Let me tell you how it will sound-
Those three team are all vastly improved and MSU has an ace head coach, so those will be tough games.
NIL support this year around $9 million
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Those three team are all vastly improved and MSU has an ace head coach, so those will be tough games.
Nah, Al is the broken record around here.
Let's see if Tate and Zinn can move the needle. RU has been stuck too long with ineffective leadership at the B.O.G., President and AD levels. Right now, it seems all three are moving in the right direction.
Northwestern, Wisconsin and Nebraska are not going to be easy games. They should be viewed as toss up games.
Kelli drawing the line. I’m getting you money. You get wins or you’re gone.
I don’t think we have good information about the reported NIL number. It doesn’t seem to be clear if that is for all sports or not. If it’s for all sports, football will get maybe $6 M. That is a probable big increase from the past, but it’s not a large number relative to the top of the conf from some other info that I’ve seen. Also, I’m not sure we have a good understanding of exactly what other schools actually have in NIL.
Cigs is proof is the most important thing
coaching, player evaluation for the scheme you run trump NIL by a wide margin. Cigs not having anyone with a 4 or 5 star rating is incredible.
agree, if Nebraska played those two this year, they'd be sitting with us
hopefully Kelli understands that football is all that matters. Kelli should have some review every penny spent but it should all go to fooball
With 10M of NIL money and this schedule we should win 5 BIG games. Unless we cannot get the right players via the portal then we have the wrong coach.
This years offense + 2023 defense would be a top 15 team. This type of NIL could get us there.
You are wrong on this. Richard is as plugged in as anyone I know. His sports predictions are sometimes off, but his connections are second to none.
Ru had enough talent that a good coach…one who gets the most of his players and develops them well…should have won 7-9 games…even at out current nil levels…the B1g simply wasn’t that strong outside osu, Oregon…in terms of our schedule. The big three sports at Rutgers… that would be football, men’s basketball and yes, women’s basketball are all led by really bad coaches… I’d love to say that baseball is a big sport, but it isn’t at Rutgers and probably won’t be.
Better coaching wins Minnesota and Iowa easily. Illinois and Washington a toss up
Head Coaches are measured by their Wins and Losses. Walking into new situations Coaches are given a reasonable amount of time to show improvement. It’s expected they will win games they are not supposed to along the way. In Six B1G seasons has beaten exactly 2 teams with winning Conference records. Overall as a HC Schiano is 4-31 against Top 25 ranked teams. Reasonable time is running out for Greg.
Guess what!!!! You have absolutely no say in hiring or firing coaches you just like to hear yourself babbling
Just think we beat Indiana 2 years ago 31-14 and now they are BIG champs. We went sideways or down while they got coached to the Championship.
Baseball is the next major sport you can move up to the top of the Big Ten with a decent NIL Budget.
Rutgers Baseball has a very good coach that has put together a competitive team in the Big Ten (a few years ago, the team won 45 games) with virtually no money. Since NIL arrived, Coach Owens recruited some really good freshman that exceeded expectations - only to lose them to better programs with NIL budgets.
Coach Owens knows how to recruit and train young players.
Give him a reasonable NIL Budget and watch Rutgers join the top 25 in the first year.
Baseball stars that reach the major leagues can earn very large long-term contracts. A natural source of future NIL money.
Rutgers Athletics teams should instill the concept of remembering their alma mater when they earn the big bucks and fund their sport.
Not sure what baseball had for this year but I'm hearing the transfers are a solid bunch.
I love this thread, remember this is our president and AD's first year and they are performing way above expectations in regards to football and NIL, it will only get better. They are from LSU, mediocre is not in their vocabulary. I am excited about our future. Thanks Sct1111.
Also agree that I am impressed by Keli and Tate so far. The best part of their fund raising is that I not once seen them post on this board trying to make us fans feel like we are not doing enough…
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Easy wins with State Penn, Iowa, Minnesota with that combination.
And probably Washington and maybe Illinois
I'm so out of the loop, I had to look up that name, now I see why--UCLA to to Ducks.
We thought that last year, when the schedule didn't include Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, or Oregon, and they wound up losing 5 games in conference anyway. This year, 5 conference wins were there for the taking if the defense had been average rather than abysmal.
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This $9 million haul seems almost too good to be true.
Jersey Mike's has the naming rights deal for the former Rutgers Athletic Center. Pays $1.2 million this year.
SHI has the naming rights deal for the former Rutgers Stadium. Pays $1.9 million this year.
Then suddenly, with the RAC and stadium spoken for, Rutgers raises $9 million in a few months to do deals with athletes?
Did Keli harpoon a whale?
Jersey Mike's has the naming rights deal for the former Rutgers Athletic Center. Pays $1.2 million this year.
SHI has the naming rights deal for the former Rutgers Stadium. Pays $1.9 million this year.
Then suddenly, with the RAC and stadium spoken for, Rutgers raises $9 million in a few months to do deals with athletes?
Did Keli harpoon a whale?
No, but she did what Hobbs wouldn't do this whole time and engage NJ businesses. She talked to some of it when she joined the TKR pod with Mike & Richie a little while back.
Of course not. Did anyone here donate more money? I’m guessing no and everyone assume a magic fairy donated money for NIL. Typical of RU fans.
Agreed Greg wins maybe 2 of those Big Ten games.
Last off season it was all about Greg and how he did a tremendous job raising money and bringing in players with the money. All about how are D was going to be vastly improved and the team overall because of “Greg” and that money.
How did that work out?
Gregmustgo
Yeah, he totally develop that QB by recurring him out of high school. They even have an academy kid transfer and playing for them. He sure knows how to find those 3 star and below kids on other college teams.
Stop thinking Keli is spending time shaking down the London Broil posse. She's been meeting with businesses around the state and has been having success in getting them to commit monies to RU football. Next up on her agenda is basketball.
I also know for a fact that the other sports have also been meeting with donors. Baseball was had multiple people shown around this fall by the coaches and they attended a formal event recently as well.
So far, she's been the right hire, someone RU has not had in the AD position previously.