I hate Rutgers a lot. Their colors, their stupid school name and nickname (topped only by Purdue), their campus.
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Though Flood is permitted to be work with the team during the week as usual, he will not be able to coach the Knights for the next three games. It’s just sports, and sports are stupid. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can.
“I can’t give you specific dates”. Thank you for listening. Penn State’s entire offensive scheme is a mess, and Rutgers actually has talent in their front seven.
While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. Welcome to the gameday preview for the first Penn State Stripe Out – Penn State vs. Rutgers. I haven’t felt quite like this since the early 1990s, when I could point and laugh at Syracuse, WVU, and Pitt. They’re coached very well. He showed those things at camp, during in practice and he showed it in the game.
However, he did praise his punt and kick return team for its success thus far this season. It was the longest for Penn State since Chaz Powell had a 92-yard return against Purdue in 2011. “I care deeply about my student-athlete’s academic performance”. The more absurdity, the better. Also, this is the 15th consecutive season with Penn State playing at least one night game. I mean that sincerely.
It’s been a tough 2015 campaign already for the Rutgers program through only two games.
Though the situations are massively different in scale, the Nittany Lions have had to scramble and overhaul their gameday operations in mid-season before when Tom Bradley took over for Joe Paterno during the 2011 season. Akeel Lynch (Toronto, Ontario), who finished with 46 yards on 19 carries, converted a 3-and-12 on a draw play up the middle, Godwin hauled in a 10-yard reception on 3rd-and-6 to move the Lions into UB territory and Hackenberg dove for two yards on 4th-and-1 to extend the drive. Saturday will mark the second meeting as members of the Big Ten. Blow away Rutgers, though, and it would seem like a nice start. Not that it matters. Yet, this is a rivalry game. However, it’s an important one for this Penn State football team. Steve Longa leads the Scarlet Knights with 18 tackles, Anthony Cioffi has an interception and Kemoko Turay has three quarterback hurries. It’s all about who wants it more.
Nick: Rutgers is a joke right now. Without those two, they honestly might not score (especially with a healthy Brandon Bell back in the lineup).
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights suffered a 37-34 loss to Washington State in Week 2. It appears that Barnes was being politically correct (by the way, he should be) and that, specifically, Penn State has not expressed any current interest in playing Pitt after that series.
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In the end, I expect a solid game from Hackenberg.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights could use a big win after blowing it against Washington State. Pinnix-Odrick attended plenty of Penn State games when his brother Jared Odrick was a star on the defensive line.
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Whether or not another year like that will be possible will depend entirely on how this year’s team fares in games like the one it faces this weekend. Senior receiver Leonte Carroo is suspended indefinitely. The Lions were unable to take advantage of the field position though, as Hamilton was stopped two yards short on a slant route on 4th-and-6. I didn’t want to do that. Normally, I’d say that Rutgers is reeling and there’s no way our boys can keep up the pace, on the road, in a hostile environment after the weeks they’ve endured. “As the head coach, everything ultimately reflects on you and it’s part of the job”, Flood said this week.
