What if Coach Knight pulls a Schiano in the opener?

[RUfan1977]

ESPN gives Rutgers a 96.2% chance of winning. What if Coach Knight pulls a Schiano and Rutgers loses? A loss could happen even if Rutgers is actually a pretty good team. No matter how good a team is, winning is not 100%. That being said if Rutgers loses tomorrow night optimism for the coming season will crater. Like probably everyone else going to the game, I fully expect Rutgers to win this game easily, but what if they don’t?

 

[RUBob75]

New Haven! Come on, it's not happening.

 

[Degaz-RU]

New Haven! Come on, it's not happening.

The sad thing is that, although you're probably right, it's not completely unreasonable for a Rutgers fan to have some concern because, well, we're Rutgers and we're not allowed to enjoy our sports. You know, because of that ancient Native American burial ground we built our school on...

 

[RUBob75]

The sad thing is that, although you're probably right, it's not completely unreasonable for a Rutgers fan to have some concern because, well, we're Rutgers and we're not allowed to enjoy our sports. You know, because of that ancient Native American burial ground we built our school on...

It's sad that RU fans can't enjoy sports more!

 

[LotusAggressor_rivals]

It's sad that RU fans can't enjoy sports more!

It's sadder that we've reached a point where fans are somewhat justifiably worrying about losing a game like this.

 

[RUfan1977]

New Haven! Come on, it's not happening.

According. to ESPN, Rutgers has a 3.8% chance of losing. Very unlikely but I wouldn’t get on a plane that had a 3.8% chance of crashing.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

ESPN gives Rutgers a 96.2% chance of winning. What if Coach Knight pulls a Schiano and Rutgers loses? A loss could happen even if Rutgers is actually a pretty good team. No matter how good a team is, winning is not 100%. That being said if Rutgers loses tomorrow night optimism for the coming season will crater. Like probably everyone else going to the game, I fully expect Rutgers to win this game easily, but what if they don’t?

Not sure why you went here when basketball has had many egg on face moments with this current staff including just last year. Sometimes it's best not to throw stones at glass houses.

 

[bac2therac]

They only lost to BC by 3 last year

 

[Simce91]

New Haven! Come on, it's not happening.

Isn't Yale in New Haven ?

 

[RUinBC]

I told myself after the UMass football game this year, that from now on when RU is heavily favored in any game football/basketball I would put $ on the money line of the opponent. Either RU win or a nice chunk of change.

 

[Anon1751565407]

According. to ESPN, Rutgers has a 3.8% chance of losing. Very unlikely but I wouldn’t get on a plane that had a 3.8% chance of crashing.

Now you’re talking about a Learjet 60 when it is trying to fly over a storm…
New Haven has some NYC playground legends on the roster. No joke!

 

[RUfrom NJ]

Why does this even have to be viewed through the Schiano lens? Basketball got blown off its home floor by Central Connecticut State last season.

They've been bitten by inferior opponents in non-conference play half a dozen times over the last few years.

 

[fatsam98]

After getting down huge early against Syracuse, they actually outscored the Cuse in the final 30 minutes or so.

 

[LotusAggressor_rivals]

Now you’re talking about a Learjet 60 when it is trying to fly over a storm…
New Haven has some NYC playground legends on the roster. No joke!

If they're NYC playground legends, that means they're bad shooters.

 

[Anon1751565407]

If they're NYC playground legends, that means they're bad shooters.

But they’re used to playing in tough conditions…and if it gets a lil windy inside the RAC, look out!

 

[LotusAggressor_rivals]

But they’re used to playing in tough conditions…and if it gets a lil windy inside the RAC, look out!

If it's windy inside the RAC, we should look out for a ton of blow bys resulting in dunks.

 

[King of S]

After getting down huge early against Syracuse, they actually outscored the Cuse in the final 30 minutes or so.

This sounds like Schiano!

 

[RUDiddy777]

I don’t think God hates Rutgers that much. He definitely hates us though.

 

[RUfan1977]

Why does this even have to be viewed through the Schiano lens? Basketball got blown off its home floor by Central Connecticut State last season.

They've been bitten by inferior opponents in non-conference play half a dozen times over the last few years.

It’s not that it hasn’t happened, upsets happen all the time in basketball with Pikiel’s teams knocking off the number one team in the country twice along with some truly horrific losses. However, if they do lose, fairly or unfairly, it will be hard not to think of this in relation to how the football team started. In both cases losing seems unimaginable, yet it could happen and if it does on top of what happened to football, I think it will totally crush the spirit of fans and the Rutgers tough vibe.