Rutgers Skill Players

[Tango Two]

• Rutgers Skill Players have caught just 168 of 297 passes this season, as their 56.6% catch rate amounting to the third-worst mark among Power Conference Teams. Florida State ranks last with a 51.4% catch rate (148 recs on 288 targets).

Illinois vs. Rutgers prediction: Odds, expert picks, QB matchup, betting trends, and stats

Illinois Fighting Illini (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten) vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-4, 3-4 Big Ten) Game Preview

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[Kbee3]

Call it the Miller effect.

 

[ashokan]

AK went down the tubes for a few games.
After Wash game, opposition DCs saw RU threw same few passes over and over - not hard to stuff.
Mongo was also getting boxed.

Neb and Wis saw 40.5 and 37.5 completion rates
Neb game saw 7 different receivers with with only 15 receptions for all
Wis game only saw 12 catches for 103 yds between 7 receivers - Miller led with 4.
Blaming WRs is a reach - passes were erratic for whatever reason.
Mongo going down forced RU to use receivers more dynamically (GS said)

 

[RUGuitarMan]

Football isn’t rocket science, the game against Illinois will be decided up front. Who can run the ball, who can stop the run, who can pressure the QB and who can take the ball away. We will see what happens. Based on Vegas, it’s pretty much a toss up.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

AK went down the tubes for a few games.
After Wash game, opposition DCs saw RU threw same few passes over and over - not hard to stuff.
Mongo was also getting boxed.

Neb and Wis saw 40.5 and 37.5 completion rates
Neb game saw 7 different receivers with with only 15 receptions for all
Wis game only saw 12 catches for 103 yds between 7 receivers - Miller led with 4.
Blaming WRs is a reach - passes were erratic for whatever reason.
Mongo going down forced RU to use receivers more dynamically (GS said)

Nobody would’ve thrown well through the wind gusts vs Nebraska. Their QB threw for 48% - his worst rate of the season. That QB threw for 63%+ in all but one other game.

 

[shields]

People mentioned Nebraska game, the wind was brutal.

 

[MCRU93]

"This game opened with Rutgers slightly favored at -1 but has since flipped to Illinois -1 with a couple of books taking the leap to -1.5"

^^ I guess it might depend on where they looked but FD had the inverse happen..

"RU can achieve a rare 8-win season if they can knock off @Rutgers and @Northwestern in their final two regular season contests."

Sheeesh. They just didn't care to fact check or review anything with this article, eh?