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Rutger looks a bit more competent than recent years, offense is still pretty terrible however, this game shouldnt be close. Just dont turn the ball over 7 times like Sparty did.
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bukIpower
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They really are.. watched some highlights of their Hoosier game and was pretty impressed. Specifically I was thinking damn who's #7 on their defense he's a big ass dude and yep it was our rose bowl defensive MVP. I think we blew it with him personally he's very good.
They got a couple nice backs and their QB had a few really top flight throws also.
For this game we know what our offense is going to do to them. So that said I just want to see our defense make improvements and specifically keep this team under 20. Really want to see us improve in the redzone.
Also wow does Penix throw weird. His throwing motion is horrendous
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1926Buckeyes
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Yep. It's not one where you can play a really bad game and still win by 35. Schiano has instilled some form of pride in the program.
But with so few games, I have a hard time seeing OSU sleepwalking even after such a big game.
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Rutgers is definitely improved this year, although I concur with most in this thread that it will still be a drubbing. Something in the ballpark of 45-13. Not quite as bad as the 52-3 beatdown we gave them last year, but I sense a pretty big win. No taking the foot off the gas or looking forward in an 8 game season.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Could Ohio State score 100 points against Rutgers?
Ohio State is an absolutely ruthless offensive machine right now.
Rutgers is completely, utterly overmatched in terms of personnel — and Greg Schiano wasn’t exactly the stingiest defensive coordinator around when his Ohio State career ended after the worst statistical season in school history.
So, sure, that seems like a pretty crazy number to throw out there for a single game against a Big Ten opponent. And Ohio State is pretty likely to pull back the reins instead of trying to hit triple-digits. But if the Buckeyes wanted to do it? Well, it’s not that hard to imagine them being capable of making history.
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This is not the kind of bullshit you want to hear floating around the team during the tomato can portion of the schedule.
This is the kind of shit that gets a team like Rutgers flying around as much as they can instead of just tapping out as soon as it gets out of hand.
This is the kind of shit that gets a team like Rutgers flying around as much as they can instead of just tapping out as soon as it gets out of hand.
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restless
Chinese Buckeye in New Zealand!
I read and watch LR a lot over the years. They are getting cockier by the day, with good reasons of course, but I'm not very fond of the trend.
Opponents are already trying to take the heads off our players sometimes, why give them more fuel.
100 points may happen, but this kind of "question" is not a real question, and is not a helpful question either.
Guess I'm getting old.
Opponents are already trying to take the heads off our players sometimes, why give them more fuel.
100 points may happen, but this kind of "question" is not a real question, and is not a helpful question either.
Guess I'm getting old.
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If we're ever going to hang a hundred Day won't blow that load on Rutgers. I want to see a dominate performance from the defense Saturday regardless of how many points the offense scores. I want teams to struggle to put any points on the board for 4 quarters.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
THEY’RE BETTER THAN THEY’VE BEEN
This isn’t saying much, considering how low the bar was set during the Chris Ash era. Rutgers hasn’t won more than four games in a season (and we're talking about full 12-game regular seasons) since 2014, and going into this season, the Scarlet Knights had lost 21 straight Big Ten games dating back to 2017.
That said, it took Rutgers just one game in this conference game-only season to snap that streak, as the Scarlet Knights defeated Michigan State, 38-27, in their season opener, which was also just their second road win since 2016. They lost their second game of the season, 37-21, against Indiana on Saturday, but even that demonstrated improvement from last season, when the Scarlet Knights lost all nine of their Big Ten games by an average of more than 33 points.
Rutgers is in for its toughest test of the season to date by far against Ohio State, who opened as a 37-point favorite for Saturday’s game, but while the Scarlet Knights aren’t likely to give the Buckeyes much of a test, they are at least showing the ability to compete with other Big Ten teams rather than simply being the conference’s punching bag.
SEVERAL OHIO STATE CONNECTIONS
One of the popular storylines of this week’s game will be Greg Schiano’s return to Ohio Stadium, as Rutgers’ head coach – in the first year of his second tenure coaching the Scarlet Knights after previously coaching them from 2001-11 – will be back in the Shoe for the first time since he was Ohio State’s defensive coordinator from 2016-18.
While Schiano’s tenure with the Buckeyes ended unceremoniously after they allowed more points and yards than any previous season in school history in 2018, the New Jersey native led the Scarlet Knights to winning records in the six of the final seven seasons of his previous tenure in Piscataway, and was widely regarded as an ideal hire when Rutgers brought him back following last season.
So far, the very early returns on Schiano’s second tenure with the Scarlet Knights have been positive, as they have shown signs of life on the field while also becoming more competitive on the recruiting trail.
His coaching staff features multiple assistants who previously worked with him at Ohio State. Linebackers coach Bob Fraser was a quality control coach for the Buckeyes from 2016-18, while special teams coordinator Adam Scheier was also a quality control coach for the Buckeyes in 2017.
Rutgers’ roster also includes multiple former Buckeyes who transferred to the Scarlet Knights after previously playing for Schiano at Ohio State. Brendon White, who started for the Buckeyes in 2018 but left Ohio State after being demoted to a backup role last season, is now a starting safety at Rutgers. Malik Barrow, who was medically disqualified from playing at Ohio State in 2018 after suffering three ACL tears, is now a backup defensive end for the Scarlet Knights after he spent the 2019 season at UCF.
TRANSFERS FROM ALL OVER THE BIG TEN
White, who’s recorded 17 total tackles and an interception in Rutgers’ first two games of the year, and Barrow, who’s played in each of the first two games though he hasn’t yet recorded any statistics, are far from the only players on the Scarlet Knights’ roster who transferred from other Big Ten schools. And many of them, like White, are already playing major roles in their first seasons at Rutgers.
Rutgers’ new starting quarterback is Noah Vedral, who spent the previous two years backing up Adrian Martinez at Nebraska after starting his collegiate career at UCF. Former Wisconsin wide receiver Aron Cruickshank, a second-team All-Big Ten returner in 2019, is now a starting receiver and the lead kickoff returner for Rutgers. Michael Dwumfour, a former Michigan defensive lineman who started four games for the Wolverines, is now a starting defensive tackle for the Scarlet Knights.
Among a multitude of other transfers on the roster – like former West Virginia tight end Jovani Haskins, who’s now Rutgers’ starter at that position – those players have brought a much-needed influx of talent to Piscataway, and they’ve started to deliver immediate results as upgrades for Rutgers as their respective positions.
The bottom line on Rutgers:
ANYTHING BUT A ROUT WOULD BE PROGRESS
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