Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2006

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 06:45 PM

It's an uphill battle...

It hasn't been all sunshine and flowers so far for the Scarlet Knights, but we think better days are ahead of us.

Get caught up:
Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2005
Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2004
Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2003
Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2002

Hey, at least we're not Princeton.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 06:49 PM

Heading in the right direction?

A quick look at the last four years.

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Year  Team                  Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV   Tick Don  Score
2005  Rutgers               2-9    No   117  1    83   100  2    45   10   33
2004  Rutgers               4-7    No   88   75   85   98   75   36   62   70
2003  Rutgers               3-8    No   101  14   74   52   3    49   26   35
2002  Rutgers               4-8    No   89   10   76   86   44   50   48   45

Post - Post-Season Appearance
Perf - Team Performance Score
Acad - Academic Performance Score
Recr - Recruiting Score
TV - Television Revenue Score
Tick - Ticket Revenue Score 
Don - Alumni Donations Score

Coming off our best recruiting class ever, we're expecting bigger and better things in 2006. One thing we're definitely expecting is a conference win over someone other than Princeton.

Staff Shake-up

It's been very tough for us to hang on to the staff we have, and this offseason was no exception. Mid-Atlantic Scout Cris Johnson has retired after 3 years with us. Here's his replacement:

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Lance Morrow

Quarterbacks:          Decent
Running Backs:         Pretty Good
Recievers:             Excellent
Offensive Lineman:     Terrible
Kickers:               Very Good
Defensive Lineman:     Good
Linebackers:           Very Good
Secondary:             Decent

While Lance isn't an amazing scout by any means, he should help us pick up some quality local talent. Being in charge of New Jersey, he is probably the most member of our staff.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 06:50 PM

Meet the Freshman!

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Player                  #    Pos  Elig  HT    WT    High School  

Murphy, Ryan            16   QB   Fr    6-0   205   Staten Island, NY - Curtis
Richard, Tony           10   QB   Fr    5-11  188   Berwick, PA - Berwick Area
Winters, Lester         19   QB*  Fr    6-1   214   New Castle, PA - Laurel
George, Norman          37   RB*  Fr    6-0   208   Star Lake, NY - Clifton-Fine
Wilkerson, Dana         39   FB*  Fr    5-11  220   Mercersburg, PA - James Buchan
Brooks, Jimmy           83   WR   Fr    5-11  194   Hackensack, NJ - Hackensack
Austen, Drew            87   WR*  Fr    5-10  177   Highland Park, NJ - Highland P
Van Caeyzeele, Wade     56   C    Fr    6-3   274   Vandergrift, PA - Kiski Area
Watkins, Teddy          76   G*   Fr    6-4   280   Florence, NJ - Florence Townsh
Ford, Gerald            65   T    Fr    6-4   299   Jersey City, NJ - Henry Snyder
Horn, Wayne             18   P    Fr    5-10  184   Swiftwater, PA - Pocono Mounta
Fragomeni, Victor       14   K    Fr    5-10  195   Halifax, PA - Halifax Area
Desantis, Alvin         77   DT   Fr    6-3   268   Linwood, NJ - Mainland Regiona
Sutherland, Preston     58   OLB  Fr    5-9   206   Oakhurst, NJ - Ocean Township
Brewster, Steven        36   CB   Fr    5-9   177   Lancaster, PA - Manheim Townsh
Clark, Justin           42   CB   Fr    6-1   194   Wolcott, NY - North Rose-Wolco
Jamison, Harvey         34   CB   Fr    5-9   176   Waldwick, NJ - Waldwick

Ryan Murphy - Will probably be a career backup. The end of his senior year was lousy and he ended with only 6 td's to 4 interceptions. He also struggled with his accuracy, completing less than 50%.

Tony Richard - Undoubtedly the future of the team. Tony threw for 12 touchdowns and 0 intercptions as a high school senior. He completed 71% of his passes for 2,269 yards. With a year of red-shirting, he'll almost certainly be the starter next year.

Lester Winters - Another moderately talented prospect, Lester will have a hard time finding his way onto the field.

George Norman - has a big heart, but little talent. He's not terrible for a walk-on.

Dana Wilkerson - A lousy walk-on player who may only see action as a backup tight end. We don't use a fullback in the single-back offense.

Jimmy Brooks - Should be an outstanding player. The only question is whether we will red-shirt him or get him right into the mix.

Drew Austen - Could turn into a decent posession reciever given some time. A pretty good walk-on.

Wade Caeyzeele - definitely needs some time to work on his skills, but could be a decent center in a few years.

Teddy Watkins - is all potential. Not ready to play, but extremely gifted for a player who came here without a scholarship offer.

Gerald Ford - Will maul people in run-blocking. May see the field as a true freshman.

Wayne Horn - May be able to beat out senior Harvey Kreitzer for the job.

Victor Fragomeni - An incredible upgrade over our last bum, Artie Kenny. He will excel here.

Alvin Desantis - may be the most ready to play of any freshman I have had yet. Should start at DT.

Preston Sutherland - Will need to red-shirt. Has potential but isn't close yet.

Steven Brewster - Big play maker with tons of potential. Could see the field as a freshman. Will eventually be our best CB.

Justin Clark - Prepared enough to see plenty of playing time this year, but not nearly as much upside as we initally thought.

Harvey Jamison - Plenty of potential, but a year away from contributing.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 06:54 PM

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2006 Rutgers Schedule

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Rival: Princeton
Stadium Capacity: 41,500
Season Tickets Sold: 19,500


Week    Opponent
2       at California                                                   
3       CONNECTICUT                                                     
$$5     at Virginia Tech                                           
6       BRIGHAM YOUNG                                              
$$7     at West Virginia                                                
$$8     MIAMI OF FLORIDA                                           
$$10    BOSTON COLLEGE                                             
$$11    at Syracuse                                                 
$$12    PITTSBURGH                                                 
$$13    at Princeton***                                                    
14      DUKE                                                            
  
Home Games in ALL CAPS  
$$-Conference Games
##-League Championship Games
***-The Revolutionary War (for the cannon)


Rutgers against 2006 opponents
  
Team                    Wins    Losses  Ties    Pct. 
Princeton               4       0       0       1.000    
Duke                    2       0       0       1.000    
Connecticut             2       1       0        .667     
California              0       1       0        .000     
Brigham Young           0       3       0        .000     
Boston College          0       4       0        .000     
Miami of Florida        0       4       0        .000     
Pittsburgh              0       4       0        .000     
Syracuse                0       4       0        .000     
Virginia Tech           0       4       0        .000     
West Virginia           0       4       0        .000

It's never an easy schedule. As you can see we've been dominated by our conference, and unless we make some headway there, things are never going to change.

California, U-Conn, Princeton, and Duke should be definite victories. If we can eek out a win over BYU or a conference win or two, we could be hoping for a 6-5 season or better. Only time will tell.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 06:55 PM

Whoops!

Somehow i overestimated how many scholarships would be available last season, and brought aboard too many players. To keep in compliance with my 60 scholarship limit (house rule) I was forced to cut some guys loose. I'm so sorry boys.

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Player                  #    Pos  Elig  HT    WT    High School  

Brennan, J.R.           86   TE   So*   6-3   266   Bayonne, NJ - Bayonne  
Hanks, Charlie          63   G    Jr*   6-1   292   Ridgewood, NJ - Ridgewood
Feaser, Richard         70   G    So*   6-2   291   Cochranton, PA - Cochranton Ar
Emmons, Barry           59   ILB  So    6-0   223   Pavilion, NY - Pavilion

On a positive note...

1. Every single player on the squad is academically eligible!

2. No one left the team for any reasons other than graduation, now that's loyalty!

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:00 PM

Rutgers 2006 Offensive Depth Chart

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Player                  #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate
Meadows, Lewis          3    QB   Jr*   42                61
Heath, Darryl           8    QB   So*   27                43
Pfaff, Byron            1    QB   Sr    27                36
Chellgren, Henry        7    QB*  Jr*   3                 18
Richard, Tony           10   QB   Fr    15                97
Murphy, Ryan            16   QB   Fr    14                55
Winters, Lester         19   QB*  Fr    13                28

Tony Richards wasn't ready to be our QB just yet, but has displayed eye-popping potential in practice. We expect him to make a serious run at the starting job next season. For now we will stick with Lewis Meadows who had a surprisingly good off-season and came in looking very sharp in practice. If he can cut down the interceptions from last season, we could win another 2 or 3 games. Daryl Heath just barely edged out Byron Pfaff for the backup slot.

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Duncan, Carlton         20   RB   So    57                75
Perkins, R.J.           21   RB   Sr*   37                41
Dromeshauser, Gene      43   RB*  Sr*   18                26
George, Norman          37   RB*  Fr    15                44
Wilkerson, Dana         39   FB*  Fr    10                10
Naylor, J.R.            29   FB*  Sr*   8                 8

We're praying Carlton stays healthy, because this is really a one-man show. R.J. Perkins looks better on paper than he does in practice, he's only good for a couple backup carries a game. We will hit running back recruiting hard this year, we need depth.

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Rodriguez, C.J.         49   TE   Sr*   51                51
Lemons, Corwin          45   TE   Sr*   26                59
Hawkins, Preston        85   TE*  Sr    22                22
Jefferson, Sam          88   TE*  Jr*   6                 8

Tight End is a dumping ground for players who aren't living up to their initial hype. C.J. Rodriguez is the easy starter here, but he's only an average tight end, not an impact player by any means.

