Rutgers ranked No.23? What a joke...

[Pard4Life]

Un-freaking real... who have they played??? NOBODY! I think their opponents have one or two wins between them. How does that justify a ranking? Furthemore, they just beat a winless, hapless I-AA team.

Unreal! Well, they will play good teams now... adios ranking...

[RadMann]

I think it is the best team they've had in several years but that is not saying much and I agree that they will fall out of the rankings when they lose to a few tougher opponents.

[Pard4Life]

I think it is the best team they've had in several years but that is not saying much and I agree that they will fall out of the rankings when they lose to a few tougher opponents.

Yeah I can see the media's logic on that one... program has been hyping for years "it's 'R' time".. recruits in state talent... losses with new staff when they say it's the year... finally beat the teams they are supposed to beat... hence buy into the hype+beat teams that are below you = a ranking (?)... whatever....

Teel can't throw for beans so far... this will get interesting.

[Blue Hen Nation]

With their next two games being S. Florida and Navy, they'll be 6-0. After that, they have stiffer competition with the likes of Louisville, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Syracuse and West Virginia.

[Pard4Life]

With their next two games being S. Florida and Navy, they'll be 6-0. After that, they have stiffer competition with the likes of Louisville, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Syracuse and West Virginia.

South Florida should be a win... but I heard Navy is decent this year. Hope they give it to Rutgers. Cincinnati might give Rutgers a run for it... and even the 'playing-better' Orange.

[Coastal89]

Un-freaking real... who have they played??? NOBODY! I think their opponents have one or two wins between them. How does that justify a ranking? Furthemore, they just beat a winless, hapless I-AA team.

Unreal! Well, they will play good teams now... adios ranking...
Just look at the AGS poll, quality wins have nothing to do with rankings. Who has NAU defeated? A first year D-II Dixie St.(moved up from JUCO status) that is 0-5 and Idaho St. thats 1-3.

[Pard4Life]

Just look at the AGS poll, quality wins have nothing to do with rankings. Who has NAU defeated? A first year D-II Dixie St.(moved up from JUCO status) that is 0-5 and Idaho St. thats 1-3.

Who says NAU is desrving though? I didn't vote for them...

[dbackjon]

:takesCoastal&Pard4LifeoffXmasCardList:

[putter]

Who says NAU is desrving though? I didn't vote for them...

Well who says they aren't deserving? It is not like they are ranked 15th! They have played two good I-A teams and whooped up on a DII and beat ISU in Pokey, which is not an easy place to play. The bottom 5 in the ranking have been bouncing around anyway.

[unknown-swac]

Rutgers has a good shot at only losing to WVU and Louisville...

[putter]

Rutgers has a good shot at only losing to WVU and Louisville...

That is a good statement. The question will be, "Can they be competitive against WVU and the Cards or will they get escorted off the field?"

[unknown-swac]

Im not sure...but I will say that they have a VERY good runningback this year.

[colgate13]

You can tell someone is from NJ when they like to bash RU football!

[Pard4Life]

:takesCoastal&Pard4LifeoffXmasCardList:

xlolx Well if NAU does well in conference play then by all means.. they should be ranked.. Big Sky is very competitive as we all know.

[LacesOut]

I'm jumping on their bandwagon. Would love to see them finish 7-4 or so and get into another bowl game.

Last years bowl game that there were in vs. Arizona State was a great game.

[Pard4Life]

Rutgers has a good shot at only losing to WVU and Louisville...

Yeah, but what does that say? Do they play in an overrated conference? Perhaps... you might want to include Pittsburgh, Navy, and Cincinnati on that list too...

[Pard4Life]

Im not sure...but I will say that they have a VERY good runningback this year.

...overrated...

[Pard4Life]

You can tell someone is from NJ when they like to bash RU football!

:nod: What good has ever come of it? Bad school, bad team, bad location..

Funny fact.. they were our second most played rivalry after Lehigh.. stopped at 72 games, likely nearly all of them consecutive. If continued to today, it would have been 102 games...

[putter]

You can tell someone is from NJ when they like to bash RU football!

If you're from NJ aren't you supposed to use SUNJ rather than RU? xlolx

[Pard4Life]

If you're from NJ aren't you supposed to use SUNJ rather than RU? xlolx

Yeah it's odd, there are no 'state designations'. It is Rutguers University - The State University of NJ... or something like that... there are others too that are state and you'd never guess...

