College football season is underway and the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers are looking good. Unfortunately, the Big East in general is far from the patsy league it appeared destined to become five years ago. Today’s Big East has once again become a strong, strong conference. West Virginia is a preseason #5 and Louisville a #13 in the AP Poll.
Every team in the Big East (except Syracuse and maybe Pittsburgh) will be competitive this year. To be bowl eligible RU will have to win 6 or 7 games.
The Knights are starting the season with four non-conference games. Today’s opponent is North Carolina. They then play Illinois, Ohio and Howard before starting Big East play against South Florida on September 29th. The Knights then face Navy (non-conference) to end the first half of the season. Their final six games will be against Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Louisville, Cincinnati, Syracuse and West Virginia.
The Scarlet Knights’ offense is in the hands of Mike Teel, Ray Rice and Brian Leonard. The latter is being mentioned as a Heisman Trophy candidate. Leonard has scored 40 TDs in his career prior to today’s action. That’s more than any active player.
RU Rah! Rah!
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