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Schroeder, Ricardo      81   WR   Sr    61                61
Irwin, Walt             13   WR   Sr*   44                46
Upshaw, Cole            80   WR   Jr*   30                56
Wheeler, Duane          5    WR   So*   31                67
Gray, Neal              89   WR   Sr    29                40
George, Frankie         46   WR*  Sr    0                 0
Blades, Luther          6    WR*  So    8                 22
Brooks, Jimmy           83   WR   Fr    37                79
Lang, Buddy             82   WR   Jr    31                66
Austen, Drew            87   WR*  Fr    19                51

If there is a position where we are loaded, Reciever is it. You know the competition is tough when junior wideout Buddy Lang is red-shirted. Buddy didn't complain at all, and still feels he could use the time to recover from last years broken leg. He'd rather sit out the season and play a larger role next year. Ricardo Schroeder is our guy here, and Irwin, Upshaw, and Wheeler give QB Lewis Meadows plenty of targets to hit. If this team fails to score plenty of points through the air, it's entirely the quarterback's fault.

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Barton, Dan             50   C    Sr    57                57
Willis, Kent            55   C    Sr*   39                39
Geffen, Donnie          53   C    Jr*   34                53
Shapiro, Luther         54   C    So*   14                68
Van Caeyzeele, Wade     56   C    Fr    12                39

Imlay, Andrew           60   G    Sr*   64                84
Sinceno, Chad           73   G    Jr*   46                46
Matthews, Raymond       62   G    So*   44                69
Thompson, O.J.          78   G    Jr*   43                43
Hofmann, Bucky          74   G    So*   19                56
Honigstein, Jerald      72   G*   Jr*   9                 19
Watkins, Teddy          76   G*   Fr    4                 25

Weaver, Tommie          71   T    Jr*   25                43
Darkins, Nathan         67   T    So*   38                77
Rhodes, Gene            79   T    Jr*   19                49
Paolillo, Orlando       61   T*   Jr*   0                 1
Ford, Gerald            65   T    Fr    17                89

Offensive Line seems to be our most improved area from last year. Dan Barton will start for the fourth year in a row at center, and Kent Willis and Donnie Geffen provide good depth.

Guard Andrew Imlay is ready to hold down the LG position, and aims to lead the team in key run blocks. Junior Chad Sinceno will get most the time at right guard.

Tackle is a tricky position. Nathan Darkins has lots of upside, but we're tempted to play some of our Guards and Centers at tackle to provide better immediate help. We'll probably end up rotating a lot of players to keep them fresh.

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Kreitzer, Harvey        9    P    Sr*   37                57
Cunningham, Amos        15   P*   So*   8                 8
Horn, Wayne             18   P    Fr    30                58

Fragomeni, Victor       14   K    Fr    33                67
Feagles, Vincent        4    K*   So*   1                 9

Victor Fragomeni was greatly needed at kicker, and will serve as an immediate upgrade over the graduate Artie Kenny (who lost a few games on his own last year). Freshman Punter Wayne Horn will red-shirt and try to wrestle away the punting duties next season.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:02 PM

Rutgers 2006 Defensive Depth Chart

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Player                  #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate
Jackson, Terry          95   DE   Sr    74                89
Terrell, Terrell        2    DE   So*   23                54
Lamarr, Brad            93   DE   Sr    22                22
Haynesworth, Edgar      94   DE   So*   17                66
Coccione, Victor        75   DE*  Sr    14                14

Evans, Nick             92   DT   Sr    48                48
Desantis, Alvin         77   DT   Fr    40                70
Giron, Corwin           97   DT   Sr*   34                48
Farnsworth, Artie       90   DT   So*   15                41
Elliott, Dixon          57   DT*  Sr*   14                14

At DE Terry Jackson is still a player without peer. He should sack his way to another 1st team big-east selection. While converted FB Terrell Terrell doesn't seem to have quite the upside he used to, we still like him well enough to give him the start at the other DE position. He will be backed up by DT Corwin Giron mostly.

At DT, Nick Evans will certainly start, and Freshman Alvin Desantis will take the other position. Corwin Giron will see time as the top backup along the entire defensive line.

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Zandofsky, James        69   ILB  Sr*   49                97
Horn, Bert              91   ILB  So*   21                67
Hopper, Benjamin        52   ILB  Sr*   26                43
Knight, Bert            99   ILB* Sr    22                22                  

Summers, Ike            51   OLB  Jr*   56                56
Blackburn, Sherman      68   OLB  Sr    46                54
Clawson, Maurice        96   OLB  So*   25                76
Tucker, Leroy           47   OLB  Jr*   27                57
Satchwell, Deron        66   OLB  Sr*   19                53
Sutherland, Preston     58   OLB  Fr    12                61

ILB James Zandofsky is ready to patrol the middle of the field in our 4-3, and should be responsible for a lot of tackles. Bert Horn will be the backup here.

OLB Ike Summers will be resonsible for the strong-side of the line, and Sherman Blackburn will take the weak. Clawson and Tucker will see the field plenty as backups.

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Anglewicz, Eugene       41   CB   Jr*   33                63
Irwin, Roosevelt        44   CB   Jr*   34                43
Clark, Justin           42   CB   Fr    27                58
Minter, Mercury         40   CB*  Sr    24                37
Shepherd, Chester       48   CB*  Jr*   2                 13
Neilson, Jay            31   CB*  Jr*   0                 0
Brewster, Steven        36   CB   Fr    13                64
Jamison, Harvey         34   CB   Fr    25                63
Keel, Kris              35   CB*  Jr    7                 18

Sawyer, Kent            17   S    Jr    47                78
Bidwill, Eddie          30   S    Sr*   40                70
Barlow, Donovan         12   S    Jr*   29                34
Ordonez, Mickey         11   S    Jr    32                65
Schwartz, Calvin        22   S*   Sr    14                14
Gonzalez, Wesley        24   S    So*   14                40

Anglewicz, Irwin, and Clark will rotate to make up our cornerbacks at all times. They are pretty equal in talent, and i'd like the freshman to get in there and see some action. With 2 more red-shirting CB's we could see a changing of the guard next season.

At Safety Sawyer and Bidwill are the clear-cut starters. Barlow and Ordonez will see backup duty, as well as playing the #4 and #5 cornerback roles.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:04 PM

Here's the quick-and-easy look at the whole team.

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2006 Rutgers Roster, Standard View

