Athlon 2015 College Preview

[Saint Puppy]

Was at Barnes and Noble yesterday and flipping through it - here are the highlights (mostly lowlights)....

1. Rutgers predicted for last in its division
2. Rutgers ranked 11th in recruiting for B1G
3. Flood on a 'warm' seat
4. Carroo first team all B1G

 

[RUwoz]

1 of those statements are intelligent

 

[Ru2bnj]

1 of those statements are intelligent

Sounds like they reprinted last year's edition. Basically the same thing.

 

[jax26]

Athon blows, every year its the same negative slant. Do I think we are in for a great year? No, but last in the division isnt happening either

 

[MADHAT1]

Sounds like they reprinted last year's edition. Basically the same thing.

Big Ten Football 2014 Predictions | AthlonSports.com
East Division RU #7 season record 4-8 ( conference 1-7)
http://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-football-2014-predictions

 

[DJ Spanky]

They were wrong last year: they'll be wrong again this year.

 

[Bagarocks]

Yea their research is very skeptical for "lower" teams, they are weighted to the national power houses or perceived power houses

 

[Kbee3]

Yea their research is very skeptical for "lower" teams, they are weighted to the national power houses or perceived power houses

I can't believe I once bought that magazine...and read it.
Incredibly inaccurate. Thank you Internet.

 

[knightfan7]

The winner of the Rutgers/Michigan game likely finishes 4th. Indiana will finish 6th and Maryland 7th. Just like last year the killer for RU is the 2 crossover games even tho I don't see Nebraska being quite as good.

 

[DJ Spanky]

The winner of the Rutgers/Michigan game likely finishes 4th. Indiana will finish 6th and Maryland 7th. Just like last year the killer for RU is the 2 crossover games even tho I don't see Nebraska being quite as good.

I really like our chances against Nebraska at home - I think it will boil down to how well our O Line has gelled and whether we've had a player settled in as QB.

 

[Abro1975]

IMO, Phil Steele has the best pre season mag.

 

[ScarletKnightRider]

LOL Athlon. Werent they the ones that just said Franklin was the #4 coach in the conference behind Dantonio after winning absolutely nothing? And that Edsall was #9? And that Flood was 2nd to last behind 5 coaches with losing overall records?

Haha Im pretty sure my dead goldfish knew more about college football then Athlon does.

 

[RUJMM78]

Right now its highly likely that Rutgers would be the underdog in every B1G game except for Maryland at home and Indiana on the road.Just like in recruiting Rutgers has a long way to go to change the perception of the program.It will only change when Rutgers starts beating B1G opponents with well known names.

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

Football preseason magazines are toast. With the ability of the Internet to give minute by minute updates, print media that tries to predict anything is dead, especially this early in the season.

-Scarlet Jerry

 

[IMARUFAN]

I just have to say that being picked to finish last surprises me. It shouldn't surprise me ... but it does.

Indiana finishes in last place at 1-7 in the B1G and 4-8 overall. They lose BY FAR their biggest star and key to their offense, Tevin Colman, who gets drafted in the 3rd round.

Rutgers has all of their running backs, all of their recievers and most of their defense coming back. (Not to mention some big additions to defense via transfers.)

Yet Rutgers is going to finish behind Indiana, dropping 3 spots from 4th to 7th. 3 spots! Presumably because Rutgers lost it's QB and some O-linemen. A QB, by the way, who most of these same magazines never thought very much of in the first place.

So, arguably, if Rutgers had finished in 3rd place instead of 4th, Athlon would predict us to drop 3 spots and finish 6th. If we have finished in 2nd place, they'd pick us to finish 5th. And if by some miracle we had beaten Ohio State, Michigan State, etc. and finished 1st, they'd drop us 3 spots and predict a 4th place finish because, well, you know, it's Rutgers.

I tell ya ... Rodney Dangerfield has nothing on us.

 

[rutger80]

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[WhiteBus]

Why is this a surprise? Rutgers lost their offensive leader and has no has a clue who will be the QB and how good or bad the next one will be. Until they take snaps Rutgers is the biggest unknown.
Don't understand the outrage for a magazine that is projecting anything in May.