Yeah, we've got a ways to go before the season, but I'm kicking it around as I can stay in C-ville before and after the game. Figured I'd see if anyone has given any thought to this.

Notre Dame had a nice opening win vs. No. 20 Texas A&M. But the A&M QB looked bad. I never saw so much miscommunication between a QB and his receivers; he threw right when the receivers were going left and vice versa. ND's remaining schedule is maybe not a joke, but quite easy.

Army, Navy, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Miami of Ohio, Stanford, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Louisville, a down Florida State at home, and USC away. They started out at No. 7. Being ND, look for them to move up as the season progresses. Looks like USC could be the only true test remaining. Then hopefully reality hits again at playoff time.

Just enough adversity for some teaching moments (blown play on the Akron receiving touchdown), but many more dominant moments. We would have scored 60 had we left the first teamers in. Now, time to get healthy and win at VT. And for those who are complainers, look what BG did against Penn St today.

Just inserted to start the fourth quarter because KY is getting embarrassed. Vandagriff benched after a pick six

Thursday, Aug. 29

Howard at Rutgers | 6 p.m. | Big Ten Network
North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
New Hampshire at UCF | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Western Carolina at No. 24 NC State | 7 p.m. | ACC Network
North Carolina at Minnesota | 8 p.m. | FOX
Murray State at No. 11 Missouri | 8 p.m. | SEC Network
North Dakota State at Colorado | 8 p.m. | ESPN
No. 22 Kansas vs. Lindenwood (in Kansas City, Kansas) | 8 p.m. | Big 12/ESPN+
Southern Utah at No. 12 Utah | 9 p.m. | ESPN+
Eastern Illinois at Illinois | 9 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Sacramento State at San Jose State | 10 p.m. | truTV

Friday, Aug. 30

Lehigh at Army | 6 p.m. | CBSSN
Temple at No. 16 Oklahoma | 7 p.m. | ESPN
Florida Atlantic at Michigan State | 7 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Elon at Duke | 7:30 p.m. | ACC Network
Western Michigan at Wisconsin | 9 p.m. | Big Ten Network
TCU at Stanford | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 31

No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 1 Georgia (in Atlanta, Georgia) | 12 p.m. | ABC
Virginia Tech vs. Vanderbilt (in Nashville, Tennessee) | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Illinois State at No. 25 Iowa | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Austin Peay at Louisville | 12 p.m. | ACC Network
Indiana State at Purdue | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Kent State at Pitt | 12 p.m. | ESPNU
Bucknell at Navy | 12 p.m. | CBSSN
UConn at Maryland | 12 p.m. | FS1
No. 8 Penn State at West Virginia | 12 p.m. | FOX
Chattanooga at No. 15 Tennessee | 12:45 p.m. | SEC Network
South Dakota State at No. 17 Oklahoma State | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Portland State at Washington State | 3 p.m. | CW Network
No. 19 Miami (Fla.) at Florida | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
Colorado State at No. 4 Texas | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Florida International at Indiana | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
North Dakota at Iowa State | 3:30 p.m. | FS1
Ohio at Syracuse | 3:30 p.m. | ACC Network
Merrimack at Air Force | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN
UTEP at Nebraska | 3:30 p.m. | FOX
Akron at No. 2 Ohio State | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
Miami (Ohio) at Northwestern | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Boise State at Georgia Southern | 4 p.m. | ESPNU
Old Dominion at South Carolina | 4:15 p.m. | SEC Network
UC Davis at Cal | 5 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State | 6 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
Richmond at Virginia | 6 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
Idaho State at Oregon State | 6:30 p.m. | CW Network
Western Kentucky at No. 5 Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN
Furman at No. 6 Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
Tarleton State at Baylor | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
UNLV at Houston | 7 p.m. | FS1
UT Martin at No. 18 Kansas State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Alabama A&M at Auburn | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+/SECN+
No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 20 Texas A&M | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
Fresno State at No. 9 Michigan | 7:30 p.m. | NBC
Idaho at No. 3 Oregon | 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
UCLA at Hawai'i | 7:30 p.m. | CBS
Abilene Christian at Texas Tech | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Southern Miss at Kentucky | 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network
Southern Illinois at BYU | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
Georgia State at Georgia Tech | 8 p.m. | ACC Network
Houston Christian at SMU | 8 p.m. | ESPN+/ACCNX
James Madison at Charlotte | 8 p.m. | ESPNU
Texas A&M-Commerce at San Diego State | 8 p.m. | truTV
New Mexico at No. 21 Arizona | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
Wyoming at Arizona State | 10:30 p.m. | FS1
Weber State at Washington | 11 p.m. | Big Ten Network

