Was the 2024 Rutgers Football regular season a successful one?
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Ya going 7-5 for us is like winning the superbowl
Let's wait to see bowl result
Hats off to GS, sans UCLA and end of Ill game, solid coaching job especially w/all the injuries
Program, and recruiting, are on the uptick
Main thing is continuing momentum next year
Tougher schedule, but there's no way we can be as snakebit w/injuries as we were this year
Hats off to GS, sans UCLA and end of Ill game, solid coaching job especially w/all the injuries
Program, and recruiting, are on the uptick
Main thing is continuing momentum next year
Tougher schedule, but there's no way we can be as snakebit w/injuries as we were this year
Wait , just want to be clear…..you want to see the result of an exhibition game before you can call out greatest season ever in the BIG a success ??
An up and down, somewhat frustrating season with pre-season high hopes, but if we win our bowl game, then yes, would consider it successful.
I voted no, based on expectations of 8-10 wins with the experienced roster.
Greg has never considered them exhibition games and neither do I
It's a business trip with a clear objective - win the game
Therefore no, I wouldn't consider 7-6 successful
Due to the injuries, and upward projection I see, I'll take it
But due to the potential this team had, the schedule, and frustrating losses to UCLA and Illinois, successful would constitute a bowl game victory translating to an 8-5 record
How about all the injured players and many were lost for the season? I think Greg has made lemonade out of lemons.
Successful but so many missed opportunities. UCLA, Wisconsin and Illinois losses all on coaching.
you have to take the injuries into account as the injury issues defined the season
with that in mind I think GS and crew did a GREAT job salvaging the season.
they could have easily folded, but they turned the season around and could have (SHOULD have) ended the season on a 4-game winning streak.
still ended finishing in the top half on the Big10
the team clearly improved in the later part of the season
while I am not necessarily ecstatic about the end result I cant help but be impressed by the resilience by the staff and the players
with that in mind I think GS and crew did a GREAT job salvaging the season.
they could have easily folded, but they turned the season around and could have (SHOULD have) ended the season on a 4-game winning streak.
still ended finishing in the top half on the Big10
the team clearly improved in the later part of the season
while I am not necessarily ecstatic about the end result I cant help but be impressed by the resilience by the staff and the players
Ask yourselves the following “program questions”
- does Rutgers football have juice?
- is the fanbase galvanized? Do they believe?
- is attendance good - to great - trending toward outstanding?
- is the casual fan engaged? Are people asking you about Rutgers?
I don’t have to tell you how important all those items are in the modern college game.
- does Rutgers football have juice?
- is the fanbase galvanized? Do they believe?
- is attendance good - to great - trending toward outstanding?
- is the casual fan engaged? Are people asking you about Rutgers?
I don’t have to tell you how important all those items are in the modern college game.
Yes, but by a fairly thin margin.
Certainly not rousing.
Certainly not rousing.
Yeah but there may be opt outs etc.
I wouldn’t consider the Miami win to be something great just because they treated the game as a nuisance
It’s already our best BIG season ever , regardless of what happens in a non-playoff bowl . That’s a success is anyone’s book, especially fans
I don't know. If we had stayed healthy, I would say it was a letdown. As it stands, it's less of one... but still less than we hoped for with such a veteran team and the schedule we drew.
I've been thinking about that since yesterday's game (MSU). We had a rash of injuries to a few key areas which hurt, which played a hand in our 4 game losing streak midseason. And I feel coaching was a factor in that losing streak, particularly the Nebraska and UCLA games. However, even with the mounting list of injuries, we walked out of that with a victory against a good team, Minnesota, and ended the season going 3-1 in our last 4 games.
That last fact is huge, as we have had a middling to putrid record in November and December games. I put together our history in the Big 10 for this period, plus the preceding 5 years, to really put this in perspective:
2009 - 2-2
2010 - 0-4
2011 - 3-1
2012 - 2-2
2013 - 2-3
Big 10
2014 - 2-2 (2-2 B10)
2015 - 1-3 (0-3 B10)
2016 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2017 - 1-3 (1-3 B10)
2018 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2019 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2020 - 2-5 (2-5 B10) * Covid Year
2021 - 1-3 (1-3 B10)
2022 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2023 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2024 - 3-1 (3-1 B10)
So in that time period, after October 31st we have never won more than 2 games to end a season. We have always seemed to stagger to the end of the season just looking for it to end. To paraphrase: "The on field beatings will continue until the season is over." This year was different. We chopped up to the last game and turned in our first winning regular season record since 2014.
So, yes, this was a successful season for the Rutgers Football program. I am proud of our team and wish all the graduating seniors success and happiness in their new life as a Rutgers Alumni.
Edit: had 2-0 for 2011, it was actually 3-1.