Player                  #    Pos  Elig  HT    WT   High School  
Pfaff, Byron            1    QB   Sr    6-0   223   Wood-Ridge, NJ - Wood-Ridge     
Meadows, Lewis          3    QB   Jr*   6-4   220   Highland, NY - Highland         
Heath, Darryl           8    QB   So*   6-3   206   Jackson, NJ - Jackson Memorial  
Murphy, Ryan            16   QB   Fr    6-0   205   Staten Island, NY - Curtis      
Richard, Tony           10   QB   Fr    5-11  188   Berwick, PA - Berwick Area      
Chellgren, Henry        7    QB*  Jr*   6-2   224   Gaffney, SC - Gaffney           
Winters, Lester         19   QB*  Fr    6-1   214   New Castle, PA - Laurel         
Perkins, R.J.           21   RB   Sr*   5-11  217   Chambersburg, PA - Chambersbur  
Duncan, Carlton         20   RB   So    6-3   241   Ticonderoga, NY - Ticonderoga   
Dromeshauser, Gene      43   RB*  Sr*   6-0   213   Hampton Bays, NY - Hampton Bay  
George, Norman          37   RB*  Fr    6-0   208   Star Lake, NY - Clifton-Fine    
Naylor, J.R.            29   FB*  Sr*   6-3   264   Thousand Oaks, CA - Thousand O  
Wilkerson, Dana         39   FB*  Fr    5-11  220   Mercersburg, PA - James Buchan  
Rodriguez, C.J.         49   TE   Sr*   6-3   263   West Seneca, NY - East          
Lemons, Corwin          45   TE   Sr*   6-5   258   Livingston, NJ - Livingston     
Hawkins, Preston        85   TE*  Sr    6-2   251   Weehawken, NJ - Weehawken       
Jefferson, Sam          88   TE*  Jr*   6-1   219   Billerica, MA - Memorial        
Gray, Neal              89   WR   Sr    6-3   209   Annapolis, MD - Annapolis       
Schroeder, Ricardo      81   WR   Sr    6-1   198   Delran, NJ - Delran             
Irwin, Walt             13   WR   Sr*   6-0   214   Tonawanda, NY - Kenmore East    
Lang, Buddy             82   WR   Jr    6-3   194   Albion, PA - Northwestern       
Upshaw, Cole            80   WR   Jr*   6-2   221   Belleville, NJ - Belleville     
Wheeler, Duane          5    WR   So*   5-9   179   Islip Terrace, NY - East Islip  
Brooks, Jimmy           83   WR   Fr    5-11  194   Hackensack, NJ - Hackensack     
George, Frankie         46   WR*  Sr    6-0   208   Aiea, HI - Aiea                 
Blades, Luther          6    WR*  So    5-9   186   De Witt, IA - Central           
Austen, Drew            87   WR*  Fr    5-10  177   Highland Park, NJ - Highland P  
Barton, Dan             50   C    Sr    6-1   281   Maple Shade, NJ - Maple Shade   
Willis, Kent            55   C    Sr*   6-2   320   Flanders, NJ - Mount Olive      
Geffen, Donnie          53   C    Jr*   6-0   284   Brooklyn, NY - South Shore      
Shapiro, Luther         54   C    So*   6-2   267   Newtown, PA - Council Rock      
Van Caeyzeele, Wade     56   C    Fr    6-3   274   Vandergrift, PA - Kiski Area    
Imlay, Andrew           60   G    Sr*   6-3   282   Cape May Court House, NJ - Mid  
Thompson, O.J.          78   G    Jr*   6-5   296   Newburgh, NY - Newburgh Free A  
Sinceno, Chad           73   G    Jr*   6-3   294   Tionesta, PA - North Clarion C  
Matthews, Raymond       62   G    So*   6-4   292   Deptford, NJ - Deptford Townsh  
Hofmann, Bucky          74   G    So*   6-4   280   Harrisburg, PA - Susquehanna T  
Honigstein, Jerald      72   G*   Jr*   6-5   298   Park Ridge, IL - Maine East     
Watkins, Teddy          76   G*   Fr    6-4   280   Florence, NJ - Florence Townsh  
Rhodes, Gene            79   T    Jr*   6-4   313   Coal Center, PA - California A  
Weaver, Tommie          71   T    Jr*   6-4   295   Brewster, NY - Brewster         
Darkins, Nathan         67   T    So*   6-4   309   North Brunswick, NJ - North Br  
Ford, Gerald            65   T    Fr    6-4   299   Jersey City, NJ - Henry Snyder  
Paolillo, Orlando       61   T*   Jr*   6-5   285   Garland, TX - South Garland     
Kreitzer, Harvey        9    P    Sr*   6-2   210   Blairstown, NJ - North Warren   
Horn, Wayne             18   P    Fr    5-10  184   Swiftwater, PA - Pocono Mounta  
Cunningham, Amos        15   P*   So*   5-10  187   Trenton, GA - Dade County       
Fragomeni, Victor       14   K    Fr    5-10  195   Halifax, PA - Halifax Area      
Feagles, Vincent        4    K*   So*   5-10  179   Clymer, NY - Clymer             
Lamarr, Brad            93   DE   Sr    6-6   274   Delran, NJ - Delran             
Jackson, Terry          95   DE   Sr    6-2   262   Farmingdale, NJ - Howell        
Haynesworth, Edgar      94   DE   So*   6-3   260   Hamburg, NY - Hamburg           
Terrell, Terrell        2    DE   So*   6-0   237   Port Jefferson, NY - Port Jeff  
Coccione, Victor        75   DE*  Sr    6-4   330   Kearny, NJ - Kearny             
Evans, Nick             92   DT   Sr    6-2   278   Emerson, NJ - Emerson           
Giron, Corwin           97   DT   Sr*   6-4   319   Skillman, NJ - Montgomery       
Farnsworth, Artie       90   DT   So*   6-4   267   Pittsburgh, PA - Schenley       
Desantis, Alvin         77   DT   Fr    6-3   268   Linwood, NJ - Mainland Regiona  
Elliott, Dixon          57   DT*  Sr*   6-5   318   Mission, SD - Todd County       
Hopper, Benjamin        52   ILB  Sr*   6-4   261   Abington, PA - Abington     
Zandofsky, James        69   ILB  Sr*   6-2   238   East Rutherford, NJ - Henry P   
Horn, Bert              91   ILB  So*   5-11  215   Ballston Spa, NY - Ballston Sp  
Knight, Bert            99   ILB* Sr    6-7   280   Lambertville, NJ - South Hunte  
Blackburn, Sherman      68   OLB  Sr    5-11  223   Clarion, PA - Clarion Area      
Satchwell, Deron        66   OLB  Sr*   6-1   239   Perryopolis, PA - Frazier       
Summers, Ike            51   OLB  Jr*   6-2   241   Birdsboro, PA - Daniel Boone A  
Tucker, Leroy           47   OLB  Jr*   6-1   237   Langhorne, PA - Neshaminy       
Clawson, Maurice        96   OLB  So*   6-1   224   Pottstown, PA - Owen J Roberts  
Sutherland, Preston     58   OLB  Fr    5-9   206   Oakhurst, NJ - Ocean Township   
Irwin, Roosevelt        44   CB   Jr*   5-10  199   Chambersburg, PA - Chambersbur  
Anglewicz, Eugene       41   CB   Jr*   6-0   195   Rockaway, NJ - Morris Hills     
Clark, Justin           42   CB   Fr    6-1   194   Wolcott, NY - North Rose-Wolco  
Brewster, Steven        36   CB   Fr    5-9   177   Lancaster, PA - Manheim Townsh  
Jamison, Harvey         34   CB   Fr    5-9   176   Waldwick, NJ - Waldwick         
Minter, Mercury         40   CB*  Sr    5-9   184   Dover, NJ - Dover               
Keel, Kris              35   CB*  Jr    5-10  181   Payson, AZ - Payson             
Neilson, Jay            31   CB*  Jr*   6-2   209   Imperial, PA - West Allegheny   
Shepherd, Chester       48   CB*  Jr*   5-11  190   East Brunswick, NJ - East Brun  
Bidwill, Eddie          30   S    Sr*   6-1   209   Johnstown, NY - Johnstown       
Ordonez, Mickey         11   S    Jr    5-11  223   Port Jefferson, NY - Port Jeff  
Sawyer, Kent            17   S    Jr    5-9   196   Chester, NJ - West Morris Cent  
Barlow, Donovan         12   S    Jr*   6-0   206   Nazareth, PA - Nazareth Area    
Gonzalez, Wesley        24   S    So*   6-0   188   Rahway, NJ - Rahway             
Schwartz, Calvin        22   S*   Sr    5-9   192   East Orange, NJ - Clifford J S  

  

* in eligibility - Player has been red-shirted. 
* in position - Player is walk-on. 
** before name - Player is in danger of becoming academically ineligible.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:05 PM

Final Pre-Season news and thoughts

Coaching
We are now heading into our 4th season with the single back offense - and the offense is cleary the best it's ever been (well, maybe not the Qb situation). We're expecting our offensive numbers to go up across the board.

Defensively, this will be our 3rd year playing out of a 4-3 base defense, and our talent there is also the best it has been yet. If the secondary can keep us in the game, we could have a pretty good season.

We bumped up our practice time one more notch this year to 19, we've gone up one point a year from 15 originally. I doubt we'd ever go beyond 20.

Player moves
Senior Tight End Bert Knight was moved to inside linebacker. The move gives him a bettter shot at playing, and also avoids having to bring in another walk-on player.

Recruiting Outlook

Things are looking a bit dim with only 8 scholarship players graduating this season. At most we'll bring in 10 players, and then decided who has to hit the road. Bringing in 1 or 2 extra players might also insure against any players who quit the team over playing time or leaving early for the NFL.

It will be tought to get all revved up about a recruiting class when we're looking to haul in 6 or more walk-ons. We'll still do our best.

Specifically during recruiting we'll be looking for depth at Running Back, Tackle, Defensive Line, and Quarterback as always. We feel pretty good about our other positions, but will obviously go after talent as our strengths and their desires line up.

Wish us luck!

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:10 PM

Weeks 1 & 2 Review

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0) at Califronia Golden Bears (0-0)

last meeting: Last year at Rutgers Cal won 31-21
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #115 and Cal #116
California was favored by 4 at home
weather: 55 degrees and rain

The game started off with each team exchanging punts, but then Cal's second posession was a one play 73 yard touchdown pass. Ugh! we were down 7-0 early. We played well in the first half but only mustered a field goal. We kept getting stopped on 3rd and short to end our drives. Hoping to hold tight it was 17-3 at the half. Mentally I decided that if we lost this game, I might change my mind about red-shirting QB Tony Richard.

Acting from his usual script, QB Lewis Meadows murdered us with interceptions. Our drives ended twice with this fool throwing the ball away. The game got close as we scored a touchdown at the very beginning of the fourth quarter. With an 3rd quarter field goal, we had pulled to 17-12 (our 2 point conversion attempt failed).

I think at this point our team went home. The ensuing kickoff was run back 105 yards for a touchdown to put a dagger in our hearts. QB Lewis Meadows would add two more knives in our own backs as his next two passes were intercepted and returned for touchdowns. The game was out of hand, and my mind had completely changed about the QB situation. Next week the Tony Richard era begins.

Final Score: California 38, Rutgers 19

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Carlton Duncan - 27 carries 119 yards, 6 catches 44 yards
funny how a sophomore is our most reliable player. actually it's not funny, i think pathetic is a better word.

Injury Report
only our pride was severely wounded in this game.

Recruiting

Dream Recruit #1

DE Bryan McCrary
A 6'4" 255 monster out of Newark (NJ), Bryan is ranked the #100 player nationally, and the 11th best Defensive End. Bryan said his top priorities in a school are distance and the academics of a schools Kinesiology program. We happen to be the closest school to Bryan and offer the 11th best program in his field of study. It's also noteworthy that the 10 schools above us are all Western or Southern schools. Bryan has 5 sacks and 34 tackles in just 4 games so far. We're very excited to know he'll consider us.

