Football Rutgers staves off mistake-prone Washington 21-18 at home

[drewbagel423]

Yes but not on the 50. If we're on the 15 and you want him to go for it that's one thing, but we can't give them the short field.

It's going to end up being the turning point of the game

 

[rucoe89]

Not liking our chances on Defense. Carroll so far has been better than Harisimyiak on playcalling. We so far are lucky that Washington mis-executed at key time or they would be up 31-14.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

This game is really close to that damn Sim. I think we had 17 in it but same kind of game. Sigh

 

[Barnaby&Neill]

That was a GW throw on 1st down.

Gardner made a good point on the broadcast that if he threw it in front of Strong it would have been picked. The route was taking him right into the defender…AK had to throw behind him

 

[rucoe89]

Not all slips are due to equipment.... It's over extending one way when you should go elsewhere. When over-commited your cleats won't fix that.

Well first year of Fletcher playing TE so there is that.

 

[rusig96]

Defense looks nothing like a Schiano defense with zero pressure and with Monangai in your backfield there's zero reason not to run the ball. Hope I'm wrong, but looks like yet another typical Schiano second half collapse.

 

[mildone]

Can athan throw over the top?

Can we pass block well enough for our WRs to get downfield? I don’t think so.

 

[NickRU714]

On another note, the Knicks just traded for Karl Anthony Towns

I'm seeing Randle and Donte.
Knicks breaking up the Villanova boys and bringing in KAT?

So much for culture.

 

[RUJMM78]

The weakness of Rutgers defensive line readily apparent in this game.No pass rush and allowing too many yards rushing .

 

[mdk01]

No question. The D has been decent, giving up yards, but not breaking. Make them burn more time. Just don’t give up big plays. Make them make a lot of plays to score, gives us a chance to trip them up. Gives them a chance to make mistakes.

IIRC it was on the "wrong" side of the 50. 10 yards farther I'd have tried.

 

[NickRU714]

Gardner made a good point on the broadcast that if he threw it in front of Strong it would have been picked. The route was taking him right into the defender…AK had to throw behind him

Damned if ya do damned if ya don't

 

[rutgersguy1]

Thank god they do stupid things lol.

 

[rucoe89]

Defense looks nothing like a Schiano defense with zero pressure and with Monangai in your backfield there's zero reason not to run the ball. Hope I'm wrong, but looks like yet another typical Schiano second half collapse.

Agree. I felt better with Schiano calling D.

 

[FrankZ]

Personal foul reprise 👍

 

[rucoe89]

Thank god they do stupid things lol.

But we should try not to counter the stupid like missing tackles.

 

[ru109]

This is a bad tackling team.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Second punt of the game for them

 

[mildone]

IIRC it was on the "wrong" side of the 50. 10 yards farther I'd have tried.

Yep, field position changes the math.

 

[rucoe89]

Good to see Felter back in.

 

[FrankZ]

Miraculously sustain a long drive here, please

 

[RAC93]

This huge special teams advantage I heard about RU having is nonexistent, we don’t return kicks and our punts are average at best.

 

[krup]

Personal foul reprise 👍

That was a horrendous call.

 

[ashokan]

Mongo with 107 yards on 16 carries for 6.7 avg.
AK with 12/21 for 103 yds 4.9 avg
I think Mongo will get stronger in 4th and eat the clock (keep Wash off field)
Would like to see a long pass to open defense and quit the dinks/dunks

 

[rutgersguy1]

Just no TOs, that’s the big thing imo

 

[ru109]

Va Tech up 10 on Miami right now.

 

[rucoe89]

No Brown tonight. Wonder if that may change in 4th Q.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Thankfully Washington’s undisciplined. Their penalties have been killers.

 

[mildone]

This huge special teams advantage I heard about RU having is nonexistent, we don’t return kicks and our punts are average at best.

Punts tonight have been pretty good.

 

[FrankZ]

Whew. Another

 

[redking]

Huge first down there

 

[Pils86]

Really should have run some qb sneaks to keep them honest, still time.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

We can’t let Washington get the the ball back. Need to eat a lot of clock and score

 

[93RUDoc]

Our oline is getting destroyed in the run game

 

[rutgersguy1]

It’s also a good thing Fisch didn’t go for that chippy FG when they were at the goal line down 11. They’d only be down 1 right now. Coaches so willingly give up easy points these days. As if no more scoring will happen during the game.

 

[FrankZ]

Face mask baby

 

[ru109]

That's a lucky break. I don't think he actually grabbed it.

 

[rucoe89]

Do we not have any audible calls in the playbook when they put 8 to 9 in the box?

 

[mdk01]

No Brown tonight. Wonder if that may change in 4th Q.

He's seen time.

 

[rucoe89]

That's a lucky break. I don't think he actually grabbed it.

Lucky call for us.

 

[rurichdog]

OMG these drops! Those are the plays you have to make to win the game!