Injuries?

knight82

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If we can stop talking for a second about how horrible they were yesterday, anyone hear about injuries? It seemed like a number of guys were helped off the field yesterday.
 
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I didn't think Long would have such a major impact but it has. We have no deep threat outside of Jackson. None of the young speedsters have stepped up. Washington and Dremel are mostly possession guys. We can't go into next season without some added vets in the portal.
If you can't stretch the field it's too easy for D1-level dbs on top teams (BIG or any major conference) to cover the intermediate routes and cheat-up to stop running plays. Our lack of homerun threat at WR is a major problem.
 
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RUBOB72

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One thing about Iowa is their DL and LBers are usually above average. Losing Ahanatu , Powell, Konga is big . WR and TE’s still cause us to be one dimensional.
 

BeantownKnight

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Maybe it's just my perspective but I do not think losing the starters that we have has been the reason that we've lost the games we have or not being as competitive in others. For the most part, depth or adjustments by Harysimiak have been enough to compensate. We're not as deep as we'd like to be, of course. But our real problem is the limitations of our offense.
 
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RU#1fan

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One thing about Iowa is their DL and LBers are usually above average. Losing Ahanatu , Powell, Konga is big . WR and TE’s still cause us to be one dimensional.
Thought Konga played yesterday…. Someone said Ahanatu was supposed to play but didn’t. Need him back for the PSU game. Powell is our best Defensive player… huge loss. Perhaps he can return for the Bowl game.
 
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koleszar

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Yeah @MrsScrew 's heart was broken a little by the Iowa loss yesterday.
My wife got up and proclaimed, "I'm not doing this" and walked out of the living room for the rest of the game in disgust. We've been married for 12 yrs. she thought we were always going to have winning seasons, little did she know, I spun my web of Rutgers fandom on false pretenses.
 

RUScrew85

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My wife got up and proclaimed, "I'm not doing this" and walked out of the living room for the rest of the game in disgust. We've been married for 12 yrs. she thought we were always going to have winning seasons, little did she know, I spun my web of Rutgers fandom on false pretenses.

I've been telling her loving Rutgers Sports is an unrequited love. She started out during Schiano I so she thought success was the norm. LOL. Oh my Sweet Summer Wife.
 

Knight Shift

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I've been telling her loving Rutgers Sports is an unrequited love. She started out during Schiano I so she thought success was the norm. LOL. Oh my Sweet Summer Wife.
There's a line from a somewhat obscure band I listen to a lot: "Loving you is like loving the dead." Seems to fit a love of Rutgers sports. Have they calmed down on the hoops board yet?
 

HawkCapt1912

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He looked like he ran into a moving brick wall yesterday. He got clocked hard. Those corn-fed Iowa kids were a level of tough that he had not blocked against.
The one that ended his day was from a blocking collision with our safety.

Our offense sucks but our defense is an ornery bunch.
 
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