This can be the worst team in BIG history
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Please there are 9 games left. Let's wait until the season is over before an opinion like that is said..... Lol
Let's take two Centers and a starting PF off some B1G teams and see how good they are. By the way, add in a transfer sitting out and an open scholarship spot. Let's not forget, your one remaining Center is limited to 20 minutes and has had a bad knee all year.
The crusaders....bac and ruman have a few new buddies.
The crusaders....bac and ruman have a few new buddies.
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don't know the records, I know Penn State has had a few separate 16 game losing streaks over the past decade. I assume Rutgers has already set a record or headed to one. I think yes you can say this team is in the running for worst Big 10 school...not sure why that poster Mikefla nonchallently said it wasn't and then proceeded to attack the poster
Good Lord.... at this point let's add a competent coach and staff. Look at the bench. I sw 2 sitting with their hands on their chin.
Not sure how you would measure this, but our average margin of defeat in B1G games has got to be pretty hefty...
Minnesota looked decent against Purdue and a couple of other games. They are bad but have been far more competitive than RU...at least this will get settled in a few weeks when these two winless teams collide
After seeing the Iowa and Michigan games, I purposely sat out watching the MSU game because I know that even though they are #12 they are not far from being #1 (they were for much of this year, and their 3 straight losses were by like 1 or 2 points each or something like that). Yes I saw the score now, but whatever they are a very very good team and we are very injured and still building team. I see these threads made after the game and the comments, but you have to look at the big picture. I knew skipping this one would help me do just that. Looking forward to the Illinois game on Wednesday and our first Big Ten win this year!
Northwestern has had many uncompetitive teams through the years that were automatic W's for other Big Ten teams. And they accomplished it with a healthy, fit roster.
OP is premature. Need to wait until Nwestern and Minny games. I feel better about a B1G win now than I did a couple of weeks ago.
You need to re-read the thread title . This ' can be ' the worst team in history . Didn't state it would be . Just that it could be . Certainly within the grasp .
Did the new facilities renderings have a trophy case for our big ten participation trophies? Will the face lifted RAC hang big ten participation banners?
There will be a parade down College Ave. if we lose to Illinois by only 10.
You know, the players that are injured are not that good. Right?
What? Freeman may be the best player on this team. And that includes Sanders.
It is possible RU may end up having the worst season of any Big Ten team in Big Ten's history. Of course, the OP who started this thread, and those who follow up agreeing with the premise, offered no actual evidence (like by citing the 5 or 10 worst seasons in Big Ten history) so we could compare. Instead, they call this opinion a FACT, and challenge those who state RU is NOT the worst team in Big Ten history by saying those people have not show worse teams (not sure why those who disagree need to prove it when those who state RU is the worst do NOT have to prove it).
Yet, for perspective, RU is currently not even in last place in the Big Ten - even after the loss to MSU. Hard to state it is factual RU could be the worst team in Big Ten history, or is having the worst season in Big Ten history, when RU i snot even in last place in the Big Ten. Yeah, RU has gotten blown out more than Minnesota. But Minnesota still is 0-10, playing an easier schedule, versus RU's 0-9.
THAT is factual.
Yet, for perspective, RU is currently not even in last place in the Big Ten - even after the loss to MSU. Hard to state it is factual RU could be the worst team in Big Ten history, or is having the worst season in Big Ten history, when RU i snot even in last place in the Big Ten. Yeah, RU has gotten blown out more than Minnesota. But Minnesota still is 0-10, playing an easier schedule, versus RU's 0-9.
THAT is factual.
oh please Jelly so Minny played one more game don't act cute, look at the cumulative loss total. I do know for a FACT since you are looking for them that Rutgers set a record for cumulative loss total for any Big 10 school in a 5 game stretc
Thank God Eddie has a highly rated recruiting class coming in next year to fix these problems.
Yes, his 9.8 points per game against power conference teams is impressive. Then again, we lost all 4 of those games, so that doesn't suggest we would have a better B1G record with him.
Oh Please,
Writing long posts and using capital letters doesn't make your post right.
Been done over and over again during the years. How did Dan Waterstradt work out?
that's probably not even close to true. I know in 2004/5 Michigan had games where they had to play 2 walkons at a time for stretches because there weren't enough scholarship players left because of all the injuries.
Both Minnesota and Rutgers are 6-16 right now. They have wins over: 57 Clemson, 114 Nebraska-Omaha, 165 Louisiana Monroe, 220 Missouri St, 261 UMKC, and 345 Chicago State. We have wins over: 272 FDU, 293 Howard, 309 Central Arkansas, 321 UMass-Lowell, 351 Central Connecticut State, and Div III Rutgers-Newark.
Their signature win this year is Clemson. Ours is FDU.
Season isn't over yet, but in comparisons at the bottom of the barrel, they look better than we do right now.
But when you combine that with the quirk of the schedule in that we played ZERO of the bottom 5 teams in the league up until now, there were no games to be won with 4 healthy scholarship players
why did we lose 15 in a row last year - that's not on the coach?
When does a huge losing streak reflect badly on the head coach - at 30 B1G games - how about 40? - can we start holding him accountable then?
If we go 0 for Feb/Mar, can I start being upset?
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No he can be upset without that. The negativity has been building over Eddie's entire tenure. Each year we have been subjected to 35+ point blow outs several times in conference play with the additional OOC loses to FDU, St. Peter's, and Princeton.
As to the 6-14 Minnesota comparison... we are counting a win to a D3 team which we were only leading by 1 at halftime.
I just dont understand why anyone should think Eddie deserves another year. The recruiting is unbelievably bad and we cant say we have a better program than any school in NJ. I just dont see anything but a downward trend here. I subscribe no value to improved play in a game or two that is bookended by a 50 and 30 something point loss during a 25 game conference losing streak.
I do believe RU beats either Illinois or Minnesota this year though.
and 3-3 might not mean anything if the following year we start from square one again, I have seen the same thing happen with previous coaches and the following year the team started just as poorly and didn't build off of anything.. Get to 3-3 and then talk.
