Beat Michigan and we could be 8-0 going into OSU
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Let's just start with the basics: blocking people, competent playcalling, and developing a QB that can throw passes in the same general area as the receivers.
We are still waiting for that day
when you're overly optimistic and use hope for your guild, 8-0 is something
you feel is in reach.
Upsets happen and why not hope for them before the game is played.
Don't like seeing optimism like that, just use the ignore feature on those you feel are unrealistic.
There's no need to get all bent iout of shape if you don't want to see someone's overly optimistic messages about how RU will do this or any season.
Being a fan doesn't mean you have to look at the program realistically, I enjoy MY fanhood better by having an optimistic outlook no matter how the team played in the past.
If being a realist is expecting to lose more than win, I want no part of that infecting my fanhood.
Flood took one game at a time, I am thinking about winning it before game is played and expect to win the next one too, because no matter who the opponent is upsets happen and I much rather think upset than the game being a sure loss.
Al helps me feel that way far more than those who say not this year Rutgers isn't a winning program year and claim it's only being realistic to say Rutgers will lose to ( name that team)
Not accepting there's a chance for Rutgers to upset any program before game is played is super negative in my book while he people who think that way call themselves realists and feel they are right to give up hope for a win against certain opponents because they look at Rutgers as a program not ready for prime time or even can win against programs that are below the best of the B1G on the schedule.
again I suggest, if you want just what you consider realistic messages about the team, use the ignore function on those you consider unrealistic..
This way you'll have less to complain about and not see the type of optimism you feel is unworthy to be shared.
You continually know the goal posts. You were believing in him in 2019 when everyone knew he was a loser
I’ll select “Guess the OP Based off the Thread Title” for $500 Alex.
Answer: “This poster is notorious for his frequent delusional and unrealistic predictions that are presented most likely for effect and reaction. He is best known for his click bait upset alerts and infamous Jersey Power video”
Who is Rutgers Al?
Answer: “This poster is notorious for his frequent delusional and unrealistic predictions that are presented most likely for effect and reaction. He is best known for his click bait upset alerts and infamous Jersey Power video”
Who is Rutgers Al?
So ban him. Put him on ignore and he won't annoy you again.
Some of us like Al's over the top optimism. We get enough "realism" elsewhere in our lives.
If Rutgers is ever 8-0, NJ dot com will lead the NCAA into the biggest, most swashbuckling investigation in the history of college football. The would find something from 1932 to stick on Rutgers and the NCAA will give them what Tennessee would’ve gotten if they were many in the SEC.
I'll believe it when I see it. They haven't played one game yet. Your predictions are as valuable as the ruble.
I don’t care what Al predicts or how optimistic he is.
I simply point out the tangible things we would see if his optimistic post came to be.
I do question if we have that level of depth and talent
Dreaming would be if there was some basis in reality, otherwise its meaningless. We could predict Rutgers will go 12-0 and win the National Championship every year for the next 10 years, too. If Rutgers comes out of the gate on fire, maybe--maybe--you could make such a starry-eyed prediction. But right now there's 0 reason to believe they will win 8 games over all, 6 is even unlikely as things stand.
Can see your point about depth and talent, but I look for the positive and put hope ahead of realisim when I think about how RU wll play on any given day.
Being overly optimistic shouldn't be such a crime that it deserves the type of complaints Al gets, it might deserve being put on someone's ignore list if it bothers them enough to reply with insults .
But pointing out hoe one disagrees in a respectable manner should be considered a good way to handle some of Al's overly optimistic messages he shares with this board.
I see how some call Alan attention seeker , all the while they are giving him the attention they claim he's seeking instead of ignoring his messages and going to threads more to their liking.
Disagree, agree or even ignore what's posted, but we all should respect Al's right to post optimistically
Just ignore him if you don't like his overoptimistic outlook, no one needs to insult no matter how bent out of shape his optimism makes those who read what he posts here.
As I’ve said, if we’re undefeated going into OSU we will have some of the top position groups in the country and a highly competent QB, OL and defense.
Wouldn’t that be great, I’m looking forward to it
but before the season starts, one can dream the possible dream and share that dream with others.
Just like there are those who have the right to share their nightmare messages of we're not good enough to have a winning season this year.
I prefer a leap of faith things have improved, while other look at the season as one Rutgers won't come out on top and say that's the realistic outlook .
One might say, when it comes to Rutgers football, realism isn't my bag and from" Dr.John" on I expected winning seasons ( before the season started) from every HC , even when others had no hope
Does that mean NW could beat us?
And it is guaranteed we beat them easy like you said in this same thread?
It is a free year. We’re free to kick ass.
"The ‘23 and ‘24 seasons are free. The ‘25 season is where the rubber meets the road, and we will be able to produce a good number of wins"
I took free as free of expectations of greatness and winning seasons in 2023 or 2024 would be great but 2025 is when we should expect RU FB to start becaming a constant winner because of the talent being acquired gaining experience those two years.