College of New Jersey
Ramapo College
Stockton College
Kean University
Montclair St. (i think this is the only 'St.' in NJ.. I don't like them very much either.. campus gives me the heebie-jeebies with their East Berlin archetecture.. ugh)

[dbackjon]

Yeah it's odd, there are no 'state designations'. It is Rutguers University - The State University of NJ... or something like that... there are others too that are state and you'd never guess...

College of New Jersey
Ramapo College
Stockton College
Kean University
Montclair St. (i think this is the only 'St.' in NJ.. I don't like them very much either.. campus gives me the heebie-jeebies with their East Berlin archetecture.. ugh)

Rowan University - was Glasboro State College, until $100 million donation prompted a name change.

[AZGrizFan]

With their next two games being S. Florida and Navy, they'll be 6-0. After that, they have stiffer competition with the likes of Louisville, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Syracuse and West Virginia.

I wouldn't be chalking that Navy game up in the win column for Rutgers just yet. :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:

And as bad as ASU looked against Cal, they'd beat Rutgers by 3 touchdowns.....on a bad day.

[unknown-swac]

I guess thats why the games are played on Saturdays so you dont have to make assumptions.

[Go...gate]

I go against the grain, because I do support RU football.

Definitely dating myself here, but I am old enough to remember two Top 20undefeated teams at Rutgers - 1961 and 1976. They got by Colgate in their final game of 1976, 17-9 to finish undefeated, and in 1961, earned their spotless record by beating Ivy League Champion Columbia (yes, you read that right - they shared the Ivy League title with Harvard - and have rarely been even close since) 31-19 with a wild fourth-quarter comeback. Rutgers has had a lot of tough seasons, but they were truly good those two years.

[Pard4Life]

I go against the grain, because I do support RU football.

Definitely dating myself here, but I am old enough to remember two Top 20undefeated teams at Rutgers - 1961 and 1976. They got by Colgate in their final game of 1976, 17-9 to finish undefeated, and in 1961, earned their spotless record by beating Ivy League Champion Columbia (yes, you read that right - they shared the Ivy League title with Harvard - and have rarely been even close since) 31-19 with a wild fourth-quarter comeback. Rutgers has had a lot of tough seasons, but they were truly good those two years.

This is true. But as you cite... only two seasons of excellence... thank you for helping the arguement along 'gate.. :thumbsup: So two great seasons in the past 45 years? Hmm.. sounds like Columbia to me... 1961 and 1996.. :rolleyes:

[Pard4Life]

Rowan University - was Glasboro State College, until $100 million donation prompted a name change.

Ah yes Rowan.. forgot to add them...

Also, TCNJ (The College of NJ) used to be Trenton St... there used to be a Jersey City State (something else now), and I think it used to Kean St.

There used to be St. designations but that started to change in the late 1980s. I guess that is when Rowan changed.. I always knew them as 'Rowan'.

[Tribefan]

Forget the fact that Rutgers is ranked. In previous years they would have lost either UNC or Illinois. Maybe won a squeaker against Ohio and maybe would have had a tough time against Howard. Greg Schiano may not be able to call a good football game, but he can flat out recruit. During the Terry Shea era, RU would lose recruiting battles to Rowan, Hofstra and other schools that they shouldn't be losing recruiting battles with.

A big part of Rutgers resurgence is this Ray Rice kid. Rice was supposed to go to Syracuse but backed out when Pasqualoni retired. If you look at their recruiting class from last year, you'll see that they are getting kids who have offers from other well established BCS schools and they even poached two kids who had committed to UVA right before signing day.

Rutgers is living proof that you win with talent, because Schiano definitely is a subpar gameday coach IMO.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Well, USF ain't a bad team and Rutgers is looking pretty good so far (even though it is only 7-0). I'm not so sure they don't deserve their ranking.

[unknown-swac]

Rutgers would be alright if they had a better QB. But their RB Rice is damn good. Their FB is good too.

[unknown-swac]

Turned out to be a pretty good game. Rice is the truth...200 yards rushing.

[wannabegaucho]

I hope Leonard is healthy... he was injured late in the game on the on-sides kick?

[SouthMountainWreckingBall]

Well, USF ain't a bad team and Rutgers is looking pretty good so far (even though it is only 7-0). I'm not so sure they don't deserve their ranking.


