Panicking about a 1 TD conference road loss? Really?

[Joey Bags]

For me the astounding thing is just how much we struggle with the passing game against the top 3/4ths of the conference. If you watch a lot of college ball, you know how bizarre our current and prior situation has been where you swap out the OC, QB, OL, and even head coach and the results are largely the same.

Yes the score wasn’t embarrassing or anything and the team fought hard in a hostile environment, but I’m truly at a loss as to how we can break into the top 90 teams in passing yards per game.

 

[winfield102]

I'm not worried, I'm pissed. The staff(KC/GS) let the kids down and we gave away a win. With our talent, they can't lay a complete turd.

Great job by the defense. Encouraging to see.

 

[Shelby65]

Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise anymore but the meltdowns after one close loss are really a sight to see. Most teams other than Ohio State lose conference games in this conference, and even they sometimes drop one or two. It's a good conference. That's bound to happen.

Most people expected 7-9 wins this season. How are we not on track for that? Every other team we have left has already lost at least a game.

Nebraska isn't a bad team, and but for the inexplicable TD they didn't call, we at the minimum go into OT.

VT beat Stanford 31-7 and Washington beat Michigan 27-17. Those are quality wins for us.

Same crap as last year I guess where we are going to hear from the usual suspects all season how NW and VT were not quality wins and GS can't beat teams with a winning record and the same people run and hide when confronted with the insane lies.

Looking at the remainder of the schedule Nebraska may be among the top 3 toughest games we have. Relax.

True, but now’s when the Schiano bootlickers start to move the goalpost and ratchet up the Ash/Flood excuses, the lack of talent and depth (which is his own fault), etc

 

[365Poster24Seven]

True, but now’s when the Schiano bootlickers start to move the goalpost and ratchet up the Ash/Flood excuses, the lack of talent and depth (which is his own fault), etc

How is the lack of talent and depth his fault in the NIL era of college football. He has upgraded the talent with NO money to throw around. You want pass rushers? They cost a ton of money on the open NIL market Are we just going to dismiss this fact? Nebraska has money to throw around that’s why they have a 5 star QB.

 

[pmvon]

It's not the results but how we get there that's concerning. Stat wise, Washington outplayed us all across the board. We had a few things go our way to get that win. Same thing with VT in the second half.

On paper, these guys beat us but we held on to the lead long enough to succeed and grind out the clock. This season could just as easily be 2-3 as it is 4-1 now. A 5-7 record is just as likely as going 9-3 this season.

Does that mean we're giving up? Heck no, I'm going with Rutgers all the way and want to see us go into the playoffs this season. But it can't be denied that there are things we have to improve to continue winning either.

And we could be 5-0 if the refs didn’t blow a TD call and the wind didn’t blow a 50 yard field into the upright.

 

[yesrutgers01]

For the love of All F—k,
We are 4-1 and lost a 1 score game to a team favored pretty much for that score.

6-7 wins were going to be tge realistic expectation and 8-9 just COY…
We already won 2 of the potential 3 losses.

You all just being stupid. Yes, goalposts have moved for all of us- but so many are failing to realize, that is a good thing

 

[winfield102]

Preseason predictions don't mean much once the season starts. I don't see that as moving the goal posts.

We got lucky that Washington was not disciplined. If they were and beat us, I'd say the more talented team won.

Nebraska has a good defense, a terrible special teams unit and a ok offense. Their QB was getting a lot of love, not all of it justified.

Nebraska is breathing a sigh of relief after stealing that win. Thanks KC.

 

[BuggsyRU]

Again, you said our ranked wins will come when we’re good enough? Why doesn’t that apply to Vandy. If they’re good enough for ranked win..why aren’t we?

I’m dumb I guess so please offer an intelligent response, thanks

Come on man! The Vandy coach has had an absolutely horrible coaching career up to this point plus one fluke win. He’s 3-23 in conference and only 12-29 overall.

2 out of the first three seasons he was winless in conference. He might not win another game this year!

One fluke win in which Alabama thought they didn’t even need to show up to beat them does not negate an otherwise atrocious overall coaching record.

If you don’t understand that, then yes, you are very, very dumb.