Blue Chip Recruits

CB T.J. Dawson
An incredible man-to-man coverege corner from Alquippa, PA, T.J.'s preferences are distance and academics. Were not the closest school to him, but we probably do provide the best Spanish program around. He has recorded 6 interceptions, 2.5 sacks, and 24 tackles in 6 games.

TE Stan O'Donnell
Stan hails from Saratoga Springs, NY and is known for his ability to get open and make a big play. Favoring distance and team prestige, we know there is the potential for Stan to get snapped up by another local big-time program.

In other recruiting...
We actually had a terrible first two weeks of recruiting, talking with many players who will have no interest in coming here next year. We'll have to hustle to make up lost ground.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:11 PM

Week 3 Review

Connecticut Huskies (0-1) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-1)

last meeting: Last year at Rutgers, U-Conn upset us in overtime 24-21
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #118 and U-Conn #93
We were favored by 7 at home
weather: 49 degrees and rain

This was the day the Tony Richard era began. Hopefully it will become an important day in Rutgers history....

On our first posession, things started great as Tony completed his first 3 passes for gains of 19,19, and 20 yards! 2 Players later Carlton Duncan plowed over left tackle for a touchdown! so far so good! The next drive was almost an opposite of the first, featured three sizable runs by Carlton Duncan, and then Tony Richard hit Ricardo Schroeder to give us a 14-0 lead!

In the third quarter we were driving for a certain score when Tony Richard made his first mistake of the game and was intercepted in the endzone. Things were made worse when two plays later U-Conn scored on a 64 yard run to make the game 17-14. I really began to sweat when Connecticut tied the game at the end of the 3rd quarter. Tony Richard immediately calmed me, hitting Ricardo Schroeder on a perfect deep ball that went for 53 yards. The drive would only yield a field goal, but we pulled slightly ahead 20-17.

Connecticut fumbled on their ensuing posession and the Tony Richard show continued! He hit tight end C.J. Rodriguez for a 43 yard touchdown pass immediately and would add another before the end of the game.

Final Score: Rutgers 37, U-Conn 24

Player of the Week nominees:
WR Ricardo Schroeder - 5 catches, 121 yards, 1 touchdown
RB Carlton Duncan - 28 carries, 107 yards, 1 touchdown

QB Tony Richard - 19-of-36 for 375 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception
This performance was 7 yards shy of the school record! I hope he can keep this up, what a debut.

Defensive Player of the Week!
DE Terry Jackson - 6 tackles, 2 assists, 4.5 sacks and a bunch of tackles for losses and qb hurries.
excellent performance from a guy who could be headed for the first round of the professional draft.

Injury Report
no injuries! we're usually healthy early in the year.

Recruiting

Dream Recruit #2

QB Melvin Sanks
A big kid (6'4" 208 lbs out of Rochester, NY) Melvin has all the tools necessary to be a big time QB. He's considered the 6th best QB in the nation and the 29th best player overall. His preferences are distance and academics, so we have a solid shot at him. He did say he was a bit concerned with the young QB's on our team.

--updates--

DE Bryan McCrary
We are currently the only school pursuing the pass-rush monster. He now has 49 tackles, 7.5 sacks, and 1 interception in 6 games.

Blue Chip Recruits

here's our newest blue-chip prospect:

DE Reggie Saunders
6'4" 259 pounds out of Jamestown, NY, Reggie is a great all-around defensive end. He's recorded 42 tackles and 4 sacks in 6 games. His top priorities for college are distance and academics. We have an excellent chance to land this young man.

--updates--

CB T.J. Dawson
Penn State and we are the only schools talking with him. They hold a distance advantage, we hold an academic advantage. It should be close. He has 6 interceptions and 2.5 sacks in 6 games.

TE Stan O'Donnell
we are the only school speaking with Stan at the moment! He has almost 500 yards and 4 touchdowns in 6 games.

In other recruiting...
Things looked a lot better this week, and despite what seems to be a pretty poor local recruiting class, we made the best of it. We're now talking with a wide range of second-tier players, including some kicker/punters who we hope we can get to walk-on.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:12 PM

originally posted by Peregrine

I am loving this dynasty! I'm very much a newbie at TCY and playing my first dynasty as Georgia Tech, so it's interesting to see you have to fight much more of an uphill battle to recruit than Tech does (I managed to recruit the #1 and 2 players in the nation this year!)

Just make sure you get rid of that clipboard-carrying Chelgren at QB, he hails from Gaffney SC, the hated rival of my hometown, Greenwood SC! On a side note, it seems like in the first few years, Army beat you out for quite a large number of recruits. Did they actually improve their program any?

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:12 PM

Quote:

originally posted by Peregrine:
I am loving this dynasty! I'm very much a newbie at TCY and playing my first dynasty as Georgia Tech, so it's interesting to see you have to fight much more of an uphill battle to recruit than Tech does (I managed to recruit the #1 and 2 players in the nation this year!)

Just make sure you get rid of that clipboard-carrying Chelgren at QB, he hails from Gaffney SC, the hated rival of my hometown, Greenwood SC! On a side note, it seems like in the first few years, Army beat you out for quite a large number of recruits. Did they actually improve their program any?

hehe, Chellgren will never see the field. Maybe i'll move him to punter to humiliate him or something. I really won't need him at all next season.

That's a good question about army, I really don't think they've been faring any better then we have, but i'll be sure to check on it for you. I recall as recently as two years ago, both Army and Navy were amongst the worst records (all-time record) in the whole division.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:14 PM

Weeks 4-5 Review

We were off week 4, but week 5 brought:

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-1) at #10 Virginia Tech Hokies (2-0)

last meeting: Last year at Rutgers, Tech killed us 42-7
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #87 and Virginia Tech #10
Tech was favored by 16 at home
weather: 60 degrees and stormy

The first half was a very tightly played. Both teams had been forced out of scoring oppurtunities when their quarterbacks took sacks inside the red zone. Eventually V.T. got on the board with a rushing touchdown halfway through the 2nd quarter. Tech seemed to be overpowering us late in the second quarter though, we went in to the half down 17-0.

Early in the third, Tony Richard led us downfield and tossed a touchdown to Ricardo Schroeder, making it 17-7. Our defense held tight into the fourth quarter, when Tony Richard again found Ricardo Schroeder for a 21 yard touchdown to make it 17-14 with 6 minutes to go. We realized we had a real shot at winning this one...

When forced to start from our 4 yard line though, our hopes died. A desperation 4th down pass from Tony Richard was intercepted and returned for a touchdown to put the game out of reach.

Final Score: Virginia Tech 24, Rutgers 14

I don't think I can get down on the team after playing the #10 in the country so damn closely. Tony Richard is looking like the real deal. When he and Carlton Duncan reach their potential....look out! It's also worth noting that he had more first downs, passing yards, and rushing yards then Virginia Tech. This game was winnable, but we're still a young team.

Player of the Week nominees:
WR Ricardo Schroeder - 7 catches, 158 yards, 2 touchdowns
QB Tony Richard really seems able to find Ricardo in coverage, unlike the prior QB.

DE Terry Jackson - 7 tackles, 3 assists, 2.5 sacks
on his way to his best season ever and a high selection in next year's draft!

RB Carlton Duncan - 22 carries 98 yards, 4 catches for 45 yards
He's the center of the offense

ILB James Zandofsky - 10 tackles, 3 assists, 1 sack
nice game for a growing talent

Injury Report
we're still nice and healthy, and we need every advantage we can get.

Recruiting

Dream Recruit #3

OLB Darrin Leslie
A quick outside guy, Darrin is a little small at 6'1" 195 lbs. He's recorded 76 tackles, 8 sacks and 3 interceptions in 8 games and said finding a terrific Nursing program and staying close to home are his priorities. While we're not the closest school to him (Johnstown, PA) we are offering the best education.

--updates--

DE Bryan McCrary
Bryan is drawing a lot of interest from the big boys (Florida, Michigan) but we offer him what he wants most, a terrific education not too far from home.

QB Melvin Sanks
Melvin is fielding a lot of scholarship offers right now, and is preparing to create a list of finalists. I think we'll be at the top of his list.

Blue Chip Recruits

For the last 2 weeks I decided there were no other Blue-chippers worth jumping on. I reserve the right to push these selections back (and use 3 next week if i want)

--updates--

CB T.J. Dawson
Penn State and we are the only schools talking with him. They hold a distance advantage, we hold an academic advantage. It should be close. He has 6 interceptions and 2.5 sacks in 6 games.

TE Stan O'Donnell
we are the only school speaking with Stan at the moment! He has almost 500 yards and 4 touchdowns in 6 games.

DE Reggie Saunders
6'4" 259 pounds out of Jamestown, NY, Reggie is a great all-around defensive end. He's recorded 42 tackles and 4 sacks in 6 games. His top priorities for college are distance and academics. We have an excellent chance to land this young man.

In other recruiting...
Things looked a lot better this week, and despite what seems to be a pretty poor local recruiting class, we made the best of it. We're now talking with a wide range of second-tier players, including some kicker/punters who we hope we can get to walk-on.

There are no New Brunswick or North Plainfield players (who automatically earn scholarship offers), i suppose that's good with our limited scholarships this year.

America's schools must really be slipping, because this year's crop of recruits are total morons.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:26 PM

Week 6

Brigham Young Cougars (1-2) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-2)

last meeting: Last year at Rutgers, BYU squeaked out a win 42-37
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #104 and BYU #60
BYU was favored by 3 on the road. That's an insult.
weather: 64 degrees and rain.