They deserve it. Pard4Life really doesn't know what he's talking about. They have an extremely fast, play-making defense. Excellent special teams and a terrific OL and running game. Their QB is young and pretty shaky at this point but until someone slows down their rushing attack he doesn't have to do much more than manage the game.

[unknown-swac]

2 more wins and Rutgers goes to a bowl game...

[Pard4Life]

They deserve it. Pard4Life really doesn't know what he's talking about. They have an extremely fast, play-making defense. Excellent special teams and a terrific OL and running game. Their QB is young and pretty shaky at this point but until someone slows down their rushing attack he doesn't have to do much more than manage the game.

Yeah what do I expect out of a Lehigh fan? South Florida was playing a true freshman QB and Rutgers had trouble. They practically walked the Bulls to the end zone at the end of the game. USF is not a power house team... again.. Rutgers is not Top 25. Can't wait for some real games...

[Pard4Life]

2 more wins and Rutgers goes to a bowl game...

Isn't Wake Forest in a similar spot? Scheduled all easy games.

[dbackjon]

Isn't Wake Forest in a similar spot? Scheduled all easy games.

Very much so. Wake has beaten:

Syracuse
UCONN
Liberty
Mississippi
Duke

[goasu984Life]

Wake's got Clemson this week. We'll see how good they are now.

[Pard4Life]

Very much so. Wake has beaten:

Syracuse
UCONN
Liberty
Mississippi
Duke

Yeah, so if Wake wins one more game, they go to a bowl... awful awful awful... probably some irrelevant bowl nobody cares about.. i.e. Toronto Bowl.. oh wait that's um, every bowl game except maybe 6 or 7.

[roberb7]

Here's where the crunch comes:

Nov. 2 - West Virginia at Louisville
Nov. 9 - Louisville at Rutgers
Dec. 2 - Rutgers at West Virginia

The Big East is a pretty good league this year.

[unknown-swac]

That WV and Louisville will be a beast of a game.

[Pard4Life]

That WV and Louisville will be a beast of a game.

I'd give Louisville an edge.. they have faced some adversity this season and seem to be doing very well... WVU has had a cake-walk so far..

[Pard4Life]

Here's where the crunch comes:

Nov. 2 - West Virginia at Louisville
Nov. 9 - Louisville at Rutgers
Dec. 2 - Rutgers at West Virginia

The Big East is a pretty good league this year.

Rutgers will have a very tough team beating WVU and Louisville.. as well as Pitt and Navy.. going 2-4 the rest of the way to 7-4 is not unrealistic by far..

[Pard4Life]

My predicted score this week...

Reality - 21, Rutgers 0

[Pard4Life]

Navy is favored by two points over Rutgers this week.

[ucdtim17]

Rutgers should win

[Pard4Life]

Rutgers should win

I don't know Rutgers has a very bad history defending the option. Even last year Navy raked up 360 yards of offense.

[unknown-swac]

Rutgers - 27

Navy - 0

[unknown-swac]

Make that 35-0 Rutgers.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

P4L - I imagine you gotta back off of the Rutgers bashing after that impressive win. They are legit.

[roberb7]

P4L - I imagine you gotta back off of the Rutgers bashing after that impressive win. They are legit.

To be fair, Navy lost their QB in the first quarter. Let's see how the Scarlet Knights do against Pitt next week.

And while I've got the microphone, how about Vanderbilt beating Georgia? And Wake Forest at 6-1?

[Pard4Life]

P4L - I imagine you gotta back off of the Rutgers bashing after that impressive win. They are legit.

No not really... their QB had his leg practically sent through a cement mixer in the middle of the first quarter. When you lose your QB in the option, everything falls apart... as seen with Navy here. Rutgers is a decent team and when it's a decent team vs. a team that had their heart ripped out... well, you should win..

My verdict is still out.. they have to play some real games... and that is coming up thankfully.. it took the whole season. I'd rank Penn St. in the Top25 before Rutgers.

[Pards Rule]

P4L, what is the circa date of that Leopard on the bottom right? He/she (?) kind of has a "come hither" look to him/her...