 

[mikemarc1]

Come on man! The Vandy coach has had an absolutely horrible coaching career up to this point plus one fluke win. He’s 3-23 in conference and only 12-29 overall.

2 out of the first three seasons he was winless in conference. He might not win another game this year!

One fluke win in which Alabama thought they didn’t even need to show up to beat them does not negate an otherwise atrocious overall coaching record.

If you don’t understand that, then yes, you are very, very dumb.

I understand this and never did I mention his overall record. His atrocious record actually makes this even more frustrating. How can he with such a bad record pull off such a big win..while we’re still waiting for ours. Ugh…

You obviously don’t understand my point so no sense in going back and forth on this.

Go RU

 

[RU#1fan]

I wouldn’t call my mood “worrying”..it’s just very frustrating that in year 5 our fanbase is content with a close loss to an unranked Nebraska team,

Look what Vandy did yesterday, look what Minnesota did. Heck, look what Indiana is doing in 1 year. Illinois is ranked. These are all teams we should be on equal footing..and they’ve all already had bigger wins or better ranking than Schiano 2.0….its just very very frustrating,

This
Especially with a game that we should have won.

 

[yesrutgers01]

This
Especially with a game that we should have won.

I don’t think we are content. Just not going to run around like ok’ing at everyone else’s lawn.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Come on man! The Vandy coach has had an absolutely horrible coaching career up to this point plus one fluke win. He’s 3-23 in conference and only 12-29 overall.

2 out of the first three seasons he was winless in conference. He might not win another game this year!

One fluke win in which Alabama thought they didn’t even need to show up to beat them does not negate an otherwise atrocious overall coaching record.

If you don’t understand that, then yes, you are very, very dumb.

Portal, Pavia and Kill are making the difference this year for them to look decent. 1 score losses to Mizzou and Georgia State but also 1 score wins against VT and Alabama. Posted a little excerpt from an Athletic article in the games thread.

 

[Virginiarufan]

This was a loss in 95* heat in a windy stadium in front of 80,000 hostile Nebraska fans. Not to mention refs who don’t know where the goal line is. Monangai had that TD and I’m getting sick of these shitty B1G refs who keep screwing up calls against us.
We beat Nebraska if the game was in our house.

 

[pmvon]

This was a loss in 95* heat in a windy stadium in front of 80,000 hostile Nebraska fans. Not to mention refs who don’t know where the goal line is. Monangai had that TD and I’m getting sick of these shitty B1G refs who keep screwing up calls against us.
We beat Nebraska if the game was in our house.

How they didn’t overturn that first down run was astonishing.

 

[Shelby65]

How is the lack of talent and depth his fault in the NIL era of college football. He has upgraded the talent with NO money to throw around. You want pass rushers? They cost a ton of money on the open NIL market Are we just going to dismiss this fact? Nebraska has money to throw around that’s why they have a 5 star QB.

NIL is his job too, by winning (indirect) and by allocating smartly (direct). This is the largest market in the country. The money is out there.

NIL isn't the reason we don't have talent in the passing game. Philosophy is.

NIL is only an excuse for coaches who need one.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

For me the astounding thing is just how much we struggle with the passing game against the top 3/4ths of the conference. If you watch a lot of college ball, you know how bizarre our current and prior situation has been where you swap out the OC, QB, OL, and even head coach and the results are largely the same.

Yes the score wasn’t embarrassing or anything and the team fought hard in a hostile environment, but I’m truly at a loss as to how we can break into the top 90 teams in passing yards per game.

I get where your coming from but this is AK’s first bad game at Rutgers and the kid was playing in a leg brace. The protection on the left side was worse than it’s been and our QB was limited in scramble ability to get open. There’s no doubt it impacted his game.

Also - while his numbers overall were not good, he played a pretty mature game despite facing constant pressure mostly throwing the ball away and holding onto it when they got to him. The pick on 4th down doesn’t really count - it was basically a smart play as he was about to get sacked and a reception by anyone (even Nebraska) was better than an incompletion since we turned it over on downs anyway. So it was really only the one pick around mid field with a minute left to play in the first half on 3rd and 6.

 

[NotInRHouse]

It's not the results but how we get there that's concerning. Stat wise, Washington outplayed us all across the board. We had a few things go our way to get that win. Same thing with VT in the second half.

