Greg Schiano does not want to lose Rutgers football fans because of the team’s rough 3-4 start to the season. Sure, things haven’t been pretty for the Scarlet Knights this season. They’re 0-4 in Big Ten play, including a couple of ugly losses to Ohio State, Michigan State and Northwestern. But bowl-game eligibility is still […]
Read MoreRutgers’ Head Coach Seemingly Just Vanished On The Sideline Today
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano found himself as the subject of a viral video on Saturday afternoon. Not for a wild play call or in-game adjustment, but for a mind-bending optical illusion. Cameras captured the longtime Scarlet Knights coach hyping up a huddle of his players early on in today’s matchup against the Northwestern Wildcats. […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 7
Once again, college football brought us some shocking results last weekend. None was more jarring than No. 1 Alabama’s upset loss at Texas A&M. With that loss, Georgia vaults to the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll. The Bulldogs’ defense has been virtually impenetrable this season, and the offense has been efficient enough for […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 6
Last Saturday brought a serious shakeup to the college football season. A few major contenders, including undefeated Oregon, and one-loss Florida and Texas A&M all suffered major upset losses, while Alabama and Georgia flexed their muscles and continue to look the part of clear favorites to win it all. The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide faced […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 5
Week 5 of the 2021 college football season is upon us. It may just be the best week that we’ve had yet, at least on paper. There are four games between ranked teams. In the SEC, upstart Arkansas, ranked No. 8, can prove it is truly elite with a trip to No. 2 Georgia. No. […]
Read MoreLook: Rutgers Failed Miserably On Trick Play vs. Michigan
Trailing 14-3 early in the second quarter, Rutgers opted to go deep into its bag of tricks on a fourth-and-one play in Michigan territory. Prior to the snap, Rutgers quarterback Noah Vedral began walking to the sideline and looked confused. It was all apart of the act. As Vedral looked to the sideline, running back Isaih […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
Week 3 brought us some interesting college football results. No. 1 Alabama got everything it could handle from No. 11 Florida, No. 3 Oklahoma looked pretty sluggish once again against Nebraska, and No. 6 Clemson nearly fell to Georgia Tech. It was also a bad weekend for SEC referees, botching calls in Penn State‘s win […]
Read MoreDetails Emerge From Rutgers Football Paintball Incident
Earlier this Tuesday, it was announced that two Rutgers players were suspended from the football team due to an incident involving a paintball gun. Additional details have finally emerged regarding what transpired on Monday night. University police said that three students suffered minor injuries after being hit by paintballs from a moving vehicle around 10 […]
Read More2 Big Ten Football Players Suspended For Paintball Incident
Two Big Ten football players have been suspended for what their head coach is calling a paintball gun incident. Rutgers starting cornerback Max Melton, an NFL prospect, and backup cornerback Chris Long have been suspended by head coach Greg Schiano. Melton and Long were reportedly taken into custody on campus this week. They were reportedly […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
Week 2 of the college football season really took us for a ride. One of the top teams in the country, Ohio State, fell in a big upset to Oregon, while USC‘s loss to Stanford opened up one of the biggest jobs in the sport. Week 3 brings us some more very interesting matchups. Early […]
Read MoreGreg Schiano Responds To USC Job Rumors
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano is one of the several coaches rumored as a target for the recently-opened USC job. But, on Thursday, the 13th-year Scarlet Knights leader made it very clear that the replacing Clay Helton with the Trojans’ program is far from his top priority. For now, Schiano seems to be laser-focused on […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
Week 2 of the college football season is set to begin on Friday night. Last weekend gave us some interesting first games, with a number of the nation’s dominant programs looking pretty susceptible. And then there is No. 1 Alabama, which looks pretty far ahead of the field. We have a great slate of games […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2021 College Football Staff Picks: Week 1
