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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 38-10 to win the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. Wake Forest’s offense was just too much for Rutgers’ defense, and the Scarlet Knights’ offense had less than 300 yards on offense. Wake Forest finishes the season at 11-3, and Rutgers is now 5-8 in Greg Schiano‘s second […] READ MORE
Ohio State defeated Rutgers 52-13, and with it, the Buckeye football program is back to normal. Rutgers attempted a fake punt after their first possession but failed. Ohio State scored two plays later on a 44-yard touchdown run from TreVeyon Henderson to open the scoring. Noah Vedral threw a pick-six to Denzel Burke on the […] READ MORE
Ohio State prepares for Rutgers this week, and one question comes to mind: is Rutgers finally good? The Scarlet Knights are 3-1 to start the season, which is something they haven’t done since 2014. In that time, Rutgers has gone whole seasons without winning three games. True, they have only defeated Temple, Syracuse, and Delaware. […] READ MORE
Penn State looks to Rutgers after getting its first win of the 2020 season on Saturday against Michigan. The Nittany Lions broke a five-game losing streak with a 27-17 win in the Big House. Both Penn State and Michigan are having a rough 2020 season, but there were bright spots that Penn State will look […] READ MORE
Ohio State and Rutgers met Saturday for the closest game in the history of the series. And it was still a blowout. Despite a second-half surge, the Buckeyes took care of the Scarlett Knights 49-27. The 49 points that Ohio State scored is tied for the fewest they have put up against Rutgers. Similarly, Rutgers’ […] READ MORE
Ohio State and Rutgers meet as Ryan Day and Greg Schiano are reunited. The two head coaches were both assistants at Ohio State under Urban Meyer, but are now facing off against each other in Big Ten Week 3. Schiano is in his second stint as head coach at Rutgers. His first, from 2001-2011, came […] READ MORE
Welcome to Week Eight Midweek Musings, in which I can start musing about another entire conference! Big Ten Well, they certainly didn’t waste any time making things interesting. There were three upsets in the conference this weekend: Indiana over #8 Penn State, Iowa losing to Purdue, and Rutgers (RUTGERS!) beating Michigan State. (So much for […] READ MORE
Minnesota-Rutgers could not have been scripted any better. The Gophers’ 42-7 win means their unbeaten streak is now at nine games, and their 2019 record is 7-0. With Illinois’ upset of Wisconsin, Minnesota now sits alone atop the Big Ten West. We’ll get to the movie of the week part in a minute. It was […] READ MORE
Happy Hump Day! Here are my Week Five Midweek Musings: Rutgers After a 52-0 thumping by Michigan, Rutgers pulled the rare in-season firing of the coach. Chris Ash has an 8-32 record since his arrival in 2016. I can’t imagine that anyone expected him to be back for a fifth year, but I’m not sure […] READ MORE
It is not always ideal to have a freshman take sole responsibility of kicking duties, but it happens. Nine kickers in the top 50 based on a percentage of field goals made are freshmen. According to the NCAA list of the top 50, there is a good mix of all classes. The numbers are pretty […] READ MORE