[Ivytalk]

Let's settle it on the field, gentlemen. Have Rutgers play... SAN DIEGO!!!:D :p :hurray:

[dbackjon]

Let's settle it on the field, gentlemen. Have Rutgers play... SAN DIEGO!!!:D :p :hurray:

:hurray: :hurray:

[SouthMountainWreckingBall]

No not really... their QB had his leg practically sent through a cement mixer in the middle of the first quarter. When you lose your QB in the option, everything falls apart... as seen with Navy here. Rutgers is a decent team and when it's a decent team vs. a team that had their heart ripped out... well, you should win..

My verdict is still out.. they have to play some real games... and that is coming up thankfully.. it took the whole season. I'd rank Penn St. in the Top25 before Rutgers.


Rutgers completely overwhelmed Navy's line from the first snap. Hampton, the starting quarterback, had 6 carries for ONE yard before he was (regrettably) hurt. There is always the chance that they would have scored a touchdown or two on blown assignments but they were physically manhandled all day and who was playing quarterback would have been immaterial. My girlfriend went there so I have seen all their games, but am not by any means a Rutgers fan. But your comments about them have been almost universally rePARDed. You sound like a bitter, jilted girl or something.xlolx

[unknown-swac]

What are people gonna say if they beat Pitt, WV or Louisville? I can only imagine. I think Rutgers is a lot better than usual but Pitt is gonna be the sleeper out of the Big East I think. How would you all gauge the ACC to the Big East this year? You have WVU, Louisville, Pitt and Rutgers in the Big East doing well and Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Clemson and Boston College doing well in the ACC

[D1B]

No not really... their QB had his leg practically sent through a cement mixer in the middle of the first quarter. When you lose your QB in the option, everything falls apart... as seen with Navy here. Rutgers is a decent team and when it's a decent team vs. a team that had their heart ripped out... well, you should win..

My verdict is still out.. they have to play some real games... and that is coming up thankfully.. it took the whole season. I'd rank Penn St. in the Top25 before Rutgers.

IMO, Rutgers is legit. They will beat Pittsburg and have a chance with WV and LV.

[unknown-swac]

Win or lose..from what I've seen so far I am convinced that Rutgers is a legitimate football team this year. Rice is the truth.

[unknown-swac]

Rutgers tailback = A BEAST!! He has to be right at 200 yards rushing against PITT and theres 11 mins left in the game.

[ngineer]

The Scarlet Knights of the Raritan are showing they are for real. What an answer to Pitt's last score. Could be a wild finish...

[unknown-swac]

In all honesty...Ray Rice may be one of the top 3 tailbacks right now. I'm not sure about WV but the way Louisville has been playing lately i'd give Rutgers a slight chance to win that game. Never in my life have I been interested in Rutgers but something has drawn me to follow them this year.

34 rush 219 yards 6.4 yards per carry 1 TD

Not so much of a joke now ey?

[UNHWildCats]

In all honesty...Ray Rice may be one of the top 3 tailbacks right now. I'm not sure about WV but the way Louisville has been playing lately i'd give Rutgers a slight chance to win that game. Never in my life have I been interested in Rutgers but something has drawn me to follow them this year.

34 rush 219 yards 6.4 yards per carry 1 TD

Not so much of a joke now ey?

Rutgers also has the top defense in I-A i think they could win out.

[GeauxColonels]

Rutgers also has the top defense in I-A i think they could win out.
Actually, Rutgers is 2nd ranked in total defense in I-A.

[Pard4Life]

Ugh, I am still not convinced with Rutgers... Pittsburgh is a decent team, as is Rutgers.. decent teams beat decent teams.. but that does not convince me they are 'for real' or are legitamite... If Rutgers played Clemson's schedule or Oklahoma's, RU would easily have a few losses right now....

Please, they are going to have to beat WVU and Louisville, either or, to convince me... Cincinatti might prove a challenge as well, and maybe a Syracuse curveball.

First four games of Rutgers scheudle was abominable... the next, middle four are better, but still middle of the road I-A teams, ranked 50s-70s... aside from Pitt...

I do concede Rutgers should get a ranking nod at this point in the season... BUT NOT 16!!

More like 23-25 or so...

[kardplayer]

Here's something I don't remember from my lifetime... I was thinking about getting tickets to the Rutgers/Louisville game, but its sold out. Not only that, but tickets are going on ebay for 150 per and up.

$150 for Rutgers football? Are you kidding me? At the beginning of last year, you couldn't have given those tickets away...