On paper, these guys beat us but we held on to the lead long enough to succeed and grind out the clock. This season could just as easily be 2-3 as it is 4-1 now. A 5-7 record is just as likely as going 9-3 this season.

Does that mean we're giving up? Heck no, I'm going with Rutgers all the way and want to see us go into the playoffs this season. But it can't be denied that there are things we have to improve to continue winning either.

Could it not be said that Nebraska had a few things go its way...namely officiating?

 

[NotInRHouse]

It was a winnable game

In order for us to take that elusive next step and become elite, this is a game we have to win

I guess the question is do you really think we're going to become a team that goes undefeated in this conference because only 2 teams have pulled that off in recent memory and seems like it'd be a stretch for us.

 

[NotInRHouse]

I wouldn’t call my mood “worrying”..it’s just very frustrating that in year 5 our fanbase is content with a close loss to an unranked Nebraska team,

Look what Vandy did yesterday, look what Minnesota did. Heck, look what Indiana is doing in 1 year. Illinois is ranked. These are all teams we should be on equal footing..and they’ve all already had bigger wins or better ranking than Schiano 2.0….its just very very frustrating,

LOL yeah wonder what would happen if us and Vandy played the same team, who knows what would...oh

Illinois beat Nebraska in OT which we could have had we gotten the correct call

Minnesota was terrible until this past weekend and Indiana had a much easier SOS and beat no one of VT or UW caliber

 

[NotInRHouse]

True, but now’s when the Schiano bootlickers start to move the goalpost and ratchet up the Ash/Flood excuses, the lack of talent and depth (which is his own fault), etc

Someone compared this game to Ash which is a LOL. Other than when he lost 14-7 to Iowa at home, Ash was mostly blown out including by Kansas and Buffalo.

Making that comparison is totally unserious.

 

[mikemarc1]

LOL yeah wonder what would happen if us and Vandy played the same team, who knows what would...oh

Illinois beat Nebraska in OT which we could have had we gotten the correct call

Minnesota was terrible until this past weekend and Indiana had a much easier SOS and beat no one of VT or UW caliber

Don’t really understand the point of this post. It’s not complicated guys. Vandy just knocked off #1 team. We’re still waiting for a ranked win after 5 years..

That’s frustrating

 

[NotInRHouse]

Don’t really understand the point of this post. It’s not complicated guys. Vandy just knocked off #1 team. We’re still waiting for a ranked win after 5 years..

That’s frustrating

Vandy played Virginia Tech this season.

They needed OT to beat them...at home.

We beat VT in Blacksburg.

We are the better team, it's quite obvious.

 

[mikemarc1]

Vandy played Virginia Tech this season.

They needed OT to beat them...at home.

We beat VT in Blacksburg.

We are the better team, it's quite obvious.

I never said we weren’t. The fact we are the better team makes it even more frustrating lol.

 

[365Poster24Seven]

NIL is his job too, by winning (indirect) and by allocating smartly (direct). This is the largest market in the country. The money is out there.

NIL isn't the reason we don't have talent in the passing game. Philosophy is.

NIL is only an excuse for coaches who need one.

NIL is his job too, by winning (indirect) and by allocating smartly (direct). This is the largest market in the country. The money is out there.

NIL isn't the reason we don't have talent in the passing game. Philosophy is.

NIL is only an excuse for coaches who need one.

1. He has asked the fan base to contribute to it. This fanbase has not stepped up and done so. We have talent but we lost a difference maker on the OL and his back up failed miserably. You saw that right? NIL gets you players.

 

[RUInsanity]

I never said we weren’t. The fact we are the better team makes it even more frustrating lol.

While I'm frustrated that RU lost a good chance to go 5-0, I don't understand why people point to a success of other programs as a source of frustration. Just comes across as jealousy what is not a good look IMO.

 

[Shelby65]

1. He has asked the fan base to contribute to it. This fanbase has not stepped up and done so. We have talent but we lost a difference maker on the OL and his back up failed miserably. You saw that right? NIL gets you players.

You have it backwards. Winning attracts fans. He's moving goalposts too.

