Football GAMEDAY THREAD: Rutgers Football versus Northwestern

BillyC80 · 2026-10-24T13:35:59-0500

Ashenfelder with a nice football play. Well done.

kupuna133 · 2026-10-24T13:36:56-0500

Rutgers Chris said:
Coincidence that the run game picks up when we run a zone read with a qb who can actually run?

Had success running early. Then Kirk overthought it once again and got away from it. Zero feel for the game.

BillyC80 · 2026-10-24T13:37:38-0500

Need another turnover.

Dowling's Revenge · 2026-10-24T13:38:35-0500

You can see in the second half of this game that there's not a big talent disparity on the field. We were totally unprepared. That's on the coaching staff. Losing our qb1 obviously didn't help either

AdventureHasAName · 2026-10-24T13:41:36-0500

Dowling's Revenge said:
You can see in the second half of this game that there's not a big talent disparity on the field. We were totally unprepared. That's on the coaching staff. Losing our qb1 obviously didn't help either

There's a huge talent gap. Northwestern quit playing because they were dominating so badly; which happens from time to time.

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T13:43:04-0500

Dowling's Revenge said:
You can see in the second half of this game that there's not a big talent disparity on the field. We were totally unprepared. That's on the coaching staff. Losing our qb1 obviously didn't help either

It’s always on the coaching staff. They suck. Bad.

Rutgers Chris · 2026-10-24T13:44:17-0500

Allison in a blender again last two plays. He’s not a D1 linebacker

RUChet · 2026-10-24T13:46:12-0500

Meanwhile Cincy beating #8 TTU even though Cincy has a WAY smaller roster spend than RU. And their facilities suck.

AI - how is that possible???

Anon1753410373 · 2026-10-24T13:46:58-0500

Figured it out…NW uniforms look like Kobe Body Armor

AreYouNUTS · 2026-10-24T13:47:32-0500

BTW - tha twas VERY nice drive for the TD and excellent running by Raymond. Well done!

rutgersguy2 · 2026-10-24T13:47:47-0500

IMO that TD throw was Chip Kelly influence, I don’t think Chiles would’ve made that pass the last couple years.

More poise shown there than frenetics.

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T13:49:49-0500

Rutgers Chris said:
Allison in a blender again last two plays. He’s not a D1 linebacker

He’s the size of a small rb

BillyC80 · 2026-10-24T13:50:42-0500

AdventureHasAName said:
There's a huge talent gap. Northwestern quit playing because they were dominating so badly; which happens from time to time.

True for QB position primarily, and then the OC disparity is huge.

mynameisdick · 2026-10-24T13:51:18-0500

Dowling's Revenge said:
You can see in the second half of this game that there's not a big talent disparity on the field. We were totally unprepared. That's on the coaching staff. Losing our qb1 obviously didn't help either

The issue is the dispersion of the talent. We have a few elite players surrounded by players that can’t play at all. If this was an NFL team you would say there was total cap mismanagement.

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T13:51:29-0500

kupuna133 said:
Had success running early. Then Kirk overthought it once again and got away from it. Zero feel for the game.

He’s like Schiano. Can’t get out of their own way.

Rutgers Chris · 2026-10-24T13:51:59-0500

Need someone to ask in the post game why he decided to return kicks now.

Shelby65 · 2026-10-24T13:53:15-0500

PiscatawayMike said:
Anyone in the mood for some boiled peanuts?

Always in the mood for that. Goes great with goetta.

Shelby65 · 2026-10-24T13:56:06-0500

bac2therac · 2026-10-24T13:58:11-0500

Seems empty in their stadium

Knight Shift · 2026-10-24T13:59:24-0500

Who taught Ashenfelder to scan the field and not throw to his primary receiver?

RU#1fan · 2026-10-24T14:03:19-0500

QB room is putrid

RU#1fan · 2026-10-24T14:04:23-0500

Knight Shift said:
Who taught Ashenfelder to scan the field and not throw to his primary receiver?

You call that a throw? Team is a mess. Schiano is done.

AdventureHasAName · 2026-10-24T14:05:39-0500

He's bad, but Im not sure he's worse than Surace.

BillyC80 · 2026-10-24T14:05:42-0500

Seems like other teams get easy 7-8 yard pass plays to wide open receivers, while every pass we attempt is into tight coverage.

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T14:06:26-0500

RU#1fan said:
QB room is putrid

Schiano paid $1.5MM for the Qb BCU benched lol

kupuna133 · 2026-10-24T14:06:53-0500

Horrible discipline.

RutgersClassof2004 · 2026-10-24T14:09:04-0500

Disgraceful play by about all other than 3 or 4 guys

RW90 · 2026-10-24T14:10:43-0500

2009 and counting…

RU#1fan · 2026-10-24T14:10:57-0500

Maybe we can just forfeit the rest of the season and save the upcoming weekly embarrassments .
Gives Keli an early start to find a real D1 Head Coach.

PiscatawayMike · 2026-10-24T14:15:43-0500

bac2therac said:
Seems empty in their stadium

This is why they built a stadium with a capacity of 35,000. They only have a diehard fanbase of roughly 20-25K. When the visiting team doesn't bring 5-10K, they won't sell out.

Kinda sad. A top 25 team and hardly anyone showed up at a brand spankin' new stadium on a beautiful day.

runner1954 · 2026-10-24T14:16:02-0500

how about qb#4? He’s a game changer!!

Anon1753410373 · 2026-10-24T14:17:36-0500

PiscatawayMike said:
This is why they built a stadium with a capacity of 35,000. They only have a diehard fanbase of roughly 20-25K. When the visiting team doesn't bring 5-10K, they won't sell out.

Kinda sad. A top 25 team and hardly anyone showed up.

indictment of the opposition as well

runner1954 · 2026-10-24T14:19:15-0500

RU#1fan said:
QB room is putrid

Along with the defensive room, the offensive line room, and basically almost every freaking room we have

runner1954 · 2026-10-24T14:19:51-0500

Game over! Is he fired yet?

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T14:20:42-0500

Schiano press conference will be fun. “We are close”. “We can’t turn the ball over”. “We need to chop”.

NewJerseyGuy · 2026-10-24T14:27:19-0500

Money well spent today.

#$12.99

AdventureHasAName · 2026-10-24T14:28:47-0500

PiscatawayMike said:
This is why they built a stadium with a capacity of 35,000. They only have a diehard fanbase of roughly 20-25K. When the visiting team doesn't bring 5-10K, they won't sell out.

Kinda sad. A top 25 team and hardly anyone showed up at a brand spankin' new stadium on a beautiful day.

They have less of a fanbase than we do.

Knight Shift · 2026-10-24T14:29:03-0500

runner1954 said:
how about qb#4? He’s a game changer!!

#FreeRocco?

Sounds so New Jersey

Knight Shift · 2026-10-24T14:30:03-0500

PiscatawayMike said:
This is why they built a stadium with a capacity of 35,000. They only have a diehard fanbase of roughly 20-25K. When the visiting team doesn't bring 5-10K, they won't sell out.

Kinda sad. A top 25 team and hardly anyone showed up at a brand spankin' new stadium on a beautiful day.

Isnt it 23,000?

Esit- just checked, it is 35,000. Maybe 23,000 is too big for them

Caliknight · 2026-10-24T14:31:37-0500

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