[ucdtim17]

Biggest ever game at Rutgers probably

[PantherRob82]

Iowa's going the opposite way. I saw tix on ebay for Sat vs. NIU for under $5

[Pard4Life]

Biggest ever game at Rutgers probably

That is sad considering they have been around as long as Princeton... you can tell where the smart people are... : smh :

[Pard4Life]

Here's something I don't remember from my lifetime... I was thinking about getting tickets to the Rutgers/Louisville game, but its sold out. Not only that, but tickets are going on ebay for 150 per and up.

$150 for Rutgers football? Are you kidding me? At the beginning of last year, you couldn't have given those tickets away...

I'd rather use that money for a massage... catch your Rutgers highlights on ESPN as they blow it.. and laugh heartily and the fools who paid $1,000 for numerous tickets.

[ucdtim17]

My cousin just started her freshman year there - she certainly picked the right year to do it. I'm pulling for em

[Pard4Life]

Well I must say the Rutgers D played ferociously... too bad UConn's blocking was still reminiscent of their bad Yankee Conference teams... offense was just awful

STILL WAITING FOR THAT TEST! Thankfully Louisville is next... then we can end this joyride...

[Pards Rule]

Well congrats to the Scarlet Knights...Next up is the big time test: LOUISVILLE! Dont hate me Pard, but I am rooting for the Knights!

[LeopardFan04]

I'd love to see Rutgers run the table...Rutgers in the Orange Bowl? wow...

[bluehenbillk]

I could see RU knocking Louisville off, however don't they play in Morgantown in December? If they do, ouch, it gets ugly, they'll never contain both White & Slaton.

[Go...gate]

I remember the last time Rutgers was this good, in 1976. That was a wonderful team with a great coach (Frank Burns) and came on the heels of their Men's BB team's only Final Four appearance in the '75-'76 season. I'm happy to see them doing so well after struggling for so long. xsmileyclapx

[Pard4Life]

I'd love to see Rutgers run the table...Rutgers in the Orange Bowl? wow...

Ugh, awful... we'd never hear the end of it... Rutgers needs to be brought back down to earth. If they played some real teams to start the year, things might be a bit different now.

I long for the days of such headlines: West Virginia 70, Rutgers 7... Buffalo, UNH down Rutgers... Schiano will be hailed as the next Paterno.. unjustified!

[unknown-swac]

Ugh, awful... we'd never hear the end of it... Rutgers needs to be brought back down to earth. If they played some real teams to start the year, things might be a bit different now.

I long for the days of such headlines: West Virginia 70, Rutgers 7... Buffalo, UNH down Rutgers... Schiano will be hailed as the next Paterno.. unjustified!

:D

[griz37]

Looks like Rutgers is the real deal.

[UNHWildCats]

Rutgers also has the top defense in I-A i think they could win out.

One step closer :D

[slycat]

any chance rutgers will get in the national championship if they win out?

im think no cause the winner of OSU - Michigan will get one spot and UT or Auburn will get the other. IMO

[AppGuy04]

I think they started too far down to climb into the NC game

[blur2005]

The entire premise of this thread is silly now. Rutgers is legit for sure.

[unknown-swac]

They wont get a high enough ranking to get to the championship game, but I think a BCS game is inevitable.

[AppGuy04]

They wont get a high enough ranking to get to the championship game, but I think a BCS game is inevitable.

Not yet, they still have to beat WVU

[Peems]

here is an interesting article discussing what we owe rutgers football and their "shot" at a NC appearance.


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=baker/061109

[seantaylor]

any chance rutgers will get in the national championship if they win out?

im think no cause the winner of OSU - Michigan will get one spot and UT or Auburn will get the other. IMO


Texas maybe. The winner of USC-Cal or Notre Dame. Auburn is not very good, and would get blown off the field.

[OhioHen]

here is an interesting article discussing what we owe rutgers football and their "shot" at a NC appearance.


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=baker/061109

And the result of all those games going the way the author proposes?


Boise State goes to the big game against the survivor of Ohio State and Michigan -- and Rutgers gets "woofed" -- just not enough RU love for them to vault over the Broncos. :eek:

[bandl]

The entire premise of this thread is silly now. Rutgers is legit for sure.

