http://www.realfootball365.com Rutgers Scarlet Knights Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. College Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/14235 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/14235 Long ago in 2006, when I started college, Rutgers Football was futile. Actually, Rutgers itself was kind of futile. Not in actuality, but definitely in perception. I remember watching the Bottom Line on ESPN and seeing that we had beaten UNC 7-6 in our first game of the season. It was an away game so no one really seemed to notice. The next week we had our first home game and I decided to... GoMac296@gmail.com (GoMac) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2009-08-11T10:32:05-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12511 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12511 In 1869, Rutgers became the first college in America to host a college football season opener. The opponent was Princeton, and Rutgers won, 6-4, before a crowd of around 100. Chances are a few more points will be scored before a few more people Monday afternoon when No. 25 Fresno State comes to town. Rutgers was 8-5 last season, Fresno State 9-5. Both teams went to bowls, and both won. Together,... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-08-29T17:44:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12432 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12432 You say you want to see the Rutgers Scarlet Knights play football in person this fall? As another New Jersey icon, Tony Soprano, might say, "Forget about it." Earlier this month, the Rutgers Athletics Ticket Office announced that all seven home games for the 2008 football season have sold out -- even the one with Morgan State. That guarantees 17 consecutive home sellouts for the Scarlet... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-08-22T03:52:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12219 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12219 Rutgers freshman running back Rashad White is missing in action. Or, missing in inaction. The speed burner out of Teaneck, who rushed for 2,386 yards and 26 touchdowns as a junior, was a no-show on campus this week, along with fellow recruits Malcolm Johnson (a wide receiver from Florida) and Kevin Egan (a defensive end from Connecticut). Not that White and Johnson are really needed this season... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-07-29T18:05:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12163 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/12163 Be careful what you wish for. Back when the Rutgers football team was a national joke and Greg Schiano started out 12-34 as head coach, Scarlet Knights fans would have given anything to have a successful, high-profile program. Now, "anything" has a number -- $2 million, which is Schiano's annual salary, plus $250,000 (an extra incentive that some critics say was slipped under the table). Last... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-07-24T05:36:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11843 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11843 When recruiting is going well, as it is for Rutgers in assembling its freshman class of 2009, it becomes almost like grocery shopping. A quarterback to ultimately replace Mike Teel? Check. A running back who could possibly make RU fans forget about Ray Rice? Check and check. Offensive linemen? Check, check and check. Last week, Scarlet Knights coach Greg Schiano was able to put a check mark in... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-07-01T15:10:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11590 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11590 It's a game within a game that the media and the fans like to play, moving coaches around on paper like toy soldiers on a game board. And this time of year, when the valley between the end of spring practice and the beginning of August drills often becomes a parched news desert, speculation about coaching changes and 'hot seats' always amps up a bit to fill the vacuum. This spring, a lot of the... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-06-12T05:51:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11592 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11592 All Mark Brazinski had to do was walk into the room for his press conference at Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., on Wednesday and the suspense as to where he planned to play football in 2009 was gone. It must have been the scarlet jacket he was wearing. And sure enough, the 6-foot-4, 285-pound center announced that he had decided to give a verbal commitment to the Rutgers Scarlet... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-06-12T05:02:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11559 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11559 Despite all the Penn State rumors, there's no indication that Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano plans on moving to Pennsylvania anytime soon. Recruiting there, though, is another story. Last week, Schiano's program received its third 2009 verbal commitment from a prospect in Penn State territory, defensive lineman Jordan Hill of Steelton-Highspire High School. Earlier, the Scarlet... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-06-10T19:05:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11506 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11506 It used to be that the best high school football players went anywhere but Rutgers. Now, some of them are choosing Rutgers when they could have gone anywhere. So successful has Greg Schiano's program been in recent years that Rutgers fans have already forgotten that the Scarlet Knights used to be a national joke, one of the worst teams in all of college football. They were Syracuse, in other... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-06-06T05:40:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11504 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11504 Mike Larrow's recent verbal commitment to the Rutgers University football program may have been a belated Mother's Day present. 'I just wanted to end it (the recruiting process), my Mom wanted to end it, and I thought Rutgers was the best fit for me," Larrow, a 6-foot-4, 258-pound defensive lineman out of Union (New Jersey) High School, told the Newark Star-Ledger. It didn't hurt the Scarlet... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-06-05T23:19:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11216 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11216 Ray Rice couldn't have drawn it up any better. The former Rutgers star, who took only three years to become the school's all-time leading rusher, found himself drafted by exactly the right team in April. Rice went in the second round to the Baltimore Ravens, with whom he has found himself living in the best of both worlds. With Willis McGahee installed as the featured back, Rice won't be... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-05-15T04:53:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11096 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/11096 Not so long ago, most of Rutgers' recruiting victories were scored over Temple, Delaware and Hofstra. That has obviously changed. On April 18, the Scarlet Knights announced a verbal commitment from Tom Savage of Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, Pa., the first five-star quarterback ever to cast his lot with the school. No doubt Temple, Delaware and Hofstra still wanted Savage. But so... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-05-01T16:47:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/10743 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/10743 (Third in a series of Big East spring football previews) In 2007, Rutgers became the first Division I-A football program ever to produce a 3,000-yard passer (Mike Teel), a 2,000-yard rusher (Ray Rice) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood) in one prolific season. Teel, Britt and Underwood are back, and there is no shortage of candidates to replace the departed Rice. So... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-03-26T21:00:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/10421 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/rutgers/10421 (Second in a series on Big East football recruiting.) OK, let's start with the bad news. Of the 10 senior football players generally regarded as New Jersey's top recruits, Rutgers signed only one -- mammoth (6-foot-8, 288 pounds) offensive lineman Art Forst from Manasquan. Michigan came away with three, Boston College two, Florida, Penn State, Oklahoma and Connecticut one apiece. Obviously,... writersbridge@hotmail.com (Darrell Laurant) Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2008-02-14T17:17:45-05:00