Disagree Illinois game wasn’t a disaster we played well for the most part, played tight in 2nd half and still should’ve won via the TE overthrow or the missed field goal. Illinois played top 10 Penn St very close and I’d bet Illinois turns out better team then Rutgers this year.
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No . Al is just a Clown that no one on the Rutgers Board takes seriously.
Die hard fan yes. Lives in Reality no.
Fair enough. I feel good about our chances, as our quarterback has already beaten y’all twice, while he was with Minnesota.
There’s no secret as to what we’re going to try to do. Run the ball, take shots downfield, play tough defense. Much respect to your Uber talented quarterback who is still developing and has the potential to be a difference maker.
Yes, he did. But we have the better quarterback now. Cocky Rutgers fans shouldn't get their hopes up too high.
yes, you do. We are strong at RB and the OL
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Do you forget that quarterback came in 2nd half last time Minnesota played in Lincoln and lead his team to victory?
Kaliakmanas has led his team to victory in memorial stadium 2 years ago. Was the backup, starter got hurt late first half and Minny wasn’t doing crap. 2nd half Kaliakmanas torched Nebraska and got the win.
Anybody we play can beat us , that's been proven. I still haven't seen anything that has changed my mind that this is a average Husker team at best.
Our team and fans need to act like it’s Colorado or Oklahoma or Miami we are playing against. The effort and environment is so much better. We can stomp Rutgers if we do that, instead of showing up and acting ho hum, facing another boring Big Ten opponent. I’d say Nebraska by 14-21 points if it’s high level intensity.
Yeah they’re pretty stellar beating Howard and Akron, barely squeaking by VT and Washington.
We hope to stack more credibility this week. We’re focusing on one game at a time.
I remember Mo Ibrahim and Chris Autman Bell torching us. The QB was alright, but was not our biggest problem. This D is also exponentially better than our 22 defense.
I’m not saying we can’t or even won’t lose. Just not that the QB is who I’m at all worried about.
Are all 8 Rutger fans commenting on here?
Agree. I seem to remember Osborne used to preach respect for our opponents. I don't think it is helpful to say everyone we play sucks. It may seem like a winner's mentality because it reflects a high standard and maybe confidence, but when put into practice it leads to taking opponents lightly, being caught off guard, playing down to opponents, lower motivation, lack of enjoyment in victory, and overall more losing. This is why it is extremely rare to hear this mentality from winners.
They're here for the Alabama v. Georgia game Part II Saturday in Lincoln.
Obviously Vegas thinks Rutgers is a juggernaut, that's why they're a -6.5 point dog.
The first half I think Minny had 6 points of their starter had stayed in we would have won.
Yes, but we hope to attract more fans after this Saturday’s Game.
Careful. May lose a fan or two. If Rutgers wins there may be riots. Given New Jersey and all
Agreed, and it was obvious what Vol fans were doing. They wanted Gruden at the time and cynically used anything they could to sabotage the Schiano hire. Then they were served a nice dose of karma when they ended up with Jeremy “Bagman” Pruitt, who had trouble stringing two words together when he wasn’t busy yanking players around by their face masks or handing Happy Meal boxes filled with cash to recruits. If Eichorst was Alvarez’s plant sent to sabotage Nebraska, Pruitt was Saban’s for Tennessee.
Of course, they’re sitting pretty now, so karma must have an expiration date.
We’re Little Brother to Penn State. We show up to the game and they beat our ***. Don’t play them this year, but get them next year. We should be more competitive with them next year, than we ever have been. Only beaten them twice in our history. Last time was 1988.
I’ll applaud your faithful fandom of Rutgers. After the last 10 years I can appreciate what that must be like.
Btw, I’m still pi$$ed that Trev made Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin our main rivals. He was pretty much saying that our goal is to be another ho-hum boring Midwest team that no one cares about. I hope our new AD revisits that decision too.
One reason I liked the original versions of the big ten was that we got to play Michigan every year..but that only lasted what 2 or 3 seasons? Now we should want to have annual game with USC.
I think Penn State was our original protected rival as a nod to Osborne-Paterno. I would prefer Penn St and UCLA as our rivals since they are national brands that we have a long history with, but USC is good too. Have we ever beat USC? Time to make that right.
Yes you are correct Penn St was protected cross over. And Michigan was in our division. It would be nice to have Penn State as a rival. They ended up with 0 rivals now. We don’t need 2 we can ditch the one we have.