Yeah, but will Pard4LIfe step up to the plate and admit that?? His incessant non-stop bashing of Rutgers was getting really old. xidiotx

[UNHWildCats]

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/8039/rutgersrh9.png

[lugo02]

I can't believe that someone from the Patriot League. especially Laugh-A-yette is bashing Rutgers so much, when Patriot Leagues teams go thought he same thing year after yeah from so called I-AA Power Conference team... pard4Life have such a short memory, he seems to forget, that happened less than 1 year ago when they were picked over that other team for the playoffs.
Go Rutgers

[Tribefan]

Any discussion of Rutgers in the NC game is moot until they beat WVU in Morgantown. That will be a long shot.

[Go...gate]

I think they will finish up 11-1 and maybe in the Gator Bowl. It has been a wonderful season, however, "On the Banks of the Old Raritan".

[blackfordpu]

Any discussion of Rutgers in the NC game is moot until they beat WVU in Morgantown. That will be a long shot.

Long shot? The beat Louisville who beat WVU. Why do you say it will be a long shot. They are a great team.

[Pard4Life]

Yeah, but will Pard4LIfe step up to the plate and admit that?? His incessant non-stop bashing of Rutgers was getting really old. xidiotx

xlolx

NO!

The game was amazing and fun to watch. But seriously, winning one major game on a schedule filled with patsies should not make Rutgers NC contender.

Look at Cal, USC, Notre Dame, Florida... they have to play REAL teams week in and out.

The sad thing is RU is #6 in the BCS. They have a real shot to make the NC if...

Cal beats USC
USC beats Notre Dame
FSU or anyone in the SEC title game beats Florida

This can really happen....

A two loss USC or Cal is more deserving to play in the NC game... I hope some people realize that...

Rutgers is kind of like the San Diego of I-A... except at least Rutgers has two major games.. WVU and Louisville..

[bandl]

xlolx

NO!

The game was amazing and fun to watch. But seriously, winning one major game on a schedule filled with patsies should not make Rutgers NC contender.

Look at Cal, USC, Notre Dame, Florida... they have to play REAL teams week in and out.

The sad thing is RU is #6 in the BCS. They have a real shot to make the NC if...

Cal beats USC
USC beats Notre Dame
FSU or anyone in the SEC title game beats Florida

This can really happen....

A two loss USC or Cal is more deserving to play in the NC game... I hope some people realize that...

Rutgers is kind of like the San Diego of I-A... except at least Rutgers has two major games.. WVU and Louisville..
I gotta ask...why do you seem to hate them so much? Did you apply to get into Rutgers way back when and get denied?? ;)

[Pard4Life]

I can't believe that someone from the Patriot League. especially Laugh-A-yette is bashing Rutgers so much, when Patriot Leagues teams go thought he same thing year after yeah from so called I-AA Power Conference team... pard4Life have such a short memory, he seems to forget, that happened less than 1 year ago when they were picked over that other team for the playoffs.
Go Rutgers

? Bad analogy... It's simple.. YSU did not meet the criteria for selection. We did.. end of story. The Patriot is a legit conference.. not a power.. we just had a bad year..

[Pard4Life]

I gotta ask...why do you seem to hate them so much? Did you apply to get to Rutgers in way back when and get denied?? ;)

1) Many people I know have short vision.. over half my HS goes to Rutgers.. smart kids too... such a townie mentality. Get out of NJ! Rutgers is not the end all!

2) Big, ugly state school.. campus has no character

3) It was an Ivy.. yes.. it was an IVY... look at it now..

4) Rejected? I did not even bother wasting $50 to apply... if I got into Lafayette and other places, RU would have been a shoe-in..

The only thing I respect at Rutgers is their grad programs in sciences and the arts.

[bandl]

1) Many people I know have short vision.. over half my HS goes to Rutgers.. smart kids too... such a townie mentality. Get out of NJ! Rutgers is not the end all!

2) Big, ugly state school.. campus has no character

3) It was an Ivy.. yes.. it was an IVY... look at it now..

4) Rejected? I did not even bother wasting $50 to apply... if I got into Lafayette and other places, RU would have been a shoe-in..

