Now it’s time to RUN THE TABLE
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These are the SP+ rankings to date
IU offense 6 defense 7
Maryland offense 56 defense 54
NW offense 59 defense 36
Michigan offense 52 defense 9
Wisconsin offense 84 defense 19
Nebraska offense 20 defense 22
PSU offense 28 defense 12
MSU offense 80 defense 58
Rutgers offense 42 defense 113
2026 college football SP+ rankings for all 138 FBS teams
The updated SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, after this weekend's results.
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Much of that talent will be playing Sundays, is the point, especially #94 Wafle, who had very little impact on the game. No remaining team on our schedule has an End as good as Wafle, and we almost shut him down.
Most of these are over-rated because the teams haven’t played anyone. Let’s see what Indianas rating is after Saturday. Better luck next time.
They were prepared. We just didn’t have the right personnel in the right spots. Now, Vigna at LT and Needham at Guard, so we’re well positioned for success.
Just like Penn State Football, we’re developing our foundation. I do expect we’ll be good enough to beat Penn State, just as Wisconsin did, so there’s that
. Sorry for your loss.The more I read your posts, the more I realize What a moron you are. Regurgitating insults I’ve already used on you! Maybe one day you’ll come up with your own material, but not going to hold my breathe. Thanks for the laugh.
Your keyword is estimate not actual. There are numbers out there that show that might not be the case.
We take the “L” and focus on our next opportunity. Beating Indiana more than makes up for the UMass “L“ in my book. This team should win its share of games. It’s not where we start, it’s where we finish.
Thought he threw the interception on the 3rd down of that second series, my bad.
No doubt he wasn't turnover prone LY, but he was week one and three this year.
After we can Schiano what are the chances we steal Harasymiak from UMass?
That would be a better thread then this one.
Once again, doesn't matter if they play on Sundays. Matters how they play on Saturdays. Wafle is a true freshman, his play reflected a mixed bag of hyper-athletic flashes coupled with typical freshman learning moments, and one of his best plays offset by a facemask penalty
Funeral? More like a party. We are celebrating it
And this is after playing lowly BC , Howard, and UMASS. Can’t imagine how much further down our defense will get after playing Indiana, NW,Michigan,Nebraska,PSU, etc. I guess #138 is our floor. lolThese are the SP+ rankings to date
IU offense 6 defense 7
Maryland offense 56 defense 54
NW offense 59 defense 36
Michigan offense 52 defense 9
Wisconsin offense 84 defense 19
Nebraska offense 20 defense 22
PSU offense 28 defense 12
MSU offense 80 defense 58
Rutgers offense 42 defense 113
2026 college football SP+ rankings for all 138 FBS teams
The updated SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, after this weekend's results.
No - he actually didnt even throw a first half pick and he threw 3 picks total - not 4. The early one intercepted was pass interference and came back. He fumbled the ball trying to avoid the sack on the following play. Again - that was after our rush game had been held to a max of 1 yard (mostly negative yardage in hand offs / sacks) on every rush attempt since the first drive. The lone exception was his own 3 yard scramble to avoid a sack (earlier on the drive he fumbled).
So I guess where I’m coming from is - by the time he entered the game in the 3rd quarter, we were down 27-7 halfway through the 3rd quarter - with no sign of being able to easily stop UMass. He led us all the way to the UMass 12 yard line and again - it was the rush offense that failed to move the chains on 4th and 1. Still no picks thrown but now it’s full on panic time as it’s the 4th quarter and we are down 20 points and we still cannot run the football. That’s the starting point surrounding his 3 picks. To come back and win - 3 TDs were needed within under 15 minutes of play. To have any chance, we had to make something happen quickly from deep in UMass territory on those drives (the picks were thrown from the RU 1 yard line, 8 yard line and 29 yard line). At the 1 and 8, he can’t even just take the sack since that’s safety territory.
