Awesome time in Section 5! I'd say it was easily 75% RU fans in our section.
Football GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers Football vs. Maryland
- Thread starter Richie O
- Start date
For sure - but it was an extreme longshot. The clock ticks on the onside attempt so time likely would’ve expired there anyway.
Great win. I honestly thought the team was dead at 4-4. Complete 180. Defense is tackling, DL getting pressure on the QB. Defenders aren't giving up major chunks on every pass, nor are they giving up major holes for the backs to run through.
Two games in a row they've given up less than 20, and the offense has done an awesome job becoming pass first. Athan looks much more comfortable. The WR's are getting open and making big plays. The OL has done a great job giving Athan time after two major injuries.
I'm just stunned at the turnaround.
Two games in a row they've given up less than 20, and the offense has done an awesome job becoming pass first. Athan looks much more comfortable. The WR's are getting open and making big plays. The OL has done a great job giving Athan time after two major injuries.
I'm just stunned at the turnaround.
That is why some of us like sitting upstairs at SHI. 207, baby! Right in front of the 52.
Illinois beats Michigan State 38-16. Beat them at home next week and it looks 8 wins are possible. 8-4 opens up some better bowl game possibilities. And with the new open offense we could have beaten Nebraska and UCLA. But I will be thrilled if we get to 8 wins. We will now be a much more entertaining team for a bowl game.
There was a near-total lack of urgency by Maryland on that last possession, as if their goal was a window-dressing score and not to somehow get to OT still. Once you are the 40, you don't try to go deep at least once to Felton? I'm sure we were playing deep, but the way it played out, they had zero chance of winning even if they scored a TD with 10 seconds left.
No matter. BOOM! So nice to clinch bowl eligibility on their field, too, after the way that series has gone the last few years.
No matter. BOOM! So nice to clinch bowl eligibility on their field, too, after the way that series has gone the last few years.
Credit to the coaching staff. Fixing the team, with so many injuries, is a huge compliment to their work effort.
Same with me.
I’m gladly eating crow right now…. Taste good.
The offense was fine against UCLA. Our injuries to the D were at their worst in that game. Like 2/3 of the starters were out or playing hurt.
In fairness - AK has been pretty solid all season. His worst two games were Nebraska (nobody was gong to throw well with those wind gusts) and Wisconsin (our receivers were really off with the drops that day but he also wasn’t good). If we had last year’s D this team would have 2 more wins IMO. Good news is we’ll likely get Mo and Bailey back next season now!
Did the loss of KM vs. Mimny force their hand for the offense? The last 2 games have shown an entirely different philsophy. They also found out that the #s 3 & 4 RBs are pretty damn good and the young WRs are close, if not ready, for prime time
Not only that, but they made a substitution when they were inside the ten with the clock running so the refs held the snap while we subbed. Our guy jogged off and ran ten seconds off the clock.
Here's Schiano's postgame presser.
Last edited by a moderator:
Cool! Didn’t know he was there. Now I see the two of them enjoying the moment in my pictures from the stands.
It wasn’t bad in the middle of the game but Maryland fans left earlier than they should have and were gone before the end. I got one of the best tickets bought for $6 the day of the game.
Maryland has struggled with poor attendance for awhile.
Debbie Yow (AD) brought Fridge in to get numbers up (and pay for all the construction projects) but it never really worked.
Getting into B1G saved their bacon - Terps were so in debt the B1G had to run special financing for them
How Maryland went broke: Inside the athletic department's decline
In explaining why the Terrapins were leaving a conference they'd been affiliated with for 59 years, Loh said: 'Number one, by being members of the Big Ten