That last fact is huge, as we have had a middling to putrid record in November and December games. I put together our history in the Big 10 for this period, plus the preceding 5 years, to really put this in perspective:
2009 - 2-2
2010 - 0-4
2011 - 3-1
2012 - 2-2
2013 - 2-3
Big 10
2014 - 2-2 (2-2 B10)
2015 - 1-3 (0-3 B10)
2016 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2017 - 1-3 (1-3 B10)
2018 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2019 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2020 - 2-5 (2-5 B10) * Covid Year
2021 - 1-3 (1-3 B10)
2022 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2023 - 0-4 (0-4 B10)
2024 - 3-1 (3-1 B10)
So in that time period, after October 31st we have never won more than 2 games to end a season. We have always seemed to stagger to the end of the season just looking for it to end. To paraphrase: "The on field beatings will continue until the season is over." This year was different. We chopped up to the last game and turned in our first winning regular season record since 2014.
So, yes, this was a successful season for the Rutgers Football program. I am proud of our team and wish all the graduating seniors success and happiness in their new life as a Rutgers Alumni.
Edit: had 2-0 for 2011, it was actually 3-1.
Actually the questions was “regular season”. For the purposes of this poll , the bowl game doesn’t matter . So how would you vote ?
Schedule-dependent. We usually get OSU and PSU in November, which is a tall task for typically roster thin RU
We should have been 10-2
Winning Nebraska, UCLA and Illinois
But yes it was successful but could have easily been much better with some better play and coaching in a handful of plays
Winning Nebraska, UCLA and Illinois
But yes it was successful but could have easily been much better with some better play and coaching in a handful of plays
You are saying we should win every close game that we lose.
But we should also win every close game that we win.
So we should win every close game.
Sorry, it doesn't work that way.
I kind of viewed this question from 3 different points in the season:
1. Prior to Opening game against Howard - 7 Wins would have been unacceptable due to a slew of returning players and 11 winnable games on a very soft schedule.
2. After the USC Game - 4-4 record and I questioned why the team has no depth. Making a Bowl was spiraling out of control and felt Moses Walker was the poster player for this team. How could Schiano and staff not prepare back-up players when given their opportunity to play.
3. Present - My POV on the season is very different and highly Positive because of the (a) Resilency to overcome so many injuries to every position group sans QB and WRs; (b) Discovery of the Forward Pass which is what seems a new invention for Rutgers making the last 4 games the most exciting games in years; (c) Development of younger players, right before our eyes, forced onto the field due to the injuries giving Rutgers a Head Start for next year needed to deal with a much more challenging schedule.
1. Prior to Opening game against Howard - 7 Wins would have been unacceptable due to a slew of returning players and 11 winnable games on a very soft schedule.
2. After the USC Game - 4-4 record and I questioned why the team has no depth. Making a Bowl was spiraling out of control and felt Moses Walker was the poster player for this team. How could Schiano and staff not prepare back-up players when given their opportunity to play.
3. Present - My POV on the season is very different and highly Positive because of the (a) Resilency to overcome so many injuries to every position group sans QB and WRs; (b) Discovery of the Forward Pass which is what seems a new invention for Rutgers making the last 4 games the most exciting games in years; (c) Development of younger players, right before our eyes, forced onto the field due to the injuries giving Rutgers a Head Start for next year needed to deal with a much more challenging schedule.
But it is fair to say we should have beat Illinois. And that may have been our best win of the season.
Water under the bridge, but that is a game you look back on.
You have to go back to 2011 when we went 3-1; in 2008 we went 4-0 in Nov/Dec (beat Louisville 63-14 on Dec. 4th).
Winning season at RU means a successful year … but damn what could have been.
I voted Yes.
I had us at 8-4 with a good shot at 9-3 but without knowing our injury situation would become so dire. Before the season even started injuries to several guys occurred, then it became a flurry and finally something the likes I've never seen before. It was definitely an anomaly year for injuries. To hold it all together and be a coaching blunder from 8-4 is quite impressive.
I had us at 8-4 with a good shot at 9-3 but without knowing our injury situation would become so dire. Before the season even started injuries to several guys occurred, then it became a flurry and finally something the likes I've never seen before. It was definitely an anomaly year for injuries. To hold it all together and be a coaching blunder from 8-4 is quite impressive.
8-10? I guess you bet the farm on the 6.5 over/under.
BTW, this was your post in the pre-season prediction thread: “7-5 is very reasonable. Vegas agrees; as the over under is 6.5 wins.”
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Weird stalker move , but yes I did bet the over 6.5 wins on FanDuel back in August.
Better straight up. Absolutely. Relative to pre-expectations for the season, 2014 and the Covid year were our best seasons.
I think what he’s saying is that without the extent of the injuries at that time the UCLA game wouldn’t have been close. The coaches were in a tough spot, but that run by an immobile QB shouldn’t happen even against our 3rd team so that’s on them.
We lost the Illinois game because our coach called time out. That point isn’t really debatable as the game is over if the time out is called and we win.
It’s impossible to know how the Nebraska game would’ve gone under normal conditions. Athan’s scramble ability was definitely hampered in that game which would’ve hurt us regardless. But not being able to kick field goals was a very big disadvantage to us that day so it’s reasonable to say our chances would’ve been much better under normal weather conditions.
