Looking at the schedule and the way things could reasonably break:

- VT is currently 27th in the AP poll. Assuming they take care of their first 3 games (one away vs. Vanderbilt), it is likely they are ranked when Rutgers plays them.
- Washington is currently 32 in the AP poll. Assuming they win their first 4 games before coming to Piscataway, there is a realistic chance they are ranked by the time the 27th comes around.
- If Rutgers is 3-0, after beating a ranked VT on the road, there is a chance they will be ranked (if not, certainly receiving votes).

There is a reasonable path to Washington coming to Piscataway Friday night as a duel of ranked opponents (not to mention, runner up national champs, and their first away game of the season).

If this all breaks in our favor, it would seem likely that this is the biggest game in Piscataway in the last 10 years. To answer my own headline, this has potential for the biggest game since we opened Big 10 play at home vs. Penn State in 2014 (and if we're both ranked, I'd argue biggest game in Piscataway since we joined the Big 10).

Sorry to hear this news.

Always seemed like a good guy.

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We’ve never beaten a team like USC, except when some of us took Rutgers against USC in NCAA football in 2006. But this year is our opportunity, and they are very beatable. USC is projected for 7.5 wins by one source and Rutgers is projected for 6.5 wins. So the talent discrepancy, at least according to outside sources, has never been smaller between Rutgers and USC, save for the 2006 season, perhaps.

But make no mistake about it, this Rutgers team is capable of winning ALL its games, thanks to the preponderance of talent, which has bolstered our roster. I see potential All Americans on the Offensive Line, Defensive Line, in the RB Corp, in the WR Corp, in the LB Corp, and in our DB Corp.
If there is one thing this team does not lack for, its talent.

In comparing USCs roster with ours, I feel that Rutgers has superior talent. We can run the ball, stop the run, rush the passer, and hit short and intermediate passes a good portion of the time.

USC is the only team that stands between Rutgers and the playoffs. Let’s make it happen.
See you there!

Suddenly, and immediately. On Star-Ledger main page, but blocked. Now it says for medical reasons. Be well Mr. Hobbs.

Sammy with a big win today 4-1 over #15 Singleton Oregon St.

Since Madden NFL 25 is very popular here, how about the John Madden Biopic movie. Great idea. Not sure about these actor choices.

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The required donation for parking took a leap
3 green passes was $3, 000 in the past, increased to $4,500

I would think the change is increased for each lot, and by quite a bit, if you get multiple passes

edit:....here is the green lot chart, I did not get anything else

This is awesome! What a story and just love his parents!!

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Something oddsmakers are factoring in more and more when setting lines and when sharp bettors are placing bets (at least in the NFL) is factoring in net rest advantage numbers. The gist of it is this:

"Net rest is the cumulative sum of individual game rest edges over the course of an entire season.

An example of net rest: this year the Patriots have for games with rest edges of +7, +3, +1 and +1 days of rest edge. But they do not play any games with a negative rest edge, when they would be at a disadvantage. As a result, the Patriots net rest edge for the 2024 season is +12 days (7+3+1+1)."

Even more simply, how many more days of rest do you have than your opponent leading into the game?


Here's a layout of Rutgers' net rest advantage for the entire year. Games highlighted in green are games we have a positive net rest advantage, and red games are ones we have a negative net rest advantage. Bolded games are one where we have a net bye week advantage, aka we have take more byes up to that point in the season than our opponents.


So Rutgers will have a positive net rest advantage in 4 of it's first 11 games and only one game with a negative net rest advantage. We also will not play any teams coming off of their bye weeks and have a +16 net rest advantage on the season. We also play a lot of teams coming off long stretches of games...



What's a very favorable schedule on paper by opponents alone (for B1G standards), is made even more favorable by the net rest advantage Rutgers has in the structure of it's schedule.

First it was Kirk Herbstreit calling us a dark horse

Then the interview with Greg Schiano on the podcast calling for us to have a 7-2 league record

Then Dan Wetzel, once again calling us a dark horse

The BTN Network asking Schiano how do you stop your players from reading the press clippings

They talk about Rutgers on Sirius daily now, as a possible long shot playoff team

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Are talking about us

This is starting to become surreal. I'm not sure what to make of this