The only thing I respect at Rutgers is their grad programs in sciences and the arts.
I don't know squat about Rutgers. Don't really care (since it's in Jersey ;) ). But I love the fact that a 'non-traditional' team is really making this 'National Championship' race interesting. The I-A system is a joke, it's about this time of year that I really begin to hate and ignore I-A football anyways. If Rutgers can get in the picture somehow and ***** some things up and make more people question the system, more power to 'em! :hurray:

[Pard4Life]

I don't know squat about Rutgers. Don't really care (since it's in Jersey ;) ). But I love the fact that a 'non-traditional' team is really making this 'National Championship' race interesting. The I-A system is a joke, it's about this time of year that I really begin to hate and ignore I-A football anyways. If Rutgers can get in the picture somehow and ***** some things up and make more people question the system, more power to 'em! :hurray:

Yeah, that's about the only good I can think about coming out of this Rutgers insanity.

[Ivytalk]

The Bearcats put a real whuppin' on the Scarlet Knights last night. How far will they fall in the polls?

[dbackjon]

The Bearcats put a real whuppin' on the Scarlet Knights last night. How far will they fall in the polls?

Mid teens

[bobcatfan06]

I think they fell to #16 in the AP.

[lugo02]

Rutgers won tonight!

[AppGuy04]

Rutgers won tonight!
Whooped em!

[chiapet9]

and did you see that true freshman lighting up the end zone. tim brown had 4 receptions the whole season...had at least 2 touchdowns last night (i stopped counting)...i think they'll be contenders next season...congrats Greg Schiano.

[ngineer]

But for Wake Forest's great year, Schiano would have run away with Coach of the Year honors. What a great season.

[spelunker64]

and did you see that true freshman lighting up the end zone. tim brown had 4 receptions the whole season...had at least 2 touchdowns last night (i stopped counting)...i think they'll be contenders next season...congrats Greg Schiano.

That guy has some wheels, the camera couldn't keep up with him on one of those plays.

[Go...gate]

They really blew K-State away. It was a pleasure to watch.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

One interesting sub-plot to the bowl season is the performance of the Big East teams. For all the howling about how inferior Big East football was without Miami, VA Tech and the University of Chestnut Hill (Boston College) to those of you outside New England), that hasn't played out in the bowls. IIRC correctly, West Virginia spanked Georgia from the SEC last year and now Rutgers has spanked Kansas State of the Big 12. I believe West Virginia and Lousiville have ACC foes for their games this year in Georgia Tech and Wake Forest. Pretty good opportunity for the Big East to make a statement.

[bison95]

One interesting sub-plot to the bowl season is the performance of the Big East teams. For all the howling about how inferior Big East football was without Miami, VA Tech and the University of Chestnut Hill (Boston College) to those of you outside New England), that hasn't played out in the bowls. IIRC correctly, West Virginia spanked Georgia from the SEC last year and now Rutgers has spanked Kansas State of the Big 12. I believe West Virginia and Lousiville have ACC foes for their games this year in Georgia Tech and Wake Forest. Pretty good opportunity for the Big East to make a statement.
Remember Kansas State is average to sucky, Rutgers, WVU, Lvsl, all would have been undefeated in the big 12. Saying that beating a big12 team is a statement is like saying beating a pioneer league team is a statement:eek:

[AppGuy04]

One interesting sub-plot to the bowl season is the performance of the Big East teams. For all the howling about how inferior Big East football was without Miami, VA Tech and the University of Chestnut Hill (Boston College) to those of you outside New England), that hasn't played out in the bowls. IIRC correctly, West Virginia spanked Georgia from the SEC last year and now Rutgers has spanked Kansas State of the Big 12. I believe West Virginia and Lousiville have ACC foes for their games this year in Georgia Tech and Wake Forest. Pretty good opportunity for the Big East to make a statement.

The Big East is similar to what the ACC once was, very top heavy. After you get past the top 3, the rest suck

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Remember Kansas State is average to sucky, Rutgers, WVU, Lvsl, all would have been undefeated in the big 12. Saying that beating a big12 team is a statement is like saying beating a pioneer league team is a statement:eek:

Maybe, but the Big 12 is still a BCS league! And if you think those three teams would have been undefeated in the B12, then I think that justifies their classification as a BCS league. :twocents:

BTW, I have no dog in this fight because I detest the UConnVicts, the local BE school.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

The Big East is similar to what the ACC once was, very top heavy. After you get past the top 3, the rest suck

I hope you're correct because I'm hoping that the Maine Black Bears prove it this Fall when they visit Rentschler Field to play the UConnVicts! It was sickening to read all the garbage by the local press after they beat Rhode Island (URI) this year. They kept justifying their move to I-A football because of the margin of victory over URI.

