I nailed it last game, even though I was chastised for predicting 48-9.
RU will not score as much as Maryland did on Howard.
RU 31
Howard 10
RU will not score as much as Maryland did on Howard.
RU 31
Howard 10
THE OFFICIAL RUTGERS-HOWARD PREDICTION THREAD
- Thread starter bac2therac
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maryland is not a good team. they would have been killed by washington. 52-10
I think they are better than us at this point. I would put them behind Penn State in our divison.
- OSU
- UM
- MSU
- PSU
- Maryland
- Rutgers
- UI
RU 52
Howard 10
...half this board starts to make absurd predictions for the rest of the season. The same ones they made before last week then turned on Ash when reality smacked them in the face. Okay...I'm having some fun....sorry! [cheers]
Howard 10
...half this board starts to make absurd predictions for the rest of the season. The same ones they made before last week then turned on Ash when reality smacked them in the face. Okay...I'm having some fun....sorry! [cheers]
Rutgers 223-
Howard: 0
Rutgers beats the 222-0 previous drubbing by some power (G-tech) over a school that is now part of Atlantis (Cumberland)
MO:football:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100-point_games_in_college_football
Howard: 0
Rutgers beats the 222-0 previous drubbing by some power (G-tech) over a school that is now part of Atlantis (Cumberland)
MO:football:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100-point_games_in_college_football
RU 50 Howard 0. Rutgers defense is going to want a shut out and I think they do it. RU doesn't want to run up the score so they put in subs at around 40 points but they score too. I think Howard realizes they don't have much of a chance after the Maryland game and they aren't as enthusiastic as they were for their first B10 game. I think they play a little flat.
Wasn't it just a few years ago when we led Howard by a grand total of 6-0 at halftime??
God forbid something like that tomorrow!!
God forbid something like that tomorrow!!
Seems like a forgone conclusion so I'm going with;
Charleston Southern. 3
Howard. 2
The game time temp won't matter.
Charleston Southern. 3
Howard. 2
The game time temp won't matter.
You guys should win 45-0.
We didn't blitz once, we ran no complex formations, we ran vanilla as vanilla can be. Howard is real bad.
We blocked one punt, and then called off dogs. The punter takes FOREVER to get rid of the ball.
I am rooting for RU, can't have you guys show bad here.
Maybe that is why I thought we would beat Maryland. So TheB1GTerp, how do you asses your team this year? Do you think they can win 6 games?
Winnable
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Howard
FIU
UCF
Purdue
Indiana
Rutgers
We underperformed the Massey Rating prediction for Washington by 8 points on offense (13 vs 21 predicted) and 13 points on defense (48 vs 35 predicted). Massey currently predicts that we will beat Howard by 53 to 7. Assuming we still have some kinks to work out, I'm going to assume we still underperform Massey's computer generated forecast on both offense (4 points) and defense (8 points) for a score of Rutgers 49 and Howard 15.
http://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=6696&s=286577
http://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=6696&s=286577
We actually ran the ball pretty well against UW. Howard will not be able to stop that at all. Hopefully, the passing game gets some good work in. 48-7.
Key factors
1. - how much Ash wants to operate the machinery - yes Ash wants a profound win - but he may actually want to see lots & lots of well executed plays a bit more than he wants to see lots & lots of points on the board - nice 15 play drives with minimal mistakes will hold more long term benefit than stunning 80 yard breakaways for a TD.
2. - HEAT - may necessitate early & frequent rotation of players - letting guys get to the edge of heat stroke has zero value.
3. Quality of play / degradation of Quality - Ash will be attuned to the impact of the Heat & how that translates to quality of play - if it is turning the game into a sloppy execution / mess that is basically an error filled thrashing battle of brute strength - RU should still win - strongly - but if every play has wildly erratic / mistake filled aspects - Ash may be a bit cautious about who & how he inserts subs.
1. - how much Ash wants to operate the machinery - yes Ash wants a profound win - but he may actually want to see lots & lots of well executed plays a bit more than he wants to see lots & lots of points on the board - nice 15 play drives with minimal mistakes will hold more long term benefit than stunning 80 yard breakaways for a TD.
2. - HEAT - may necessitate early & frequent rotation of players - letting guys get to the edge of heat stroke has zero value.
3. Quality of play / degradation of Quality - Ash will be attuned to the impact of the Heat & how that translates to quality of play - if it is turning the game into a sloppy execution / mess that is basically an error filled thrashing battle of brute strength - RU should still win - strongly - but if every play has wildly erratic / mistake filled aspects - Ash may be a bit cautious about who & how he inserts subs.
This is what I thought going into the game. I am still in shock at our inability to move the ball. Midway through the second half Howard had out-rushed us 152-45, not sure what the final 1st-half stat was.