On the second play from scrimmage, the explosive BYU offense threw a 70 yard TD pass. We were then pinned deep and tackled for a safety. BYU took the ball after the free kick and made it 16-0.

Tony Richard hit Ricardo Schroeder for a 59 yard touchdown pass. We stopped BYU at midfield and Tony Richard lead another drive, eventually ending on a 1 yard Carlton Duncan touchdown run. With 2 minutes in the half, Tony Richard passed us into the red zone, and Victor Fragomeni gave us a 17-16 lead on his first field goal of the day.

At the beginning of the 3rd quarter, TOny RIchard threw an errant pass in our own territory. It ended up handing BYU 3 points and a 19-17 lead. After both teams exchanged a few punts, our defense made what seemed to be game-turning play. Safety Mickey Ordonez steppd in front of a BYU pass and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown! 24-19

At the beginning of the 4th quarter, Carlton Duncan came alive, and carried for over 40 yards on one drive, resulting in another Fragomeni field goal. We were up by a touchdown now 27-19 Tony Richard made a huge mistake, throwing into double coverage, and had his pass returned 56 yards for a touchdown. Luckily the run for conversin failed and we remaing up by 2. 27-25

With 5 minutes to go, BYU took the lead 28-27. BYU added another after our defense failed to stop them on 4 3rd down oppurtunities. it was now desperate at 31-27 with under a minute remaining. We came up with nothing and lost the game.

Final Score: BYU 31, Rutgers 27

Player of the Week nominees:
none

Injury Report
Staring ILB James Zandofsky will miss 4 weeks with a pulled quadriceps muscle

Recruiting

Dream Recruit Updates

DE Bryan McCrary
We are the first school Bryan is visiting! We made sure he spent plenty of time with our resident Rutgers legend, DE Terry Jackson. Bryan seems interested in taking over the position that will be vacated next season. While Michigan and Florida can offer him a slightly better education, he seems reluctant to move so far from home.

QB Melvin Sanks
Melving is now visiting Florida, but we believe he will at least accept our invitation to look at the campus and meet all the coaches. We'd like to bring him in to add QB depth.

OLB Darrin Leslie
Local school Pitt. has offered Darrin a scholarship, but our Nursing program dwarves theirs. We think once he comes and meets the staff that his mind will be made up.

Blue Chip Recruits

S Arnold Sherrill
We're not even certain we want him. Our scout overestimated him a bit and he comes from a questionable program. He's a small cover guy out of Brooklyn.

--updates--

CB T.J. Dawson
It's shaping up to be a 2 team race for T.J. Penn State and Rutgers. We offer better academics, while PSU is closer to home.

TE Stan O'Donnell
Stan is now drawing a ton of interest, we think we'll probably lose out to a more prestigious school in the end.

DE Reggie Saunders
Another PSU vs. Rutgers battle. We offer a stronger Geography battle, while they are closer. The fact that Reggie really seems to want to stay close to home worries us.

In other recruiting...
I can't talk enough about what a lousy year for recruiting this is. All the talented players can't make our academic standards. I guess I'm glad we only have 8 scholarships to offer. We're probably done contacting new players, but will instead start cutting the fat from the list we are now working from.

rejections
David Farmer, a safety, has decided not to accept your offer and will attend Princeton next season.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:28 PM

Week 7

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-3) at West Virginia Mountaineers (1-3)

last meeting: Last year at West Virginia it wasn't close - WVU 41, Rutgers 6
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #106 and West Virginia #85
West Virginia was favored by 7 at home
weather: 56 degrees and rain

Is it just me, or is every single game we play in the rain?

Early in the game we gave away 7 points when our punt was blocked deep in our own zone. QB Tony Richard quickly led us down the their endzone though, and a 33 yard TD pass to Cole Upshaw tied it at 7.

We got a special teams play of our own as we blocked a punt deep in their territory, setting up a short Carlton Duncan run. On more tough running we led 21-14 at the half.

The 3rd quarter was nothing but punts, and there was no scoring. The game heated up in the 4th when West Virginia closed to 21-17 with a field goal. Answering back on a time consuming drive, Victor Fragomeni sent one through the uprights to maintain our touchdown lead, 24-17. Our defense would hold after thanks to some huge Terry Jackson sacks, and we ended up running out the clock inside their 10 yard line. 3rd quarter was all punts. early 4th, WVU added a field goal. 21-17

This is a huge win for us! Our first ever Big East win against someone other than Princeton!

Final Score: Rutgers 24, West Virginia 17

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Carlton Duncan - 30 carries 95 yards, 2 touchdowns, 3 catches for 61 yards
WR Ricardo Schroeder - 6 catches, 125 yards
DE Terry Jackson - 8 tackles, 3 assists, 2.5 sacks, and lots of QB hurries and a few tackles for loss

Injury Report
Starting ILB James Zandofsky will miss 3 more weeks with a pulled quadriceps muscle
RB Carlton Duncan is 'questionable' with a strained tricpes muscle. He'll definitely play through it.

Recruiting

Dream Recruit #4 - WR Lewis Solik
From the dreamy town of Pleasentville, NJ Lewis is a big play threat who we hope will seriously consider Rutgers. Averaging over 22 yards a catch, Lewis would be an excellent addition to our strong recieving corps. Central Florida has also offered him a scholarship, and he has expressed interest in playing for their more prestiguous football program. We'd rate our shot at landing Lewis as only fair.

---updates---

DE Bryan McCrary
We are still the only school Bryan is visiting, he should be a definite committment.

QB Melvin Sanks
He is now visiting Florida, though we think Syracuse is actually a larger threat because of their proximity to him. We think he may be a bit scared off by our 3 freshman QB's.

OLB Darrin Leslie
Not visiting anyone yet. The fact that our toughest competitor for landing him (Penn State) hasn't offered him a scholarship yet is excellent news.

Blue Chip Recruits

ILB Everett Ferguson
With 100 tackles in 9 games, Ferguson is the run-stuffing machine we need in the middle. At 6-5 227, he definitely has the size to get the job done.

--updates--

CB T.J. Dawson
Still us vs. Penn State. I expect us to lose out on T.J.

TE Stan O'Donnell
Southern Miss is the only other school offering him a scholarship. We think at this point we're in the lead, but anything can change.

DE Reggie Saunders
Despite the fact that he claims again and again that he wants to stay close to home, he is visiting Oregon first.... I'm not sure where this is heading.

S Arnold Sherrill
One week after offering him a scholarship, we've decided to bow out of the Arnold Sherrill derby. Good luck to him elsewhere.

In other recruiting...
We're really pruning the recruiting shurb. We've told a lot of players to take a hike, and we're now really zero-ing in on the guys we think will accept, and talking with guys who are potential walk-ons.

rejections
Quentin Edwards, a tight end, has decided not to accept your offer and will attend Pittsburgh next season.
Everett Ferguson, an inside linebacker, has decided not to accept your offer and will attend Princeton next season.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:28 PM

As everyone knows by now, all posts from 10/3 were deleted from the system. Of course this happened to be my most prolific posting day ever. Over the weekend I'll try to more succinctly recap the action of weeks 8-11. I believe I have the writeups for my last 2 games of the season still.

it's a setback, and i guarantee i'll never be left without backed-up data again.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:29 PM

originally posted by bigjdotcom01

I feel your pain.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:30 PM

originally posted by MylesKnight

Congrats on the "W" over West Virginia in Morgantown. I think I just saw the confidence rise ten-fold in New Brunsy.

With the looks of the Schedule (by the way I did get a chance to check out the 10/3/02 posts) this could turn out to be a "turn the initial corner" type of season.

With season ending games at Princeton and at home against Duke, the Scarlet Knights could conceivably put together a winning season in '06.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:30 PM

Quote:

originally posted by MylesKnight:
Congrats on the "W" over West Virginia in Morgantown. I think I just saw the confidence rise ten-fold in New Brunsy.

With the looks of the Schedule (by the way I did get a chance to check out the 10/3/02 posts) this could turn out to be a "turn the initial corner" type of season.

With season ending games at Princeton and at home against Duke, the Scarlet Knights could conceivably put together a winning season in '06.

'conceivably' is the key word there.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:32 PM

Weeks 8-12 update

Rather than try to re-create my lost posts (from the loss of all 10/3 posts) I'm going to quickly bring you guys up to speed so I can keep my dynasty rolling. The sad part is i've lost track of the recruiting committments/rejections now, so i will do a special recruiting wrap-up at the end of the season.

Week 8
We have Miami at home. QB Tony Richard has a career day (362 yards passing, 4 touchdowns no interceptions) but the defense just can't hold. This was really ana amazing game, back and forth constantly, with us leading early in the 4th and then letting it slip away.

Final Score: Miami 47, Rutgers 35

Week 9
bye week

Week 10
We have Boston College at home. Tony Richard and RB Carlton Duncan both have amazing games and we shock and upset B.C. in a rout, 35-6. Senior WR Ricardo Schroeder breaks is wrist and is done playing for Rutgers. He's our all time leader in all recieving categories, all purpose yards, and touchdowns. The win brings us to 3-4 on the season.

