Rutgers is finishing its regular season tonight against Louisville. Last year the Scarlet Knights jumped out to a big lead down in Kentucky and lost in the last seconds 41-38.
Tonight they are playing On The Banks. And Mike Teel is having a great evening. He has hit 17 of 22 for 343 yards and 6 TDs---in the first half. And RU scored another on the ground. Tim Brown has caught 4 passes for 173 yards and 2 touchdowns. Tiquan Underwood also has 4 catches for 67 yards and 2 TDs. Then there's Shamar Graves: 3 catches, 45 yards, 1 TD; Dennis Campbell: 3 catches, 33 yards, 1 TD. The Star receiver all year, Kenny Britt has only one catch for one yard, but he has also made an appearance on defense and made one tackle to end the half.
From the passing numbers, you might think RU has virtually no rushing yards. You would be wrong. Jourdan Brooks has only carried 4 times but he has 80 yards. (And if he didn't wear his hair so long, he might be running still!) Kenny Britt has two carries on ends around and has picked up 33 yards and scored one TD.
Listening to Coach Schiano's comments as they went into the locker room, there will be no let up in the second half. We'll see if The Cardinals can come up with any answers.
UPDATE: Final score was Rutgers 63-Louisville 14. Teel finished the game 21 of 26 with 447 yards and 7 touchdowns. He came out of the game near the end of the third quarter. Jourdan Brooks had 124 yards on 11 carries and Joe Martinek killed time in the third and fourth quarters with 18 carries for 57 net yards.
The entire story of the school and NCAA records set and so forth can be found here and here.
If they had played just a little better in the first six games of the season, when they were 1-5, they could be Big East Champs. This is a team that lost to Navy by 2 points, Cincinnati by 3 and West Virginia by 7. But, instead of 10-2 they are 7-5. They are going bowling for the fourth straight year, however. And if you're a Rutgers fan, you have to love that.
2 comments:
It was a wonderful thing. If only the basketball program was getting the attention and funds that football is these days...
If Coach Hill can turn things around, the press will follow. The men are off to a decent start (5-2) against some of the...shall we say...lesser opponents they have been playing. Of course, the real challenge starts after Christmas when they start playing the other Big East teams.
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