young and needs to grow into the role AND THAT OKAY. We need to allow him to grow and evaluate his games with nuance.

There is nothing in his game that is unfixable. And no, he isnt this completely innacurate unfixable quarterback. Throwing high is fixable and you see it often in young qb’s. Of his 3 picks last night:

1) Freshman mistake. Got baited into thinking he was throwing into cover 2 when they were in a soft cover 4. Correctable and will come with maturity and seeing more defenses.

2) Threw a ripper to Cruickshank that shouldve been caught and he was unprepared to get the football. Teachable moment is to take some juice off the football on shorter throws.

3) This was an option route to the backside where Gavin makes the call to a speed out, hitch, fade or slant. He opted for the fade, probably shouldve thrown outside but at that point it made no difference.

Michigan pinned their ears back in the 3rd quarter and it impacted him because he has not seen that ONCE like that at this level of football.

Everyone relax and let the kid develop. Maybe he is or isnt the answer but the sky is falling crowd about GW need to take a breather, have a beer, smoke cig whatever you need to do to relax!

That display with the drones was unbelievably cool!

Anyone have pictures?

It's very simple - the game has changed with NIL and isn't going back
I've said it countless times, and will say it again

We either collectively step up NIL$$ wise, and get fans and businesses on board, or we'll keep getting smoked
There's no middle ground

I'm tired of getting hammered vs. the big boys
I'm also tired of losing to the likes of Nebraska

I'm tired of hammered by a pedestrian Minnesota team
And I'm tired of not winning a B1G home game in 5 years

Now I'm going to enjoy an 80 degree Sunday
Church, Sunday sauce and some NFL

But the choice is ours
Hoping others decide to step up as well

Per IL and confirmed by their coach because of Ivy League eligibility rules. All will play for Princeton for the 23 season. Want to get it over with and not be distracted during the season.

Get to work Rutgers!!

Back by [assumed] popular demand!

These are SPICY!!!

149 - #189 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) beat #3 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) by DEC 9 - 4 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/68708/johnson-paniro/profile
133 - #148 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) beat #4 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) by DEC 3 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/74054/mendez-jesse/profile
125 - #24 Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) beat #6 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) by SV-1 9 - 7 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/67143/terukina-kysen/profile
285 - #24 Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) beat #10 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) by DEC 3 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50361/schuyler-sam/profile
125 - #12 Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) beat #10 Carter Bailey (Lehigh) by DEC 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51198/kaylor-brandon/profile
141 - #261 Christian Colman (Duke) beat #11 Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) by FALL 6:59 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/71684/colman-christian/profile
141 - #150 Kal Miller (Maryland) beat #11 Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) by SV-1 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/72211/miller-kal/profile
125 - #127 Ethan Berginc (Army) beat #12 Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) by SV-1 3 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/71779/berginc-ethan/profile
133 - #119 Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall) beat #12 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) by DEC 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/72671/phillips-pat/profile
285 - #38 Matthew Cover (Princeton) beat #12 Travis Stefanik (Princeton) by TB-2 3 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/57523/cover-matthew/profile
149 - #16 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) beat #12 Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) by SV-1 5 - 3 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/61935/lovett-johnny/profile
133 - #19 Zach Redding (Iowa State) beat #13 Taylor LaMont (Wisconsin) by DEC 10 - 4 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/62726/redding-zach/profile
197 - #48 Silas Allred (Nebraska) beat #16 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) by SV-1 4 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/62343/allred-silas/profile
133 - #41 Sean Carter (Appalachian State) beat #16 Kai Orine (North Carolina State) by SV-1 3 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/62808/carter-sean/profile
165 - #19 Danny Braunagel (Illinois) beat #16 Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) by MD 11 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50926/braunagel-danny/profile
149 - #123 Lavinsky Collins (Clarion) beat #17 Brock McMillen (Pittsburgh) by DEC 8 - 5 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/51268/collins-lavinsky/profile
149 - #89 Blake Saito (Brown) beat #17 Brock McMillen (Pittsburgh) by DEC 4 - 0 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/65874/saito-blake/profile
184 - #59 Sam Fisher (Virginia Tech) beat #17 Gavin Kane (North Carolina) by DEC 2 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/62358/fisher-sam/profile
141 - #257 Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) beat #19 Malyke Hines (Lehigh) by SV-1 8 - 6 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/57334/belton-cleveland/profile
285 - #24 Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) beat #19 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) by DEC 6 - 5 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/50361/schuyler-sam/profile
141 - #150 Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) beat #20 Matthew Kazimir (Columbia) by DEC 3 - 1 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/75643/crook-tom/profile
197 - #133 Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) beat #20 Jake Koser (Navy) by DEC 4 - 2 http://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/72505/stout-mac/profile