Final Score: Rutgers 35, Boston College 6

Week 11
We travel to face #1 ranked Syracuse on the road. This game was a heartbreaker. We jumped to a very quick 14-0 lead and then the offense just got shut down. Our defense was slowly leaking, and eventually the Orangemen overcame us. It was still a very impressive performance considering we were facing the best team in the nation on the road.

Final Score: Syracuse 23, Rutgers 14

Week 12
#6 ranked Pitt comes to Rutgers and gets beat! This was our biggest win in school history. We jump to an early lead, but then star QB Tony Richard is injured. We later find out a torn calf muscle will keep him out the rest of the year. Luckily backup Lewis Meadows doesn't screw up too badly, despite throwing a few interceptions inside the other teams red zone. WR Walt Irwin is also lost for the season with a dislocated elbow. The victory takes us to 4-5 but we have now lost our QB and top 2 recievers going into our last two games.

Final Score: Rutgers 16, Pitt 10

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:33 PM

Week 13 Review

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-5) at Princeton Tigers (5-5)

last meeting: last year at Princeton we won big, 40-6
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #87 and Princeton #92
We were favored by 2 on the road
weather: 62 degrees and fair

Ahhh, our 'Revolutionary War.' We're 4-0 against the bums so far, and even though they snapped their 45 game losing streak,
they're not fooling us. We plan on going into Princeton and doing exactly what we did last year, turn those Tigers into kittens.

The stakes were certainly higher for this game than they had ever been. Princeton was playing their last game of the season, and had a shot at their first winning record since joining the Big East. At 4-5 a win could provide us the same oppurtinity, with Duke at home next week.

Our passing game has been depleted over the last 3 weeks with season ending injuries to our savior QB Tony Richard, and top two recievers; senior Ricardo Schroeder and junior Walt Irwin.
I really wondered what this game had in store for us. With the ability to hand these Tigers another losing season, we decided we'd need to keep the ball out of the hands of our inept QB and put in on the legs of our star running back.

-----

We came out sharp early. Duncan was running like a madman and Lewis Meadows looked surprisingly sharp against the Princeton secondary. Considering our top two recievers were out, he was playing well above my expectations. Before I knew it we were leading 14-0.

After the first quarter I realized Princeton would have little success. We controlled the clock on the running of Carl Duncan, and Meadows was accurate when needed. When all was said and done, we realized next week we would have a shot at a winning season.

Final Score: Rutgers 20, Princeton 10

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Carlton Duncan - 31 carries for 131 yards and 1 TD
With these yards he topped his career and Rutgers-best from last season.

QB Lewis Meadows - 17-for-29, 209 yards. 1 touchdown and no interceptions (a miracle).
as functional as he needed to be.

ILB James Zandofsky - 6 tackles, 3 assists, 1 sack, 1 interception
Starting to become a real force in pass coverage and pass rushing. Should be primed for a great senior year in 2007.

Injury Report
QB Tony Richard is out for the year (torn calf muscle).
RB Carl Duncan has a strained tricep, but said he won't miss the last game for the world.
WR Walt Irwin is out for the year with a disclocated elbow.
WR Ricardo Schroeder's Rutgers career is over with a broken wrist.

Recruiting updates

Blue Chip Recruit TE Stan O'Donnell has made up his mind to play with us...it's about damn time! This rounds out or scholarships.

In other recruiting...
We're done with scholarships (11 total) and are now entering the tough sell, convincing players to walk on. We currently have about 9 interested players for 5 spots, but we know it'll take a few more weeks before they give up their hopes of receiving a scholarship elsewhere.

Code:


rejections

S       Bubba Caraballo        Wailuku

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:34 PM

originally posted by MylesKnight

HOLY SMOKES!!! I didn't realize Pitt was the 6th Ranked Team in America. What a shocker.. Gigantic win for the Scarlet Knights!! Add to that a heckuva performance on the road against the #1 team in the nation the week before, and we have the look of a Rutgers program that is going places.

Big win at Princeton the following week, as you know there had to have been a bit of a let-down after those two previous games, even with PU being a big rivalry game.

I told you, a winning season was conceivable. Now at 5-5, with lowly Duke the only team left on the schedule, it looks like a near sintch.

One request CT, if you don't mind could you throw in the Big East standings periodically during the season?

Great Work.. I can't believe how quickly you have been able to bring RU to respectibility. Amazing...

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:34 PM

Quote:

priginally posted by MylesKnight:
HOLY SMOKES!!! I didn't realize Pitt was the 6th Ranked Team in America. What a shocker.. Gigantic win for the Scarlet Knights!! Add to that a heckuva performance on the road against the #1 team in the nation the week before, and we have the look of a Rutgers program that is going places.

Big win at Princeton the following week, as you know there had to have been a bit of a let-down after those two previous games, even with PU being a big rivalry game.

I told you, a winning season was conceivable. Now at 5-5, with lowly Duke the only team left on the schedule, it looks like a near sintch.

One request CT, if you don't mind could you throw in the Big East standings periodically during the season?

Great Work.. I can't believe how quickly you have been able to bring RU to respectibility. Amazing...

QB Tony Richard seems to be the messiah I was hoping he could be, he plays well beyond his current skill level.

On the standings request: you got it. Some stuff just slips your mind when running a dynasty. I'll start putting it in with my posts.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:35 PM

originally posted by Godzilla Blitz

CT: I'm done with 2006 in my Kentucky dynasty, and I thought you might be interested to know how Rutgers is doing in that "alternate universe".

Here are the ugly facts:

2006 Record: 0-11 (125th)
Overall Record: 7-49 (125th)
Longest Losing Streak: 18 games (current NCAA record, and still going strong)

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:36 PM

Quote:

priginally posted by Godzilla Blitz:
CT: I'm done with 2006 in my Kentucky dynasty, and I thought you might be interested to know how Rutgers is doing in that "alternate universe".

Here are the ugly facts:

2006 Record: 0-11 (125th)
Overall Record: 7-49 (125th)
Longest Losing Streak: 18 games (current NCAA record, and still going strong)

It's great to know we're outperforming our alternate-dimension selves! I'll give you an update on your alternate Kentucky when I post my 11th game tonight.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:37 PM

Week 14 Review

Duke Blue Devils (2-8) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-5)

last meeting: last year at home we eeked out a 17-7 win
The Coaches Poll ranked Rutgers #78 and Duke #118
We were favored big at home, by 20
weather: 47 degrees and raining

We stuffed Duke early and then passed our way down to their 2 yard line. I'm not sure whether to shoot the offensive coordinator or the quarterback, but Lewis Meadows of course tossed an interception in the endzone to kill the drive. Meadows tossed 2 more interceptions on the Duke end of the field in the first quarter

We went to the half 0-0, and i was beating on my Lewis Meadows punching bag at the half to calm myself. I immediately decided that if we lost the game he would be cut at the beginning of next season. Early in the 3rd quarter, Carlton Duncan took matters into his own hands and had 50 yards worth of running on the drive that resulted in the first score of the game. 7-0

Our offense then stalled while our defense played tough. We constantly gave Duke the ball near midfield, and on about their tenth try they managed to score, tying the game at 7 with 9 minutes remaining. Our horrible punting and offense was catching up with us, Duke was pushing us farther and farther back while inching slowly closer.

I had to hide under my desk while they missed a potential winning field goal with 1:49 remaining. Things were even worse when they downed a punt at our 1 with 50 seconds to go...luckily we got off the one and the game went to overtime.

Duke won and elected to play defense.

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Overtime play-by-play:

1st down: Carlton Duncan ran for 9 yards.

2nd and 1: ineligible reciever downfield

2nd and 6: holding

2nd and 16: incomplete pass.

3rd and 16: Interception in the endzone....have we seen this before?

It would now take a miracle to stop Duke from winning on their first posession.

1st down: 8 yard run

2nd down: 1 yard run

3rd down: 3 yard run

1st down: incomplete

2nd down: 1 yard run

3rd down: incomplete

4th down: 31 yard field goal for the Duke win....its good.
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Disgusted. I feel literally sick to my stomach. Not only did we lose the most winnable game ever, Lewis Meadows flushed a season that wasn't even his down the toilet. To make matters worse, it looks like we would have made a bowl game had we won, since we ended up finishing 4th in the big east. Lewis Meadows had better leave this team before i throw his ass off it.

Final Score: Duke 10, Rutgers 7 (OT)

Player of the Week nominees:
RB Carlton Duncan - 26 carries, 135 yards and a touchdown.
If only he could have played quarterback.

DE Terry Jackson - 10 tackles, 7 assists, 1.5 sacks.
I feel terrible sending him out of here on a game like that. I wouldn't mind giving him a couple more sacks on QB Lewis Meadows, it would make us both feel better.

Coach Killer of the Week

QB Lewis Meadows earned a lifetime achievement award in coach killing with this performance:

11 of 27 for 170 yards. 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. 2 interceptions in the endzone (one in OT) and all 4 inside the Duke 35 yard line.

spec-fucking-tacular.

Injury Report
QB Tony Richard is out for the year (torn calf muscle).
RB Carl Duncan has a strained tricep, but said he won't miss the last game for the world.
WR Walt Irwin is out for the year with a disclocated elbow.
WR Ricardo Schroeder's Rutgers career is over with a broken wrist.

