Zero chance of winning at Maryland. Zero.
OT: RU Football...ouch!!
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Rutgers has made it to a bowl! The toilet bowl.
I feel for ru. It is pretty bad when one has to pity a college team. Ru might be the 2nd worst d1 football team. Ash makes Blaney look like John Wooden.
The heat is going to increase on Hobbs to do something about this woeful program and the future looks grim. RU’s 2019 class only has 12 commits with no four star players and a class ranked 69th.
You feel bad for Rutgers fans.....but then they win a game and act like they are the second coming of Ohio State (football) /UCLA (b-ball) and then you’re like “oh yeah now I remember why I hate u guys”
They are insufferable with the tiniest of accomplishments.
Rutgers threw for only 8 more yards than Seton Hall this weekend... and SHU had zero interceptions
Second worst? Who could possibly be worse than Rutgers!? I'm hoping some drops 100 on them this season!
SH has had its share of AD’s who did little to advance athletics at SH like Fogelson and especially Quinlan who was way over his head as an AD.
Its tough to tell what RU might do at seasons end. If they are 100% committed to winning, they eat the buyout, fire Ash and try to bring in a name coach for a big payday. Problem is that it's a ton of money to hopefully, maybe one day be on par with Purdue. Realistically they are never going to compete in the conference, so they may decide to just take the big check, minimize expenses and just keep the status quo for as long as possible. Either way, I'm enjoying every minute of this college football season.
If they are 100% committed to winning then they need to get out of the Big Ten because Rutgers will never win there. Anyone who believes differently just isn't being honest with themselves.
Did Tim really think they'd be competitive? My guess is no. The money is huge so you take the payday 100 times out of 100. But he would have been foolish to think they'd ever be competitive with the top of the conference. Best case is that they can eventually get to mid pack with the purdues of the world. And that goes to my previous comment... is it really worth eating another salary (10m) when the ceiling is so low.
I'm sure posted earlier, but Never Forget: Seton Hall is 1-0 all time against Rutgers in football. Reading the writeup below with a tear rolling down my cheek and in amazement that Steve Politi was whining in 1905:
Link https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/...al_look_at_how_rutgers_has_fared_against.html
“On Neilson Field Saturday afternoon Rutgers was beaten by Seton Hall in one of the scrappiest games of football ever witnessed in New Brunswick…
The South Orange team came to town resolved to win and win they did…
Seton couldn’t understand the clean football and started in to play her style of football, goaded on by a few rooters who frequently yelled: “Play rough Seton.’’…
From this till the end, it was an exhibition of clean football, pitted against a roughhouse game. After every play there was a man knocked out, or a fist fight…
The old Scarlet team has not been trained to this kind of game, and as the officials allowed it to go they could not continue the winning game that they had started."
Link https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/...al_look_at_how_rutgers_has_fared_against.html
Played golf with 2 ex-RU football players this past weekend. Nothing good to say about Chris Ash. Can’t recruit, can’t game plan, can’t adjust. Stuck with his contract and don’t see much positive happening under him. Also not happy with the way he treats ex-players. Field passes have been pulled and they are relegated to a lounge where you can barely see the action in the game.
Ash is the worst head coach in college sports.
Pikiel is a very good coach though
December 15 should be a great game at The Rock.
Pikiel is a very good coach though
December 15 should be a great game at The Rock.
Chris Ash began his coaching career in 1997 as an assistant at Drake and had stops at Iowa State, San Diego State, Arkansas , Wisconsin and Ohio State . He was the DC at Arkansas,Wisconsin and Co-DC at Ohio State and Recruiting coordinator at Iowa State and San Diego in his 21 years as an assistant coach. On paper he looked good as someone who coached at two highly successful B1G programs plus at a SEC and Big -12 program and had served as a a defensive and recruiting coordinator . If their search couldn’t find or pay for an experienced head coach and were going the assistant route Ash and his experience were likely attractive to Hobbs. Someone once told me that someone who’s been an assistant for as long as Ash was , 21 years and never was hired as a head coach is a coach you should stay away from. In RU’s case that appears to be true.
Rutgers is a career killer. Ash is toast. Pikiel is also on a trajectory of career suicide . He should get out while it's still possible to get a job elsewhere.
can we all agree that we should be rooting for Ash and RU today....just like we unsuccessfully rooted for Eddie Jordan a few years ago.
I will be going to the Penn State vs Rutgers game later this year but will not be wearing red. I bet at least 2/3 of the crowd will be PSU fans.
An anonymous Vegas gambler with a fitting nickname has made a killing betting against Rutgers football
Should have thought of this years ago and I'd be rich.
Should have thought of this years ago and I'd be rich.
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