Just want to give special kudos to our linebackers Powell and Jennings. Big question coming into the season and they have shown to be BIG level backers.

Look forward to seeing Walker and Johnson join the party next season.

GO RU

Higher than I’d expected. My guess would have been -15. Maybe Columbia is expected to be really, really bad.

The box score might not show it with 3 int’s but let me be the first to say, I was wrong on him.

I’ve known from the jump he had nfl level pocket awareness, truly remarkable but this kid delivers strike with chaos all around him.

The Positives:
- He’s learning how to be a good thrower in live game action against top tier competition.
- He’s got command of the offense
- Pocket Awareness
- Accuracy on deep balls

The Bad, Which IMO are all correctable
- Needs to learn to take some mustard off short throws
- The first INT was truly him just not reading the coverage properly, that will come with time and experience and film.
- The 2nd and third INT’s were honestly just shots taken without much regard for coverage and much like the 1st INT, that will come with time
- Throwing the ball away instead of running out of bounds voluntarily for a 5 yard loss

I know we got pasted in the 2nd half but I havent been as optimistic about this program after last night as ive been in some time.

P.S. there are rumblings in the lots with those in the know that Sam Brown has been offered some NIL deals from some shady top tier programs. It is crucially important that you donate at least $100/month to KnightsOfTheRaritan.com . A Sam Brown/Gavin combo running rpo’s is a defenses nightmares and something that will make us a top 25 program in 2024 imo

Play Brown in 1st round on 11/12. Winner faces #4 USC - UC-Irvine winner.

First time parking in deck this year. Is it a hassle getting out post game?

I'm in the black lot. This is the most opposing team fans I have seen in the past 10 years.

Going to be a long night.

For those who did not attend or watch...and don't use Twitter.

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Start of the new season but let's take a moment to reflect on why we're all fans. It's for moments like this....

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Thanks to RU for this great compilation of fan reactions.....

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That sound when the ball hits that net is forever ingrained in my mind. LET"S GOOOOOOOO!

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Friday, November 4​

North Dakota State 20, Nebraska 16

125: Liam Cronin (NEB) over Carlos Negrete Jr (NDSU) (Dec 5-1)

133: Boo Dryden (NEB) over McGwire Midkiff (NDSU) (Dec 6-2)

141: #13 Dylan Droegemueller (NDSU) over Brock Hardy (NEB) (Dec 10-4)

149: Michael Weber (NDSU) over Dayne Morton (NEB) (TB-1 3-2)

157: #2 Peyton Robb (NEB) over #6 Jared Franek (NDSU) (Dec 7-4)

165: #21 Michael Caliendo III (NDSU) over Jagger Condomitti (NEB) (Fall 1:20)

174: #3 Mikey Labriola (NEB) over Gaven Sax (NDSU) (MD 15-7)

184: Deanthony Parker Jr (NDSU) over Brandyn Van Tassel (NEB) (TF 17-2 7:00)

197: Silas Alred (NEB) over #17 Owen Pentz (NDSU) (SV-1 4-2)

285: Juan Mora (NDSU) over Cale Davidson (NEB) (Dec 2-1)

That was friggin' cool!!!!!

Anyone got pictures of it?

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Haven’t been paying attention. I know he started but watching down the stretch He has not been in at all. Did he get hurt or just not playing well?

I think whoever is pressing our train horn was hired by the Bills. Every 3rd down and boy they hold the button down.