So that’s the perspective I’m coming from when I say Lonergan’s sloppiness was secondary. We needed a miracle 20 point come back in under 15 minutes to actually pull off a win by that point. It’s easy to say he should’ve been smarter and threw the ball away but we clearly needed points in a hurry. I personally think every pass should’ve been a long ball attempt to Duff down field but obviously that wasn’t the play calls.
Again - 27 net yards… 20 on the first drive of the game. I don’t care who your QB is. You don’t win games netting 7 yards combined in 11 series.
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The poor unintelligent court jester still doesn’t get he’s illiterate when it comes to football and the big picture.
Spamming the same stuff in every thread and yet it’s always a miss. Your record speaks for itself.
Just him moving the goalposts again because he can’t defend their play on the field against those with brain cells.
Someone might want to remind this idiot to look at the strength of schedule that UMass has played so far.
There are 266 teams in the FBS and FCS combined.. UMass has currently played the 225th most difficult schedule in the nation.
Rutgers (
Sacred Heart (209)
Stone hill (229)
Sacramento St (201)
….SPIN THAT!
Not having the right personnel in the right spots is not being prepared. What was all that practice supposed to accomplish? Was it supposed to put the wrong people in the wrong positions?
Al spent the last 24-hours or so coming up with nothing but narrative-fitting ******** with which to reply lolol!!!
I had said four TO's, not ints.
Every rush attempt since the first drive was like three attempts, there were only like 5 plays in between the TD and fumble. Team is down 14 points thirty seconds after the fumble. That's more because the D could not stop anything than it is on how the O line performed on 5/6 plays. That's why I say total team failure, not just OL. Despite the second half int's the offense still put up almost 250 yards in that half.
This is why it's wait on see on Joe H, have to play someone with a pulse before annointing him coach of the year. This schedule is his ideal year 2 schedule, great for perception after saying complete rebuild year 1.
First of all - it was 4 straight failed rush attempts getting stuffed - against UMass. Remember - this was a team that hadn’t won a game in years. The wheels were completely falling off us.
And yes - the D sucks but we knew that was going to be the case. We’re a BIG team. Going 3 and out on the second possession of the game for negative 7 yards on our second series was the catalyst that set off the panic alarms on offense. You can blame Lonergan for not holding onto the football on the ensuing series fumble, but again, UMass isn’t supposed to be in the position to bring a BIG team QB down repetitively on sacks and he had already scrambled once for 3 yards to avoid another sack on that same possession. Thats on the OL. Again - it was shockingly bad in that game.
We have grown so much from the UMass game, and are now playing our best football. All we can do is work to do better going forward.
Have to give credit where it’s due. No one is expecting UMass to be world beaters. But bringing UMass from where they were, to where they are, is a tremendous accomplishment, which began with recruiting a good quarterback.
Coaches can only make decisions based on what they see. They can’t make decisions based on what they don’t see.
Playing UMass and Boston College helped us optimize our personnel mix. Coaches thought they had the right personnel, but they were proven wrong. Hard to spotlight issues when both sides of the ball aren’t as strong as they should be. This is Jim Turner’s and the DL Coaches first year, so things took time. The only thing that matters is that we’re playing our best football now.
This is actually true....this past off season Al was saying the team didn't have enough talent to compete. I said that was bs and with this schedule, with this talent, there should have been no less than 7 wins...to do that now they would have to defeat some serious competition. I'm rooting for them but if they don't get to 7 wins let's get schiano out of here and get a coach worthy of the efforts about to be put into Rutgers football.. Brian Kelly sounds good to me!
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Have to give credit where it’s due. No one is expecting UMass to be world beaters. But bringing UMass from where they were, to were they are, is a tremendous accomplishment, which began with recruiting a good quarterback.
whatever floats your boat. I wouldn’t spend any effort on you.
I pretty much agree. Go 5-3 and win your bowl game. Then we’ll talk…
For now, the default expectation is that we’ll be moving on. We’d have to knock off multiple teams RU has never beaten before to accomplish the above.
UMass had 53 new players. Seems like they were able to identify the right personnel and get them acclimated quickly. Optimizing the personnel mix doesn't explain losing either one of those games. Poor coaching and preparation do, though.
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