Recruiting updates

In other recruiting...
We're done with scholarships (11 total) and are now entering the tough sell, convincing players to walk on. We currently have about 9 interested players for 5 spots, but we know it'll take a few more weeks before they give up their hopes of receiving a scholarship elsewhere.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:40 PM

2006 Big East Final Standings

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School                   W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  

Syracuse                 11 0  0  1.000 329 140 7  0  0  1.000 194 100 Won 17     
Pittsburgh               9  2  0  .818  280 223 5  2  0  .714  164 145 Lost 2     
Virginia Tech            7  4  0  .636  275 211 4  3  0  .571  167 147 Lost 1
Rutgers                  5  6  0  .454  248 240 4  3  0  .571  158 137 Lost 1
Boston College           6  5  0  .545  370 230 3  4  0  .428  180 169 Lost 2     
Miami of Florida         6  5  0  .545  299 273 3  4  0  .428  194 179 Won 1      
Princeton                5  6  0  .454  200 275 2  5  0  .285  104 228 Lost 5     
West Virginia            2  9  0  .181  196 208 0  7  0  .000  108 164 Lost 3

What a terrible end to an amazing season. Blowing a shot at our first winning record will haunt me until next year. Blame simply has to be placed on QB Lewis Meadows who cost us both the first and last games of the season. I will release him from the squad at the beginning of next year, he's terrible for morale.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:40 PM

Post-Season wrap-up...

...from a Big East perspective.
First I'd like to let you know that we wouldn't have made a bowl game even had we won the last game. The power poll was so down on us that Miami and Boston College (teams we beat) both would have gone ahead of us anyway. If only these conference standings actually meant something (maybe in TCY 2 they will?)

anyway....

Bowl Results

#45 Miami defeated Lousiana State in a minor bowl 20-13

#29 V.T. beat #23 Texas Christian 34-7 in a major bowl

#13 Pitt beat #12 Colorado 38-31 in a major bowl

#1 Syracuse played #2 Texas in the Rose Bowl for the national title....and they won 34-15! Syracuse finishes the season 12-0!

This all makes me feel even better about our season. We beat 3 of the 4 Big East teams that went to the bowls, and they all won their bowl games. It's also great to know that we played Syracuse tougher (on the road no less) than the #2 team in the country did.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:42 PM

2006 Stat Summary

What a difference a year makes!

Offensively...

Our rushing yards stayed just about even while our YPC dropped .3 yards. I was surprised throughout the year at our sub-par run blocking, although i seemed to have made adjustments to help it for the last 4 games.

We threw the ball 50 more times and ran 30 more times...this is good news overall, it means our defense is getting of the field, and our offense is staying on it.

Our passing game was much sharper under Tony Richard, averaging .7 more yards per attempt and getting 600 more yards.

We scored 5 more points per game and turned the ball over 12 less times overall our turnover margin went from -22 to +4, quite an improvement!

Defensively...

we held out opponents to .4 yards less per carry, (3.27 40th best in the country)

teams earned less rushing yards and less passing yards (though they did have a higher yards-per-passing-attempt)

our points allowed per game dropped over a touchdown from 30.8 to 21.8!

we also forced 27 turnovers to last years 13!

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2006 Summary for Rutgers
   

Record: 5-6
Rank: 82

   
Rutgers                 Team      Rank  
Rushes                  366       85          
Rushing Yards           1102      100         
Yards Per Carry         3.01      102         
Pass Attempts           399       18 (T)      
Completions             201       35 (T)      
Passing Yards           2964      20          
Yards Per Attempt       7.42      48          
3rd Down Conversions    26.7      118         
Points Per Game         22.5      72          
Turnovers               23        81 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +4        39 (T)      


Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  383       33 (T)      
Rushing Yards           1254      34          
Yards Per Carry         3.27      40 (T)      
Pass Attempts           314       41 (T)      
Completions             155       7 (T)       
Passing Yards           2234      45          
Yards Per Attempt       7.11      64 (T)      
3rd Down Conversions    28.2      10          
Points Per Game         21.8      40          
   
Primary Formation: Single-Back Formation

   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
2     19    at CALI (109) 38      
3     37    CONN (88)     24      
5     14    at VATC (22)  24      
6     27    BRIG (14)     31      
7     24    at WVIR (108) 17      
8     35    MIAF (33)     47      
10    35    BOST (36)     6       
11    14    at SYRA (1)   23      
12    16    PITT (12)     10      
13    20    at PRIN (95)  10      
14    7     DUKE (113)    10      
   

Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
10 Richard          QB    278   142   2229  8.01  15    10      
3 Meadows           QB    120   59    735   6.12  2     9       
Team                ---   399   201   2964  7.42  17    20      


Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
20 Duncan           RB    298   1265  4.24  11    94    139     
10 Richard          QB    31    -171  -5.51 0     30    182     
3 Meadows           QB    23    -15   -0.65 1     16    68      
Team                ---   366   1102  3.01  13    145   409     


Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
80 Upshaw           WR    85    42    677   16.1  279   4       
81 Schroeder        WR    77    37    787   21.2  287   8       
20 Duncan           RB    62    39    384   9.8   211   1       
13 Irwin            WR    48    17    227   13.3  61    1       
5 Wheeler           WR    48    23    366   15.9  83    1       
49 Rodriguez        TE    39    25    351   14.0  101   1       
89 Gray             WR    20    8     111   13.8  43    1       
Team                ---   399   201   2964  14.7  1104  17      

   
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
51 Summers          OLB   68    28    1.0   13    0     4       
95 Jackson          DE    65    23    17.5  33    0     0       
17 Sawyer           S     65    27    0.0   9     4     10      
69 Zandofsky        ILB   60    18    4.5   15    3     7       
68 Blackburn        OLB   48    19    1.0   9     3     3       
30 Bidwill          S     43    12    0.0   4     1     6       
92 Evans            DT    32    15    2.5   11    0     0       
91 Horn             ILB   23    11    0.0   2     0     2       
2 Terrell           DE    20    9     4.0   5     0     1       
44 Irwin            CB    19    8     0.0   1     0     2       
77 Desantis         DT    19    5     3.5   9     0     0       
42 Clark            CB    17    4     0.0   2     2     4       
41 Anglewicz        CB    12    5     0.0   0     2     6       
Team                ---   581   199   35.0  118   18    46

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:43 PM

Our Report Cards

It doesn't look like anyone will be academically ineligible next year. A couple of guys made we sweat with D-, but it appears we did alright when hitting the books

Grades from Professor Laertes:

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Team Performance:       75
Academics:              83
Recruiting:            100
TV Revenue:             68
Alumni Donations:       78
Attendance/Stadium:     33
Final Grade:            72

Not bad at all! The Donations grade is way up from a 10 the year before!

The recruiting thing actually blows my mind since we had 11 scholarship players and 5 walk-ons... hmmmm.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:44 PM

Quick and Sloppy recruiting wrap-up

This wouldn't be necessary at all if we hadn't lost all those posts, if you want more detail on these guys wait until the beginning of my 2007 season - I will talk about them all in detail.

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Player                 Pos     ST      Dist.   Fit     Scout   Emphasis        Phone   Visit
$$Humphrey, Kelvin     RB      NJ      25      96      64+        Prest*/Acad    2       2
**O'Donnell, Stan      TE      NY      185     85      86-        Dist*/Prest    2       2
$$Hawkins, Darnell     WR      NY      234     93      41+        Dist/Prest     2       2
**Wilkins, Deron       WR      PA      111     91      52++        Acad/Prest     2       2
Solik, Lewis           WR      NJ      78      98      61+        Prest/Acad     2       2
$$Hanson, Scott        C       NY      51      90      52+        Dist/Prest     2       2
$$Lincoln, Hardy       G       PA      104     90      47+        Acad*/Dist     2       2
##Cohan, Raymond       K       PA      137     99      51-        Prest*/Acad    2       2
**Mast, Isaac          K       PA      46      89      66+        Acad/Prest     2       2
##Jamison, Vincent     DE      NJ      52      86      39+        Dist/Acad      2       2
Bradley, Joel          DE      NY      34      98      50+        Prest/Acad     2       2
McCrary, Bryan         DE      NJ      21      94      82+        Dist/Acad      2       2
##Wayne, Lincoln       ILB     NY      66      91      47+        Prest/Dist     2       2
##Lang, Corwin         OLB     PA      120     88      47-        Dist/Prest     2       2
Rojas, Ross            OLB     PA      69      95      80-        Acad*/Prest    2       2
$$Newhart, Ralph       S       NJ      64      92      52++        Prest/Acad     2       2


  Player                  Pos   HT   WT   ST   NRank
$$Humphrey, Kelvin        RB    5-8  167  NJ   ---    
**O'Donnell, Stan         TE    6-2  211  NY   367    
$$Hawkins, Darnell        WR    5-11 169  NY   ---    
**Wilkins, Deron          WR    6-4  194  PA   738    
Solik, Lewis              WR    6-1  180  NJ   603    
$$Hanson, Scott           C     6-0  242  NY   ---    
$$Lincoln, Hardy          G     6-3  281  PA   ---    
##Cohan, Raymond          K     5-10 157  PA   ---    
**Mast, Isaac             K     6-2  186  PA   855    
##Jamison, Vincent        DE    6-3  217  NJ   ---    
Bradley, Joel             DE    6-4  241  NY   994    
McCrary, Bryan            DE    6-4  255  NJ   100    
##Wayne, Lincoln          ILB   6-1  207  NY   ---    
##Lang, Corwin            OLB   6-0  189  PA   ---    
Rojas, Ross               OLB   5-11 206  PA   420    
$$Newhart, Ralph          S     6-2  174  NJ   ---    
  