He can ask fans to donate until the cows come home but he's done very little so show he's capable of winning consistently in this conference.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I never said we weren’t. The fact we are the better team makes it even more frustrating lol.

We haven’t played a ranked team yet this year. You realize that. Right?

 

[365Poster24Seven]

You have it backwards. Winning attracts fans. He's moving goalposts too.

He can ask fans to donate until the cows come home but he's done very little so show he's capable of winning consistently in this conference.

Him and every college coach in America. The rules have changed and if we don’t do our part. We will win but it will be extremely limited.

 

[LotusAggressor]

How is the lack of talent and depth his fault in the NIL era of college football. He has upgraded the talent with NO money to throw around. You want pass rushers? They cost a ton of money on the open NIL market Are we just going to dismiss this fact? Nebraska has money to throw around that’s why they have a 5 star QB.

Despite having said 5 star QB, they only scored 14 points, and were a dropped TD pass, several curious playcalls, and a bungled call on Monongai's TD run away from losing the game outright.

 

[rutgersdave]

We beat Vanderbilt when we played them and Ryan Hart out threw over 300 yards the NFL QB Jay Cutler. We scored 21 points in fourth quarter to win 37-34.

 

[Shelby65]

Him and every college coach in America. The rules have changed and if we don’t do our part. We will win but it will be extremely limited.

Yes, which is my point and not yours. Attracting and allocating NIL is part of the HC's job these days and not a legit excuse for Schiano. NIL failures, if any, are 100% his failures. Not one coach in America will keep his job via an NIL excuse.

 

[Shelby65]

We beat Vanderbilt when we played them and Ryan Hart out threw the NFL QB Jay Cutler.

And Ol' Shelby was there. A big comeback if he recalls, but old age may be playing tricks on his memory.

 

[Panthergrowl13]

No need to panic. Close game 14-7.

Rutgers is a good team that plays competitive football and will go Bowling.

Let the season play out.

HAIL TO PITT!!!!

 

[365Poster24Seven]

Yes, which is my point and not yours. Attracting and allocating NIL is part of the HC's job these days and not a legit excuse for Schiano. NIL failures, if any, are 100% his failures. Not one coach in America will keep his job via an NIL excuse.

I’m donating but not enough are. He can only ask. He can’t come to your house and open up your wallet for you or any other supposed die hard. What’s the solution? A cheap fanbase and for a long time is what we are a part of. That’s no BS either we are last in the BIG in donations. It’s been discussed at very much.

 

[mikemarc1]

We haven’t played a ranked team yet this year. You realize that. Right?

We’ve played many in the past 5 years.

 

[JayDogSmooth]

I guess the question is do you really think we're going to become a team that goes undefeated in this conference because only 2 teams have pulled that off in recent memory and seems like it'd be a stretch for us.

Going undefeated is very difficult, and most teams that win titles usually have a blemish on their record

My point was that that was a game that we could’ve, and damn well should’ve, won

 

[RU#1fan]

Preseason predictions don't mean much once the season starts. I don't see that as moving the goal posts.

We got lucky that Washington was not disciplined. If they were and beat us, I'd say the more talented team won.

Nebraska has a good defense, a terrible special teams unit and a ok offense. Their QB was getting a lot of love, not all of it justified.

Nebraska is breathing a sigh of relief after stealing that win. Thanks KC.

We gave it away, and I posted that on the Nebraska message board.
Got all kinds of shat for it… F them.

 

[MADHAT1]

Look at we did against a team that just took out the NC

Might be a case of none so blind as they who will not see.
Some just look for the faults and refuse to recognize what strengths there are

 

[Shelby65]

We gave it away, and I posted that on the Nebraska message board.
Got all kinds of shat for it… F them.

Just like Washington handed us a game they dominated in every way except on the scoreboard. We’re fortunate to be 1-1 in these two games.

 

[Shelby65]

Might be a case of none so blind as they who will not see.
Some just look for the faults and refuse to recognize what strengths there are

Sorry, neither UW nor UM are anything close to what they were last year. Both lost 1st round pick QBs, head coaches and many other starters,

Beating the team in a home game that beat last year’s NC is irrelevant to the ‘who’d we beat’ question. VT was the better win: road game against returning QB and same coach