On a positive note...

[sagar1127]

I hope this seals the deal with Laviano and therefore Rettig starts. Major props to the defense for playing their heart out!

My predictions the rest of the way:
Indiana - W (3-3)
Ohio - L (3-4)
Wisconsin - L (3-5)
Michigan - L (3-6)
Nebraska - W (4-6)
Army - W (5-6)
Maryland - W (6-6)

 

[brgossRU90]

I still don't see nebraska as a win. Army is a win and Maryland and Indiana are to toss ups.

 

[KJ_RU]

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I still don't see nebraska as a win. Army is a win and Maryland and Indiana are to toss ups.

I agree.

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

Nebraska at home........ is a possible win
Indiana on road is a harder W then it looked like at start of year -- but I'm optomistic
we beat HCRE on his last game .. we always beat HCRE...

 

[RUTBAY]

A couple breaks and we win this game. A few calls on drives that resulted in Mich st TDs would have turned it around. Also it appears that if you play for Rutgers and your number is 58 then it is ok for the O Tackle to grab your shirt as you are blowing by him. Nevertheless the better team won this game. Our DBs did a nice job tonight but the Mich st WRs made a ton on contested catches. That is why we lost.

 

[mildone]

Laviano had the brain-fart at the end, but he played a good game up till then. No way he's getting benched after this game.

 

[RU848789]

Laviano had the brain-fart at the end, but he played a good game up till then. No way he's getting benched after this game.

I'm absolutely dumbfounded that anyone would think this performance gets Laviano benched. He played very well against the #4 team in the country, making a W possible. You don't bench a kid for a brain fart (or even the sack at the end - mistakes happen). His 3 TD passes to Carroo were great throws and he made several other good throws, as well as generally good decisions, and used his legs well a couple of times. I absolutely thought Rettig deserved to start after NSU and that Laviano played poorly against PSU, but he played pretty well against WSU and Kansas and now MSU. No way he's not starting next week. Sometimes the football IQ on this board is astoundingly low.

 

[T2Kplus10]

I'm absolutely dumbfounded that anyone would think this performance gets Laviano benched. He played very well against the #4 team in the country, making a W possible. You don't bench a kid for a brain fart (or even the sack at the end - mistakes happen). His 3 TD passes to Carroo were great throws and he made several other good throws, as well as generally good decisions, and used his legs well a couple of times. I absolutely thought Rettig deserved to start after NSU and that Laviano played poorly against PSU, but he played pretty well against WSU and Kansas and now MSU. No way he's not starting next week. Sometimes the football IQ on this board is astoundingly low.

Sorry, but CL played an average game and the last drive painfully showed his limitations. Most of the story was Carroo being a man among boys. The second TD throw was a horrible pass - under thrown which would have been picked off if the CB wasn't falling down. Another throw to a wide open Carroo made him stop. If it was thrown better, Carroo could have been in stride and scored.

Stop settling for mediocre. Imagine what a QB with an arm could do with Carroo!

 

[shields]

Think we can beat Nebraska, almost beat MSU.

 

[Saint Puppy]

Laviano played fine - yes it was a brain fart at the end, but other than that he played a pretty even game without any turnovers (need I remind you of the QB we used to have). Laviano has obviously been the better QB in practice, and truth be told he did enough to beat the #4 team in the country yesterday. Sorry, but the grass is not always greener.

 

[RUTBAY]

Laviano did well and after last night's game does not deserve to be benched. If any criticism exists it's his belief that he can scamble out of bad situations that gets him into trouble. He has too much belief in his legs. A QB should never scamble with pressure in the middle if the only way out his backward. If you have a shot to run going forward because you've stepped up in the pocket or if the DE has lost containment then take it otherwise throw it away and stop the clock. He needs to learn the difference. The coaches need to make sure that in critical situations he knows exactly what he should do. The sack he took at the end of the game was an example of him not throwing the ball away when he should have. Cook when faced with similar situations did the right thing repeatedly. Maybe the difference is thatLaviano is a soph vs Cook being a senior. Maybe the difference is just talent, who knows.

 

[RUsilencer]

Despite the last play (which was really not going anywhere anyway) Laviano isn't going anywhere

 

[suggakane]

Sorry, but CL played an average game and the last drive painfully showed his limitations. Most of the story was Carroo being a man among boys. The second TD throw was a horrible pass - under thrown which would have been picked off if the CB wasn't falling down. Another throw to a wide open Carroo made him stop. If it was thrown better, Carroo could have been in stride and scored.

Stop settling for mediocre. Imagine what a QB with an arm could do with Carroo!

a little bitter, imagine being back in kansas with toto