The all-inclusive Rutgers dumpster fire thread...

[SU2NASA]

This thread doesnt feel so good being that we are not a very good team and I'm also not sure we would beat Rutgers

You must be a troll because SU would boatrace Rutgers... like everyone else.

 

[orange79]

You must be a troll because SU would boatrace Rutgers... like everyone else.

Except for (soon to be invited to the B1G) UMass.

 

[bothsocksup]

You must be a troll because SU would boatrace Rutgers... like everyone else.

Stop it. I'm a diehard but also a realist. This team right now couldn't boat race any p5 team

 

[orange79]

Stop it. I'm a diehard but also a realist. This team right now couldn't boat race any p5 team

There's your problem - considering Rutgers a P5 team. On paper, yes. In reality, a middle of the pack CAA team.

And I'm being kind.

 

[jgeorge322]

1 passing yard for the game.

ONE

long of 4 yards. Thats means their other four completions went for -3.

 

[DeGrozz]

Holy cow, that is one of the most amazing box scores I've seen. And it's only against Indiana!

 

[Briancuse]

How many passing yards did they have in that 79 0 game against Michigan?

 

[texascpa]

I knew it was going to be a rough game for them when their very first offensive play scored Indiana 6 points.

 

[SU2NASA]

How many passing yards did they have in that 79 0 game against Michigan?

Introducing The Rutger | mgoblog

One of our photographers, Patrick Barron, has been trying to make fetch happen in our Slack for a little while now, except in this case "fetch" is actually a useful way of measure how grisly a blowout is. (Also we've discovered that SBN's Jason Kirk had the same idea a couple weeks before...

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[djorange1989]

Ok what is the over-under on combined margin of victory in Rutgers last 3 games(OSU/MSU/PSU)? I say 155. And can we all chip in to get their interim guido an extension?

 

[Hoo's That]

This article about sports rivals is in yesterday's NYT. The Scarlet Knights claim you as a rival, but you folks haven't given the compilers enough answers to determine your opinions.

 

[orange79]

This article about sports rivals is in yesterday's NYT. The Scarlet Knights claim you as a rival, but you folks haven't given the compilers enough answers to determine your opinions.

Typical little brother/big brother mentality.

 

[Pyle]

This article about sports rivals is in yesterday's NYT. The Scarlet Knights claim you as a rival, but you folks haven't given the compilers enough answers to determine your opinions.

This is actually spot on. For the last 20 years, the same argument has festered among SU fans. Who is our rival? Final outcome is always the same: we don't have one. People have argued Rutgers/Pitt/WV/UConn but the same arguments are always used to prove that it's not really true. Pitt and WV have each other. Rutgers has never been relevant for long enough for SU to consider even a legitimate threat, and UConn wanted us as BB rivals but sorry it's 3:46 EST and Georgetown still sucks!

 

[SU2NASA]

From MGoBlog's recap of Indiana-Rutgers, as part of their weekly Opponent Watch:

Enjoy!

Rutgers (1-5, 0-4 B1G)

Last week: Lost at Indiana, 35-0

Recap: They’ve done it. They’ve broken me. I am out of metaphors. I am out of cheeky comparisons. They received the opening kickoff, and they surrendered the game-winning points within TEN SECONDS OF SAID KICKOFF. I've got nothing.

Johnny Langan completed 5 of 13 passes for 1 yard. And to be honest, it isn’t the 2.8 inches per attempt that boggles my mind. Sure, that’s catastrophic, but we’ve seen that kind of stuff from Rutgers before. They finished 2 of 17 for 8 yards (0.5 YPA) against Maryland last year and 2 of 18 for 5 yards (0.3 YPA) against Michigan in that infamous 78-0 game in 2016. But that’s the inevitable result of trying to football when you aren’t very good at football. If your guys can’t get open, you’re gonna throw a bunch of incomplete passes. So even though Rutgers lost an average of 2.2 yards every time they dropped back when you include sacks, they had to try something.

No, the thing that gets me is the 0.2 yards per completion. Because THAT WAS THE STUFF THAT WORKED. They completed 38.5% of their passes, which isn’t even that bad for Rutgers. The thing kind of did what it was supposed to do. They spent so much time and effort squeezing out a cool glass of turnip juice. Every completion was a daring bank heist that stole the stash of clicky-pens they store right next to the vault.

Rutgers has been outscored 165-7 in their four Big Ten games. By the old GopherQuest rules*, Rutgers has a scoring ratio of 4.1%, which would make them the worst Big Ten team in the history of ever. And they still have Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan State on the slate. They’d better score a bunch of points against Illinois on November 2nd.

*One GopherQuest update: with a scoring ratio of 18%, 2016 Rutgers actually snuck in below 1981 Northwestern as the worst Big Ten team since 1961.

 

[City of Cuse]

Johnny Langan completed 5 of 13 passes for 1 yard. And to be honest, it isn’t the 2.8 inches per attempt that boggles my mind.

Laughed super hard at work when I read the 2.8 inches per attempt.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[CuseLegacy]

Hopefully nothing like these.

 

[Chip]

Hopefully nothing like these.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Hopefully nothing like these.

Was 1869 their last winning season?

 

[sutomcat]

 

[Chris02M]

Hopefully nothing like these.

thowbacks or throw ups?

 

[Briancuse]

From MGoBlog's recap of Indiana-Rutgers, as part of their weekly Opponent Watch:

Enjoy!

Rutgers (1-5, 0-4 B1G)

Last week: Lost at Indiana, 35-0

Recap: They’ve done it. They’ve broken me. I am out of metaphors. I am out of cheeky comparisons. They received the opening kickoff, and they surrendered the game-winning points within TEN SECONDS OF SAID KICKOFF. I've got nothing.

Johnny Langan completed 5 of 13 passes for 1 yard. And to be honest, it isn’t the 2.8 inches per attempt that boggles my mind. Sure, that’s catastrophic, but we’ve seen that kind of stuff from Rutgers before. They finished 2 of 17 for 8 yards (0.5 YPA) against Maryland last year and 2 of 18 for 5 yards (0.3 YPA) against Michigan in that infamous 78-0 game in 2016. But that’s the inevitable result of trying to football when you aren’t very good at football. If your guys can’t get open, you’re gonna throw a bunch of incomplete passes. So even though Rutgers lost an average of 2.2 yards every time they dropped back when you include sacks, they had to try something.

No, the thing that gets me is the 0.2 yards per completion. Because THAT WAS THE STUFF THAT WORKED. They completed 38.5% of their passes, which isn’t even that bad for Rutgers. The thing kind of did what it was supposed to do. They spent so much time and effort squeezing out a cool glass of turnip juice. Every completion was a daring bank heist that stole the stash of clicky-pens they store right next to the vault.

Rutgers has been outscored 165-7 in their four Big Ten games. By the old GopherQuest rules*, Rutgers has a scoring ratio of 4.1%, which would make them the worst Big Ten team in the history of ever. And they still have Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan State on the slate. They’d better score a bunch of points against Illinois on November 2nd.

*One GopherQuest update: with a scoring ratio of 18%, 2016 Rutgers actually snuck in below 1981 Northwestern as the worst Big Ten team since 1961.

It's not even fun rooting against them anymore. That's how bad they are.

 

[orange79]

It's not even fun rooting against them anymore. That's how bad they are.

100% disagree.


It's still really fun.

 

[721Comstock]

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[Noexcuse]

Kudos to the Rutgers AD for working out a new sponsorship deal with Duluth Trading Co.