Football GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers vs. Temple

[RU-Hunter]

Not pretty but getting the win was more important

 

[cicero grimes]

I am actually glad I was unable to watch this.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

It's been a poor day for a lot of B1G teams thus far:

-Indiana needed OT to beat Western Kentucy.
-Purdue played sloppy and lost a very winnable game to Sewercuse.
-Northwestern lost to Southern Illinois
-Nebraska got its clocked cleaned by Oklahoma.

 

[mildone_rivals]

Why smart? Touchdown and extra point puts RU up by 9. I guess could miss extra point and Temple could score quickly with 2 point conversion to tie but I guess could also screw up taking a knee and allowing Temple one last chance. Interesting choice

It eliminated any chance for Temple whatsoever. No kickoff run back for a TD. No recovered onside kick.

 

[matty666]

We literally may have the 3 worst QBs in D1 football.

Gavin is 18. I'm willing to give him another year or two. But at this point I'd rather Langan than anyone else. What a mess

 

[ru66]

Does anyone know what happened to Gavin?

i think he was hurt on his last run--he was slow to get up

 

[DHajekRC84]

I just think my expectations of this team are much more realistic than a lot on this board.

Have you seen Willie Tyler pass block? He gets destroyed every time.

Run run run run and play defense is what this team is going to do this year. Expecting anything else from this team is bananas

You are never going to beat another team this year if you cannot have some basic sort of a passing game. The big boys are going to line up. This o line isn't pushing anyone down the field starting next week unless you can get the ball over and behind them a bit.

This was supposed to be a run pass spread offense and what we have is non of it. You can be conservative throwing to backs and tight ends and short crosses. Year 1, 2, or 3 doesn't matter. That's simple football.

 

[RU_thruandthru]

Don't know why so many assumed without a doubt that both were better than Noah.

Now that said, also keep in mind that this was Temple's Super Bowl. They were pumped for this game and wanted to make a statement. RU should have executed better and snuffed out that fire early but didn't.

This offense is inept. If it weren't for the defense we lose this game.

 

[Extra Point_rivals157299]

I don't know how you don't take the points at the end. So you give Temple the ball back with less than a minute left. They'd be down by 9 with no timeouts.

You risk losing the game.

 

[redking]

Langan saved the day, but he needs to score there. I hope the coaching staff didn’t tell him not to…

 

[RU4Real]

Not if we miss the XP. That was the right play there.

So then they get the ball down by 8 with 50 seconds left and no timeouts.

I understand the math. I just think it's a girly decision. Play to score. Score to win.

 

[RutHut_rivals]

I don't know how you don't take the points at the end. So you give Temple the ball back with less than a minute left. They'd be down by 9 with no timeouts.

What if you miss the extra point? Heads up by Johnny.

 

[scarknight90]

It's been a poor day for a lot of B1G teams thus far:

-Indiana needed OT to beat Western Kentucy.
-Purdue played sloppy and lost a very winnable game to Sewercuse.
-Northwestern lost to Southern Illinois
-Nebraska got its clocked cleaned by Oklahoma.

It’s very annoying that Syracuse is playing as well as they are.

There isn’t a more annoying fan base in these 50 states, but you have to give it to them.

In a weak ACC they might make some noise

 

[Mikemarc]

Langan saved the day, but he needs to score there. I hope the coaching staff didn’t tell him not to…

Deginitely the right choice. No reason to score there

 

[KnightFan]

Temple is not that bad a team, not sure why people thought that.

They are one of the 10 worst according to The Athletic

 

[RUTrack94]

And people were claiming disrespect on the betting line …

 

[DHajekRC84]

It eliminated any chance for Temple whatsoever. No kickoff run back for a TD. No recovered onside kick.

Kicker misses XP and it's an 8 point game. I wanted him to score but he was smarter than me. dude gets it. He should run the team.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Not if our kicker misses the extra point….

I don’t know if anyone is trusting the XP right now

I hear you...maybe if there's more time on the clock where they could get the ball back with like a 1:30 ish left. I'd take it in there with a likely PAT to go up 2 scores---8 pt lead worst case scenario with around 15 seconds or so on the clock.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

At the end of the day I'll take an ugly win over an ugly loss any day and twice on Saturdays.

 

[Jersey Boys]

Disagree with announcers. Get in the endzone there and go up 2 scores

Taking a knee gives you 99.99% chance of winning. Scoring there and kicking off gives you a 98.98%. Take the knee and go home. Don’t allow for some crazy kick return then onside kick.