College football is back. We got a sneak preview of what is to come last weekend, with Illinois‘ win over Nebraska, and blowout Week Zero wins for Fresno State, San Jose State, UCLA, and UTEP. This week, we get the first full course of the 2021 college football feast. After last year’s abbreviated, COVID-19-stricken season, […]
Read MorePhoto Shows What Area Surrounding Rutgers Stadium Is Like
Rutgers football was supposed to begin their season on Thursday night against Temple. But that was before a tropical storm hit the Northeast on Wednesday night. There is massive flooding in both the New York and New Jersey areas, which includes areas surrounding SHI Stadium. Rutgers-Temple, as a result, has been postponed until Saturday. “PISCATAWAY, […]
Read MoreReport: Big Ten Game Has Officially Moved To Saturday
A massive storm on Wednesday pounded the Mid-Atlantic, causing severe flooding throughout New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. That flooding has forced one Big Ten college football game to be rescheduled. According to Chris Iseman, the game between Rutgers and Temple has been moved to Saturday. A time has not yet been announced. The Rutgers-Temple […]
Read MoreFormer 4-Star Recruit Announces Transfer After Vaccine Mandate
A college football player says he has opted to transfer from a Big Ten program because of the school’s vaccine mandate. Peyton Powell, a defensive back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, has officially entered the transfer portal. The former four-star recruit cited Rutgers University’s vaccine mandate as his primary reason to transfer. “The University of […]
Read MorePenn State Coach Appears To Have Message For Rutgers Commit
Four-star linebacker recruit Moses Walker was heavily recruited by multiple top programs around the country — but in the end, his decision ultimately came down between Penn State and Rutgers. On Thursday night, the No. 1 recruit from the state of New York announced his final decision. After faking out fans with a Nittany Lions […]
Read More4-Star Rutgers Commit Trolls Big Ten Foe During Commitment
Rutgers scored a massive recruiting victory over Penn State on Thursday with the commitment of four-star linebacker Moses Walker. Walker narrowed his list down to the Scarlet Knights and Nittany Lions earlier this month. He also held offers from programs like Miami, LSU and USC, but the two Big Ten foes were the last in the […]
Read MoreAnalyst Names The ‘Toughest’ Schedule In The Big Ten
The 2020 season saw a bunch of Big Ten football teams that are usually bad thrive and a bunch more that are usually great struggle. But with a proper season expected this year, one Big Ten team may find repeating last year’s success a lot harder. In a recent piece for 247Sports, college football analyst […]
Read MoreReport: Oregon Could Add Another Impact Transfer
Oregon basketball has been adding impact transfers all offseason, including Syracuse’s Quincy Guerrier today. The Ducks might not be done either. According to Andrew Nemec of The Oregonian, Oregon could land a commitment from Rutgers point guard Jacob Young. Young, a onetime four-star recruit who began his college career at Texas, entered the NBA Draft […]
Read MoreBetting Odds Released For 2021 Big Ten Football Season
With the college football start date sneaking up in August, it’s time to start looking ahead to the 2021 season. BettingOdds.ag has officially released the conference championship odds for each of the NCAA’s Power-Five football conferences. On Tuesday afternoon, SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic took to Twitter to share these figures — including the odds […]
Read MorePaul Finebaum Reacts To The Big Ten’s NCAA Tournament Showing
We’re 1.5 rounds in to the 2021 NCAA Tournament and only three of the Big Ten’s nine representatives are still alive. And if there’s one person you know is going to rip the conference over that, it’s Paul Finebaum. During a radio spot for WJOX in Birmingham, the SEC analyst made it clear that the […]
Read MoreLongtime College Basketball Radio Voice, Former Coach Dies At 82
The Rutgers basketball program lost one of its beloved voices over the weekend as radio announcer Joe Boylan passed away. He was 82 years old. Boylan passed away on Sunday afternoon following a stroke he suffered on Wednesday. He had been recovering at a hospital in New Jersey when his condition took a turn for […]
Read MoreCollege Basketball World Reacts To Rutgers’ Heartbreaking Loss
After every nail-biting NCAA Tournament win, there are the winners celebrating and the loser agonizing over the end of their season. Rutgers was in the latter category tonight. The 10th-seeded Scarlet Knights were so close to topping second-seeded Houston and reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1979 before a collapse in the […]
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