A view from a young Rutgers fan

[RutgersPurple1997]

Hi guys,

I have been a Rutgers fan for most of my life. I have been a season ticket holder for football with my dad for over 18 years. I've seen the highs and lows of the football program and I feel like we are at rock bottom again. The reason I posted this is because I just want to hear your opinion on the football program right now.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

All kidding aside, we are trending up with recruiting and that is the most important part of rebuilding a program. It may take a few years but we will get back to going to bowls again.

 

[RutgersPurple1997]

All kidding aside, we are trending up with recruiting and that is the most important part of rebuilding a program. It may take a few years but we will get back to going to bowls again.

Gotta thank Kyle Flood for his great recruiting classes!

 

[DJ Spanky]

Let's thank Bobby Throw-Em-Under-The-Bus Barchi for keeping those purse strings tight and wanting to balance the athletic budget.

 

[madchuck]

Gotta thank Kyle Flood for his great recruiting classes!

Basically the Kyle Flood hire was a disaster that set the Program back light years. When Flood took the job, believe or not we were better than Michigan on par with Penn State and better than Notre Dame. Floods ineptitude was hidden by taking over a pretty good team. At the rate we were going we probably would've been as good as Michigan State right now.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Basically the Kyle Flood hire was a disaster that set the Program back light years. When Flood took the job, believe or not we were better than Michigan on par with Penn State and better than Notre Dame. Floods ineptitude was hidden by taking over a pretty good team. At the rate we were going we probably would've been as good as Michigan State right now.

Sad but true!

 

[RutgersPurple1997]

Let's thank Bobby Throw-Em-Under-The-Bus Barchi for keeping those purse strings tight and wanting to balance the athletic budget.

But its all about the Merger!!!!

 

[RutgersPurple1997]

Basically the Kyle Flood hire was a disaster that set the Program back light years. When Flood took the job, believe or not we were better than Michigan on par with Penn State and better than Notre Dame. Floods ineptitude was hidden by taking over a pretty good team. At the rate we were going we probably would've been as good as Michigan State right now.

My favorite moment from the Kyle Flood era is when he went nuts after kicking a field goal against Michigan St. The final score was 45-3 hahahahahah

 

[newell138]

My favorite moment from the Kyle Flood era is when he went nuts after kicking a field goal against Michigan St. The final score was 45-3 hahahahahah

 

[cicero grimes]

My advice to a young fan would be endeavor to persevere.

 

[RUsojo]

IMO there are two perspectives you can view Rutgers Football from since the turn of the decade:

1. 2011-2012ish - Supremely confident that with Greg Schiano, a self made man (positively viewed name head coach by national media (household name)), Rutgers would build on recent recruiting successes, be strong influence in NJ, and compete with the best once in the B1G (with an understanding we could sit atop the Big East or AAC at the time).

2. 2014ish - Don't know if we can get there. Foundation is strong enough that a good coach can bring us to compete, but, if he does, will that coach stay. It doesn't mean if they leave we can't continue to be good, but, you never know what you get. More importantly, CFB is a big brand business, for schools trying to break through, that aren't a big brand by themselves, they need the coach to fill that role, and then by association, the program can rise in the CFB Hierarchy.

I wanted to do a longer OP referencing the above in a more organized manner, including events, tracking my faith in the program across a timeline. BUT I don't think I want to revisit some of those emotions.

 

[RUfinal4]

Record-wise we are similar to Greg's early years (ie. 2003) but ....

- our recruits are a little better then Greg had
- our schedule is a little harder now
- if we were in the AAC still I predict a 7-5 record this year with 2 OOC wins and then 5-3 in conference

2003:
- Miami was # 3
- Va tech was # 9
- Pitt was #10
- beat Buffalo, Army, Navy, Temple, Syracuse
- played 6 bowl teams (3 in top 25)

2016:
- Washington is #3
- Ohio St is #4
- PSU is #5
- Michigan is #6
- Iowa is #21 in the AP
- played 8 bowl teams (5 in top 25)

 

[rubaseball78]

But its all about the Merger!!!!

That was #1 on his plate. It was the reason he was hired.

 

[DJ Spanky]

That was #1 on his plate. It was the reason he was hired.

And he should have been hired as a contractor to accomplish this (and paid out the wazoo for it) while a president with real and extensive experience at a large public university was hired.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Record-wise we are similar to Greg's early years (ie. 2003) but ....

- our recruits are a little better then Greg had
- our schedule is a little harder now
- if we were in the AAC still I predict a 7-5 record this year with 2 OOC wins and then 5-3 in conference

But we're lightyears ahead of where we were at that point when it comes to facilities, infrastructure and institutional support.

 

[madchuck]

But we're lightyears ahead of where we were at that point when it comes to facilities, infrastructure and institutional support.

I would agree with that. Our facilities, stadium, uniforms, etc. are as good as anyone else in the country. It was crap before Schiano.

 

[gringo]

My advice to a young fan would be endeavor to persevere.

Is that an Outlaw Jose Wales quote? Getting old and my memory is fuzzy.

• We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union.

 

[NickyNewark51]

Hi guys,

I have been a Rutgers fan for most of my life. I have been a season ticket holder for football with my dad for over 18 years. I've seen the highs and lows of the football program and I feel like we are at rock bottom again. The reason I posted this is because I just want to hear your opinion on the football program right now.

Like me you started young...I've followed RU FB since 62 at 11 yrs old...hang in it won't be long...

 

[cicero grimes]

Is that an Outlaw Jose Wales quote? Getting old and my memory is fuzzy.

• We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union.

Winner.

 

[NickyNewark51]

Winner.

Great actor and movie...Pale Rider too...Stockdale and his 7 deputies was great too!!!

 

[higgins3]

Basically the Kyle Flood hire was a disaster that set the Program back light years. When Flood took the job, believe or not we were better than Michigan on par with Penn State and better than Notre Dame. Floods ineptitude was hidden by taking over a pretty good team. At the rate we were going we probably would've been as good as Michigan State right now.

If light years is 3 years, I agree.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Great actor and movie...Pale Rider too...Stockdale and his 7 deputies was great too!!!

And let's not forget about Unforgiven!

 

[17Q66]

Great. A thread that practically invites old cranks to re-litigate the Flood era. Just what this off-season needed.