The football team played at Army and despite not having Mike Teel for most of the game, they ran all over the Black Knights 41-6. Teel was pulled after an early interception returned by the Army defender some 65 yards for the only score Army got. They missed the extra point. Teel has been suffering from a sore thumb on his throwing hand; a problem that has plagued him for several games and may have contributed to RU’s two game losing streak against West Virginia and Connecticut.
But, when your throwing quarterback has a bad hand, your backup can run the ball quite well, you’ve got Ray Rice in the backfield, and you’re playing a team that is 109th in rushing defense, well, you run the ball—a lot. And that’s just what Rutgers did last night.
Rice ran the ball for a career high 243 yards on 34 carries and scored two TDs. This was the fifth time Rice has rushed for more than 200 yards in a game and his 22nd 100-yard game. Sophomore backup QB Jabu Lovelace ran the ball 23 times for 88 yards and 2 TDs and Mason Robinson ran 14 times for 82 yards. As a team, RU rushed for 404 yards. Teel was 1 for 4 for 14 yards and the interception and Lovelace 2-8 for 28 yards as the Scarlet Knights chose to run the ball on a cold, wet night. Rutgers controlled the ball for 41 minutes 56 seconds.
The victory makes Rutgers bowl eligible with a record of 6-4 with games against BIG EAST opponents Pittsburgh (H) and Louisville (A) remaining.
You can read the whole story and get the box score here.
Meanwhile, back at the RAC, the men’s basketball team made its regular season debut with a victory over Tennessee Tech by a score of 70-64.
The very young RU squad seemingly had the game under control during the first half but showed its inexperience in allowing Tech to get back in the game and even take a 5-point lead early in the second half. But, lead by Junior JR Inman (18 points) and Freshman Corey Chandler (16 points) and fifth year Senior Byran Joynes under the basket (11 rebounds) RU managed to get things back under control and emerge victorious.
Joynes missed all of last year due to injury and was making his first appearance on the court since the spring of ’06. He is the only senior on a squad that has 6 freshmen.
Junior Jaron Griffin had 11 points and 7 rebound for the Scarlet Knights.
The full story and stats here.
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USF won today and OSU got upset..WOW!
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