Friday, December 05, 2008
Rutgers 63 Louisville 14
If Rutgers offense had played all season anything like they have the past five games, they'd be 11-1 or 10-2, ranked Top 25, maybe Big East Champs headed for a BCS Bowl, & quarterback Mike Teel would ne getting Heisman talk, & Coach Schiano would be a genius. He wants Papa Joe's job at Penn State, he really does.
After the first two dismal games I thought they'd lose lose 9. When they were 1-5 it was obvious the problem wasn't with defense. They held Cincinnati to 13 points. Then they pulled out a low score squeaker against 5-1 UConn & the following week they traveled to Pittsburgh & pounded the #17 Panthers, who beat Navy & West VA.
So what happened? One wants to be glad for their season ending run, but this ain't NCAA basketball where a team can save a season with a sprint through the tournaments. Schiano didn't have this team in gear when the season started. The record is 7 & 5, not 7 & huh?
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
After the first two dismal games I thought they'd lose lose 9. When they were 1-5 it was obvious the problem wasn't with defense. They held Cincinnati to 13 points. Then they pulled out a low score squeaker against 5-1 UConn & the following week they traveled to Pittsburgh & pounded the #17 Panthers, who beat Navy & West VA.
So what happened? One wants to be glad for their season ending run, but this ain't NCAA basketball where a team can save a season with a sprint through the tournaments. Schiano didn't have this team in gear when the season started. The record is 7 & 5, not 7 & huh?
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