/end of thread
ETA: Really, as an outsider, I shouldn't be in this thread. Apologies. Go Rutgers...
"One day isn’t today, and there is going to be a lag time between now and when the kids will be operating at maximum efficiency. A new system and new schemes have to be learned, new techniques are being taught, but kids will need a significant amount of repetitions to commit these to muscle memory. That’s why this season is a learning season.
Our record doesn’t matter the next two years, because we are still accumulating talent, and there probably isn’t enough talent to win, though we will do our best. I see our record in the range of 4-6 wins."
A lot changes in about a month huh?
So dream the possible dream: the offense turns around, they go 7 and 5 and win a bowl game. Or maybe they pull off a huge upset and go 8 and 4 and go to a very good bowl game. That's unlikely but certainly not farcical. On the other hand, the "nightmare message" that the team can't have a winning record is based in 100% fact: they haven't had a winning season in many, many years (9 years) and they were terrible last year.
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If you are not optimistic at the start of the season, then exactly when will you get optimistic?
Is it realistic to think 8-0 or even 12-0? No, but like RutgersAl or dislike him, at least he is optimistic.
That ball bounces really funny sometimes. One never knows how a game will transpire. I am optimistic that Arkansas will kick Alabama’s arse this year. Although I am not betting on it.
Is it realistic to think 8-0 or even 12-0? No, but like RutgersAl or dislike him, at least he is optimistic.
That ball bounces really funny sometimes. One never knows how a game will transpire. I am optimistic that Arkansas will kick Alabama’s arse this year. Although I am not betting on it.
yep, free of expectations of having a winning season or coming out best in some of the individual games, but we're free to hope for a winning season and free in hoping to upset the teams that no one gives RU a chance o win against.
Being in the lead at half time is a moral victory. That’s not what we are looking for.
facts aren't facts until the game is played and over with.
Until then : the impossible dream some have have a chance of coming true while others can heed their nightmare warning and expect the worst.
Both dream and nightmare have a chance to become real during the season because the season hasn't even startyed yet and no one knows how it will turn out, only have their own opinion on how it will. Some will base it on what they feel the talent and depth level is, others will base it on a more opyimistic outlook thinking more on players overachieving than anything else
It's just the nightmare is the one the so called realists go by as a fact waiting to happen and a more popular opinion on this board
The dream is just a hope being shared by those that are looking for the best possible outcome for this and every season and that seems to upset some people who seem to feel optimism needs to be avoided when talking about Rutgers chances to win.
Not saying that it is. My point being that few people would have predicted that scenario last summer.
Dream all you want. But don't expect others not to think it's silly, and pointless, when it's so wildly unrealistic.
being unrealistic might be a tendency many program's fans have when it comes to their teams chances.
I rather dream of wins then expect another nightmare about losing..
What might be silly, and some feel that way, is seeing people caring about how a sports team preforms and belonging to message boards like this so they can talk about that team.
So the fact is: what some consider a pointless endeavor others look on it as
enjoyable
Silly might just be in the eye of some here while others might wonders why being overly optimistic is so upsetting to another that he/she feels a need to show opposition.
Looking for reasons why the team can win shouldn't be something to be avoided, planning on losses should be
Like I said, people who are realistic about things and good at analyzing a sport will find wildly unrealistic predictions silly and juvenile. Any kind of predictions, in fact, are kind of silly. I never make them. I just watch. I don't live or die by sports teams so saying my team currently sucks and is likely to be bad again this year doesn't fill me with dismay. Criticizing the coach doesn’t anger me. Similarly, my happiness doesn't hinge on them winning. Maybe it does for others.
I travel all of the Rivals boards and I have to think that you're related to that Wolve1972 character. Heck, maybe you are Wolve
Except that guy is much closer to reality in what he says.
I want Rutgers to win and that's my fanhood.
Analyzing the pros and cons before the season starts, or just before each game and feeling there's no chance isn't part of my fan make-up no matter what so called realist feel fanhood should be.
I have a silly good feeling when Rutgers wins and can't say I'm not a little down right after a loss .
Doesn't change anything in my life either way, but just a little bitty part that is away from the everyday ups and downs that are part of the real world that we all live in and something to enjoy. not look for things wrong with it.
Being realistic might be part of others fanhood , mine is a fantasy world meant to bring pleasure not depression every time I think about how Rutgers FB will fare .
Being realistic is how you bet to keep from losing money , being unrealistic is how one feels about the team they support from a fans point of view..
I want Rutgers to win, won't accept they can't because upsets do happen and against programs that the experts expect Rutgers to lose, I think upset if the stars align right and fate is fortunate ..
Al what r u talking about in previous post you say that the next 2 years are free for GS. Now you are talking about 8-0. SMH
I wouldn't ban anyone for being overly optimistic for Rutgers.
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