  Player                  Statistics                             Status
$$Humphrey, Kelvin        8 GP, 194-1271(6.5)-9 rush, 27-485-6 rcCommitted *      
**O'Donnell, Stan         9 GP, 38-739(19.4)-4 rcv.              Committed *     
$$Hawkins, Darnell        9 GP, 43-861(20.0)-1 rcv.              Committed *     
**Wilkins, Deron          8 GP, 70-1543(22.0)-8 rcv.             Committed *     
Solik, Lewis              9 GP, 62-1422(22.9)-8 rcv.             Committed *     
$$Hanson, Scott           9 GP.                                  Committed *     
$$Lincoln, Hardy          9 GP.                                  Committed *     
##Cohan, Raymond          9 GP, 20 FG.                           Committed *     
**Mast, Isaac             9 GP, 26 FG, 39-1658(42.5) punt yds.   Committed *     
##Jamison, Vincent        9 GP, 54 tckls, 7.0 sacks, 1 Int.      Committed *     
Bradley, Joel             9 GP, 58 tckls, 9.0 sacks, 0 Int.      Committed *     
McCrary, Bryan            9 GP, 71 tckls, 10.0 sacks, 1 Int.     Committed *     
##Wayne, Lincoln          9 GP, 87 tckls, 0.5 sacks, 3 Int.      Committed *     
##Lang, Corwin            9 GP, 11-102-1 rcv, 56 tckls, 7.0 sacksCommitted *     
Rojas, Ross               9 GP, 10-214-3 rcv, 100 tckls, 13.5 sacCommitted *     
$$Newhart, Ralph          9 GP, 61 tckls, 5.5 sacks, 9 Int.      Committed *     


  
Rough Estimate of Player Interest:
No Prefix - player unlikely to be interested
** - a bit of a stretch for your school
$$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest.

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:45 PM

Put on your tux, it's awards time!

The story was once again Defensive End Terry Jackson. He will leave Rutgers as an absolute legend, but we won't detail his career here. We will reserve some time to honor Terry soon.

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League-Wide First-Team Awards for 2006
Defensive End          Terry Jackson           Rutgers                    

League-Wide Freshman Team Awards for 2006
Quarterback            Tony Richard            Rutgers                   


League-Wide Senior Team Awards for 2006
Defensive End          Terry Jackson           Rutgers                   


Big East Major Awards for 2006
Top Offensive Freshman Tony Richard            Rutgers                    


Big East First-Team Awards for 2006
Defensive End          Terry Jackson           Rutgers                   


Big East Second-Team Awards for 2006
Wide Receiver          Ricardo Schroeder       Rutgers                   
Outside Linebacker     Ike Summers             Rutgers                   
Safety                 Kent Sawyer             Rutgers                   


Big East Academic Team Awards for 2006
Running Back           Carlton Duncan          Rutgers                   
Wide Receiver          Duane Wheeler           Rutgers                   
Offensive Guard        Andrew Imlay            Rutgers                   
Kicker                 Victor Fragomeni        Rutgers                   
Outside Linebacker     Ike Summers             Rutgers                   
Safety                 Mickey Ordonez          Rutgers

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:46 PM

Broken Records

This was in every way our greatest season, and the number of records that have fallen will tell the tale. All records are Rutgers-only unless otherwise noted.

Single Game Individual Records
Receiving Yards - 262 - Ricardo Schroeder (Big East record)
Passing attempts - 47 - Lewis Meadows vs. California
Rushing attempts - 37 - Carlton Duncan vs. Princeton
Sacks - 4.5 - Terry Jackson vs. U-Conn

Single Game Team Records
Passing Attempts - 48 - vs Cal

Season Records, Team
Passing yards - 269.4
Total yards, offense - 369.6 (40 yard improvement)
Passing yards allowed - 203
Rushing yards allowed - 114 (26 yard improvement over our previous record)
Total Yards allowed - 317 (40 yard improvement)
Points allowed - 21.8

Season Records, Individual
QB Rating - 128.9 - Tony Richard
Rush attempts - 298 - Carlton Duncan
Rush yards - 1,265 - Carlton Duncan
Rush touchdowns - 11 - Carlton Duncan
Touchdowns scored - 12 - Carlton Duncan
All-purpose yards - 1,649 - Carlton Duncan
Sacks - 17.5 - Terry Jackson
Tackles for loss - 33 - Terry Jackson

Career Records
Receptions - 198 - Ricardo Schroeder (Big East record)
Rec. yards - 3,746 - Ricardo Schroeder (Big East record)
Receiving Touchdowns - 30 - Ricardo Schroeder (Big East record)
Targeted Passes - 399 - Ricardo Schroeder (Big East record)
Touchdowns scored - 31 - Ricardo Schroeder
All purpose yards - 3,791 - Ricardo Schroeder

Rush attempts - 545 - Carlton Duncan
Rush yards - 2,331 - Carlton Duncan
Rushing touchdowns - 14 - Carlton Duncan
Key run blocks - 98 - Dan Barton

Sacks - 54.5 - Terry Jackson (Big East record)
Tackles for loss - 96 - Terry jackson (NCAA, Big East, and school record)
Interceptions - 12 - Kent Sawyer
Tackles - 267 - Terry Jackson

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:46 PM

originally posted by MylesKnight

"Duke 10, Rutgers 7 (OT)"

Wow!! (Stunned Silence at the MK Household)

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:48 PM

Farewell Seniors...

Seeing my first recruiting class all-grown up got me a little misty-eyed at year end, here's a glance at our graduating seniors:

Cornerback Mercury Minter
A 4 year walk-on. The best thing about Mercury is....his name, let's just leave it at that. Time to take that Algebra degree and put it to use.

Inside Linebacker Bert Knight
A converted Tight-End, Bert just filled out the roster. We hoped he enjoyed his stay, and we hope he has a bright future in Geology.

Tight End Preston Hawkins
A walk-on who actually became our top backup last season. Although he only caught 10 passes in his career, he showed a decent amount of talent. Sadly, Preston won't ever play football again.

Defensive End Brad Lamarr
As a player Brad was a real disappointment, barely looking better his senior year than his freshman. Good luck in your Geography pursuit.

Safety Calvin Schwartz
Never a big time player, just DB depth. He and Bert Knight were Geology study partners.

Wide Receiver Frankie George
A converted DB and walk-on Frankie was only there to fill out the depth chart. I'm sure he'll have some great stories to tell his grandchildren about the 2 touchdown catches he caught back in 2004 though. Good luck with the Algerbra carreer George!

Defensive Tackle Nick Evans
A consummate role player. Nick Has played since his true freshman year, working his way up as a starter the last two. He platooned at defensive tackle and came up with a few big sacks his senior year. This is almost certainly the end of his playing days.

Wide Receiver Neal Gray
A one-time starter who ended up being buried beneath some more talented youngsters. Still, we'll never forget his value as a #3 wideout.

Outside Linebacker Sherman Blackburn
A 4 year starter and solid yet unspectacular player. He was always among the team lead in tackles, and did a decent job for us against the run. He's a longshot to play professionally, but i guess you never know.

Center Dan Barton
A 44 game starter for us, a true tough-man. Started as a true freshman and never missed a game, will leave us as our all-time leader in key run blocks. We'll miss his presence anchoring the line and we think he'll have a fair chance to play professionally.

Wide Receiver Ricardo Schroeder
Ricardo is an offensive legend to us. He was well on his way to a third straight 1,000 yard recieving year when an injury forced him to miss the last 3 games. He'll leave us with 7 school records (4 of them also Big East records). His odds of playing professional ball seem quite good, but if not he has an excellent brain to fall back on, he was a 3.5 student in his Spanish major.

Defensive End Terry Jackson
The legend himself. Terry absolutely took the conference by storm. Terry leaves as the NCAA record holder in tackles-for-loss, and also holds 6 other school records, as well as another Big East record for career sacks. He earned a total of 8 conference or national all-team selections. We hope he'll be a star in the pro's and bring greater attention to our program. He has the looks of a first-round draft pick

cthomer5000 · 03-20-2003, 07:48 PM

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originally posted by MylesKnight:
"Duke 10, Rutgers 7 (OT)"

Wow!! (Stunned Silence at the MK Household)

I couldnt believe my eyes as it was happening. With Lewis Meadows being forced to play QB, i still thought "as long as he has a decent game, no problem." Of course he came out and layed an all-time stinking egg of a performance. 4 interceptions, all in scoring range, 2 in the endzone, 1 in overtime! Ahhhh! If only we had run on the OT 3rd down and kicked a field goal.

cthomer5000 · 03-22-2003, 07:42 AM

Break on Through

It appears very likely that some Scarlet Knights will be headed to the pro level! The following players were invited to the combine, and the word was good!

DE Terry Jackson
WR Ricardo Schroeder
DT Nick Evans
C Dan Barton
ILB Sherman Blackburn

If you're interested in seening how their pro careers turn out, follow along in the supplemental dynasty
Knight Time: Rutgers graduates in the big league !

cthomer5000 · 03-24-2003, 07:22 PM

Our mission has just begun

How long will we suffer without a winning seson?

Read on: Rutgers...the birthplace of college football 2007

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