I didn't follow RU when I was 2 years old in the 70's but when we were playing Lehigh, Colgate and Princeton were we really expecting to compete against them?if you want to go back to the thirties PSU probably has a losing record against schools like UPenn and Yale.....is that relevant in today's football world?
Well... if he started watching in the 80's, then Rutgers was 1-14. If it was the 90's then it was 0-7. I'm not sure where vkj91 is going with this.
PSU has the perception edge as shown by their ability to attract top NJ recruits.Its the catch 22 situation where winning in head to head competition is the only way Rutgers will gain any respect from PSU and from other B1G schools.There is no question Franklin will try to run up the score in front of the white out crowd.
The reason we feel that we will be much improved is because we started a ton of youth last year. Three of our top four WRs were freshman, four of our starting OL were first-time starters (including 1 converted DT and two RS FR). On defense, Zettel, Bell, Wartman, Cabinda and Allen were first time starters. This year, we will only have one first time starter on offense (our LT) and three one defense, although those three got significant playing time last year (Sickels, Nassib and Haley/Campbell). We were the 2nd youngest team in college football last year.
My guess is that it will be a 3:30 game regardless of the teams' records. A 3:30 whiteout is way different than a 3:30 regular game though. It should also be noted that this is, by far, the highest profile game on our home schedule (which is absolutely pathetic this year). People won't miss it, including the students.