 

[RU848789]

I don't know how you don't take the points at the end. So you give Temple the ball back with less than a minute left. They'd be down by 9 with no timeouts.

IMO there's very roughly a 1 in 10,000 chance of losing if Langan scores there and about a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of losing if Langan goes down like he did. Having said that, I wanted the TD, lol.

 

[koleszar]

It's been a poor day for a lot of B1G teams thus far:

-Indiana needed OT to beat Western Kentucy.
-Purdue played sloppy and lost a very winnable game to Sewercuse.
-Northwestern lost to Southern Illinois
-Nebraska got its clocked cleaned by Oklahoma.

I guess you can say misery loves company. Driving home now and the whole car is wondering WTF was that? We’re collectively cringing at the possibilities for next Saturday night.

 

[Mikemarc]

They are one of the 10 worst according to The Athletic

BC was ranked bottom 10 last week to in ESPN? I think.

gonna be a long rest of the season……..

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

This offense is inept. If it weren't for the defense we lose this game.

They also dropped two INTs and had several killer penalties.

Other than Korsak I don't think any position group should be lauded this game. It was bad football today.

Need to hold our breath and hope they come out and execute better next week.

 

[LBusDoor90_rivals]

I was hoping Fran “I’m the greatest recruiter ever” Brown was a weak DB coach and the cause of our d-backfield woes but we still appear to be soft against any QB competence.

 

[RUboston]

A win is a win. But I’m Glad I didn’t watch this one. Better get some semblance of an offense together quick.

 

[TheHandOfChaos]

We literally may have the 3 worst QBs in D1 football.

I don't think that's it. I think we instill such anxiety in our QBs about turning it over that mentally, they cannot just play.

 

[mildone_rivals]

You are never going to beat another team this year if you cannot have some basic sort of a passing game. The big boys are going to line up. This o line isn't pushing anyone down the field starting next week unless you can get the ball over and behind them a bit.

This was supposed to be a run pass spread offense and what we have is non of it. You can be conservative throwing to backs and tight ends and short crosses. Year 1, 2, or 3 doesn't matter. That's simple football.

I don’t think RU is as bad as they looked today. Nor as good as they looked last week. I don’t think we know where we’re at yet. The good news is the team will know how hard they need to work for next week’s win now. The super easy success last week might’ve caused them to be overconfident.

Iowa is gonna be another game where we’re probably gonna have to grind it out in the run game. But let’s see what happens.

 

[DHajekRC84]

So then they get the ball down by 8 with 50 seconds left and no timeouts.

I understand the math. I just think it's a girly decision. Play to score. Score to win.

WHAT???????
You're WAY smarter than that I thought.

 

[Rokodesh]

Langan saved the day, but he needs to score there. I hope the coaching staff didn’t tell him not to…

I don't think anyone needs to tell him, it was smart that he end of the game right there

 

[Extra Point_rivals157299]

The home game at night will be totally different than this game. It will be awesome.

 

[BIGRUBIGDBIGredmachine]

Taking a knee gives you 99.99% chance of winning. Scoring there and kicking off gives you a 98.98%. Take the knee and go home. Don’t allow for some crazy kick return then onside kick.

100% chance assuming we make the PAT. I understand the taking the knee decision though.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

I guess you can say misery loves company. Driving home now and the whole car is wondering WTF was that? We’re collectively cringing at the possibilities for next Saturday night.

Don't be shocked in Noah makes a sudden improvement and is dressed.

 

[jordkap]

I don't know how you don't take the points at the end. So you give Temple the ball back with less than a minute left. They'd be down by 9 with no timeouts.

What if you miss the PAT?

 

[ghostrider7508]

Gavin learned his lesson, he threw it out of bounds. Let him play!

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

I was hoping Fran “I’m the greatest recruiter ever” Brown was a weak DB coach and the cause of our d-backfield woes but we still appear to be soft against any QB competence.

He was held under 60% completion and less than 7 YPA.

Defense has one pick and easily could've had 3 more.....the DBs weren't the issue.

 

[willisneverrana43]

Why smart? Touchdown and extra point puts RU up by 9. I guess could miss extra point and Temple could score quickly with 2 point conversion to tie but I guess could also screw up taking a knee and allowing Temple one last chance. Interesting choice

Thanks for reinforcing why it was a smart play.

 

[mildone_rivals]

I don't think anyone needs to tell him, it was smart that he end of the game right there

Was the smartest thing to do.

 

[mildone_rivals]

So then they get the ball down by 8 with 50 seconds left and no timeouts.

I understand the math. I just think it's a girly decision. Play to score. Score to win.

Screw the math?

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

You can say that again