Frankly, I'm not sure UConn could have beat UMass based on each school's game with Navy. The Huskies got spanked in East Hartford while the Minutemen lost by one in Annapolis. And based on UConn's loss to Wake Forest at the Rent and the Demon Deacon's struggle with Duke who lost 16-0 at home to Richmond, I think most of the better teams in the A-10 would be more than competitive with the Huskies.

Prove me right this Fall Maine!!!! And MaineJeff if you reading this thread, I will consider joining you at that game to root for the Bears as long as I don't have a conflict with the UNH schedule. Shoot, if our ice hockey teams can share a plane to the Everblades Classic, then I guess we fans can co-exist too! ;) :p xlolx

[AZGrizFan]

The Big East is similar to what the ACC once was, very top heavy. After you get past the top 3, the rest suck

Name me ANY conference, in ANY division, where that's not the case. :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: xcoffeex

[Tribefan]

I hope you're correct because I'm hoping that the Maine Black Bears prove it this Fall when they visit Rentschler Field to play the UConnVicts! It was sickening to read all the garbage by the local press after they beat Rhode Island (URI) this year. They kept justifying their move to I-A football because of the margin of victory over URI.

Frankly, I'm not sure UConn could have beat UMass based on each school's game with Navy. The Huskies got spanked in East Hartford while the Minutemen lost by one in Annapolis. And based on UConn's loss to Wake Forest at the Rent and the Demon Deacon's struggle with Duke who lost 16-0 at home to Richmond, I think most of the better teams in the A-10 would be more than competitive with the Huskies.

Prove me right this Fall Maine!!!! And MaineJeff if you reading this thread, I will consider joining you at that game to root for the Bears as long as I don't have a conflict with the UNH schedule. Shoot, if our ice hockey teams can share a plane to the Everblades Classic, then I guess we fans can co-exist too! ;) :p xlolx

Really? So most of the A-10 would have beaten Army, Pitt and IU as well? UConn had something like 8 true freshmen starting this season. What a stupid and uneducated comment on your part :nonono2:

BTW, if you actually watched the Wake/UConn game, UConn wasn't exactly outmatched in that one. UConn will absolutely kill Maine next fall. Print it.

[Tribefan]

The Big East is similar to what the ACC once was, very top heavy. After you get past the top 3, the rest suck

Right and the the (N)ACC is alot like The Big East once was: Zero teams deep. Once you get past...... well pretty much everyone in the NACC sucked this season.

I'm going to enjoy watching Louisville hang 50 on Wake (even though I kind of like Wake) karma comes full circle for Mr. Swofford.

[Tribefan]

Remember Kansas State is average to sucky, Rutgers, WVU, Lvsl, all would have been undefeated in the big 12. Saying that beating a big12 team is a statement is like saying beating a pioneer league team is a statement:eek:

I agree. The Big 12 North is the suckiest division in college football. It really was an unappealing bowl for RU to play in, they deserved better.

Rutgers will be good for good long while, their recruiting is going incredibly well and the heart and soul of this team is very young.

[PantherRob82]

I agree. The Big 12 North is the suckiest division in college football. .

so true.

[BigApp]

Rutgers, WVU, Lvsl, all would have been undefeated in the big 12. Saying that beating a big12 team is a statement is like saying beating a pioneer league team is a statement:eek:

you think those teams could beat Nebraska, Texas-Austin and Oklahoma?
:eyebrow: :eyebrow: :eyebrow:

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Really? So most of the A-10 would have beaten Army, Pitt and IU as well? UConn had something like 8 true freshmen starting this season. What a stupid and uneducated comment on your part :nonono2:

Well, excuse me for living! What have I ever said directly to you that I deserve that reply?????? :mad:

BTW, Southern Illinois beat Indiana, UNH beat Northwestern, NDSU beat Minnesota , Richmond beat Duke and UMass lost by one in Annapolis. Why couldn't the better A-10 teams have beat IU and especially Army on any given Saturday? :confused: I don't know a lot about Pittsburgh and I didn't bring them up, I only commented about UConn.


BTW, if you actually watched the Wake/UConn game, UConn wasn't exactly outmatched in that one. UConn will absolutely kill Maine next fall. Print it.

Did you happen to notice that Boston College didn't kill Maine this past season? If UConn doesn't get better QB play, then I don't see them killing Maine this season. For the record, I don't have any reason to watch UConn.