Rutgers Football voted 17th in Big Ten Preseason Media Poll
Rutgers Football is projected to finish near the bottom of the Big Ten Conference according to the annual media day preseason poll.
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Nowhere to go but up! And we play 5 teams in the lower half.
Wisconsin is overrated.
Penn State and Michigan may be overrated too, and those are the best shot for statement wins.
Time to chop the moment!!!
Wisconsin is overrated.
Penn State and Michigan may be overrated too, and those are the best shot for statement wins.
Time to chop the moment!!!
GOOD!
Let them think we're gonna be pushovers. Bring it on bítches!!!
Let them think we're gonna be pushovers. Bring it on bítches!!!
As reference, we were picked 13th last year and finished 14th.
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As reference, we were picked 13th last year and finished 14th.
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Quick math- based on the above, that means Rutgers should finish 10th or 11th this year.
Since I was back in NJ/PA last week I decided to place a bet on the season for Rutgers. I took them to win exactly 5 games at +330. Happy to be wrong, but it seemed like the best bet available
Absolute milquetoast schedule. 5 big ten wins and undefeated OOC should be the minimum expectation…these many seasons under gs 2.0!
Games will be played, but this is an absolute worst case scenario for this season. I'm expecting a middle of the B10 defense and that our offense will exceed expectations given WR talent and a top notch RB. If crippling injuries hit the top performers, may bottom 15. If we finish this low, fire GS. But I highly doubt that we will fail like this.
You seriously expect a middle of the pack defense? Based on what, exactly? We weren’t even a middle of the pack MAC defense last year and our paper talent level arguably went down, not up. Sure, the coaching had nowhere to go but up, but Johansen would have to win defensive coach of the year if we’re middle of the conference pack.
I'd love to see a historical analysis of where Rutgers football and basketball teams have been predicted to finish versus how they actually finished over the past, say, 20 years or so.
For example, wasn't the basketball team predicted to finish 17th or 18th last year, yet finished 14th?
I'd bet the ranch Rutgers almost always outperforms the expectations of the "experts".
For example, wasn't the basketball team predicted to finish 17th or 18th last year, yet finished 14th?
I'd bet the ranch Rutgers almost always outperforms the expectations of the "experts".
Well ending the season # 14 isn't the best way to exceed expectations , nor feel good about.
I'm hoping for better.
Agreed. I tend to break the B1G down to top 4-5, middle 8 and bottom 5. Going from 17-14 is not punching above your weight. You’re just a slightly taller midget.
Middle of the Big Ten defense? Based on what? New coaching alone?
We all want to be optimistic but this is not good. Greg talking about national championships and our peers see us in 17th. Big disconnect.
Mind you, no one has watched their defense or done any research. Never mind Greg took over easier part of schedule and defense wasn't better. I do think no way to go but up. 90s level defense is bad, not a positive in my eyes
Well in his defense , he's got to speak like that id hope every coach does
Northwestern finished #15 with a 5-15 conference record to RU's 6-14, but the Wildcats full schedule came out 15-19 to RU's 14-20 , keeping me from being happy that Rutgers was ranked higher in conference play results .
Being better than predicted is something to be happy about, only if your team wins more than it loses and nothing to brag about if you don't qualify for post season play while proving the "experts "wrong
Pointing out being better then predicted reminds me of when the RU FB program was so bad that the fanbase seemed happy after a loss ,because it wasn't the blowout everyone expected.
I do think the D will end up better, almost because the alternative is just shut it all down, but I'm not sure the talent is better so its completely a belief coaching would be. Agree, Greg didn't make a difference last year whether people want to believe it or not.
Ok but who takes this guy serious? If you honest with yourself, no one takes him serious anymore!
When you never, ever punch above your weight, it's an expectation. It's Schiano's legacy. Sometimes beat the teams he should, always lose to the teams he should. His methods of playing football simply don't allow to beat teams better than you ever. He can't out scheme and he plays not to lose. That's a bad recipe for springing an upset.
Just by dumb luck you'd think he'd do it once every few seasons. Alas.
Meh - doesn’t really matter what our peers think right now. It’s all about what happens this season. Either he shows he car start to fix the D or he’s done. We’re not going to be a middle of the pack D, but can we be 13th instead of dead last? On paper it’s pretty hard to imagine considered we failed to upgrade the talent.
If expecting an 8-4 season after after so many years under GS is a “dream on” scenario, then that kind of tells you all you need to know, does it not?
Not sure what Richard Kent is expecting. Again, better to be underestimated and to overperform instead of the opposite.
I have no idea who Richard Kent is but he keeps popping up on my X feed.
He must have amnesia about where our defense is at… Only explanation.
The real loser here is Arizona State…they usually rank #1 in these lists. Dark day for them!
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