Sunday, Sept. 1

No. 23 USC vs. No. 13 LSU (in Las Vegas, Nevada) | 7:30 p.m. | ABC

Monday, Sept. 2

Boston College at No. 10 Florida State | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

Meteorologist Joe Martucci​

A WET RUTGERS FOOTBALL GAME?
Ugh, this stinks. A mini coastal storm will move up the coast Saturday into Saturday night. I'm not ready to call the game a washout. In fact, I'm pretty sure tailgating Saturday morning will just be cloudy. That's the good news.
However, the later in the afternoon we go, the wetter. 20% chance it's dry *all game*.

Full update comes Friday. RRRRRRR

Rutgers Basketball's most recent offerree and 2025 big man Gevonte Ware has scheduled an OV for the weekend of September 6th he tells me.

Ware recently released his top four list of schools and it features Duquesne, DePaul, Rutgers and Wake Forest. He already took OVs to Duquesne and Wake Forest recently.

You can read more about him below, as he spoke with TKR a few weeks ago in regards to his Rutgers offer.

Monangai now #2 after a kid from Boise St.

Just got done watching Oregon on Peacock
Just starting the 4th quarter of USC
🤪
41-0

Rutgers had a young man from the special Olympics sing the anthem today. His mic was going a bit in and out, and, at the last verse it went totally out. In an unexpected moment, the student section started singing, and the rest of the stadium joined in, to finish the anthem.

A beautiful moment.

This man is not well

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-usc-trojans-upset-no-13-lsu-tigers-las-vegas

Like the Swallows of Capistrano, I await the annual threads from the armchair officials.
Did I miss the first “the refs screwed us” thread?
I’ll prime the pump. Notre Dame should never have had a final gasp yesterday.

As I am usually wearing some kind of RU gear while out and about, it invites comments from total strangers.

It's pretty clear our visibility and perception have both improved over the last year. Here are 3 recent interactions I've had.
1. Going through the security bag check at the entrance to Downtown Disney in Anaheim, one of the security staff said, "Rutgers! You won't beat UCLA. No way!" I said "I guess we'll see in Piscataway. "

2. I was at Costco gas station in Beaverton OR, about half a mile from Nike HQ and the attendant saw my hat and said "Rutgers. Your football team is pretty good. Schiano's your coach, right?".

3. At Music Millennium, an old school record store today in Portland, one guy behind the counter sees my hat and says "Rutgers? You don't see that too much around here. You guys have quite the class coming in this year. Ace Bailey and... I can't think of the other guys name.." Dylan Harper, I say. And he says, "Yeah! That's it. He then says "and you'll be Top 10 in both football and basketball this year."
😁
Even if we never reach those levels this year, it's great that people think it's
possible.
My, how times have changed.

Some notes … front 6 on defense looked solid, 2 QBs in action — sometimes at the same time, despite Akron being thin at the QB position, the money payed by Ohio State to Akron.
BTW, didn’t the Akron coach Joe Moorman decline a chance to interview for the Rutgers head coaching job?

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RU is stacked in the rb room and Kyle is at head of class who will get 20-25 carries per game. I see Brown get 5-10 carries per game but man Raymond looks like he can take it to the house every time he gets the rock.

If Raymond gets an explosive play (25yds+) off his few carries in league play, I think his role in the run game will increase by season end.

Raymond looks dynamic. We’ve had some great rbs at RU but this kid looks like Terrill Willis from yester years.

GO RU