On This Date in 2006, RU 37 KSU 10
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And some of the nicer fans posting here than what is par for the course.
Date is incorrect; game was on 12/28/06.
Joe P.
Joe P.
what a great game. I had to miss this one but watched it live and then replay right after. Great game, team was up tempo from word go and smacked ksu in the mouth early and often. ksu team later would say they had no idea Rutgers was that good, that strong or that quick.
pure awesomeness
It was a lot fun to be there because I don’t think the KSU fans knew how good that RU team was and they left in shock. There were a lot of them there too. Also, the last few games of that season we started seeing just how good guys like Kenny Britt and Tim Brown were going to be.
agree on all of it
I spent time in St Louis and lots of KSU fans there and holy **** did they all think KSU was UT! lol
no doubt they were in shock, 'what's a Rutger'
1st Annual Texas Bowl
Coaches: Greg Schiano (Rutgers) Ron Prince (Kansas State)
Score: Rutgers 37 Kansas State 10
MVP: Ray Rice (Rutgers back)
Time: 8:00 pm EST on Thursday, December 28, 2006
Place: Reliant Stadium (today’s NRG Stadium), Houston, Texas
Tickets: $10-$75
Line: Rutgers favored by 7
Attendance: 52,210
Payout: $500,000 to the Big East Conference
Coverage: NFL Network carried on Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, Patriot Media and satellite cable systems. Announcers: Speros Dedes, Mike Mayock, Sterling Sharpe; Westwood One Radio Network: WFAN 660AM New York Announcers: Don Criqui, Allen Pinkett; Rutgers Radio Network WOR (710 AM New York); WCTC (1450 AM), New Brunswick Announcers: Chris Carlin, Tim Pernetti, Anthony Fucilli; WRSU (88.7 FM), New Brunswick Announcers: Ross Schwarzber, Zach Links and Derek Vlossak
TV Rating: 1.42 (776,000) (Rated 30th highest of the 32 bowl games played)
Honorary Captains: None
Sponsor: Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, a division of the Houston Texans
Records: Largest bowl attendance in Houston for non-Texas teams since 1972
Coaches: Greg Schiano (Rutgers) Ron Prince (Kansas State)
Score: Rutgers 37 Kansas State 10
MVP: Ray Rice (Rutgers back)
Time: 8:00 pm EST on Thursday, December 28, 2006
Place: Reliant Stadium (today’s NRG Stadium), Houston, Texas
Tickets: $10-$75
Line: Rutgers favored by 7
Attendance: 52,210
Payout: $500,000 to the Big East Conference
Coverage: NFL Network carried on Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, Patriot Media and satellite cable systems. Announcers: Speros Dedes, Mike Mayock, Sterling Sharpe; Westwood One Radio Network: WFAN 660AM New York Announcers: Don Criqui, Allen Pinkett; Rutgers Radio Network WOR (710 AM New York); WCTC (1450 AM), New Brunswick Announcers: Chris Carlin, Tim Pernetti, Anthony Fucilli; WRSU (88.7 FM), New Brunswick Announcers: Ross Schwarzber, Zach Links and Derek Vlossak
TV Rating: 1.42 (776,000) (Rated 30th highest of the 32 bowl games played)
Honorary Captains: None
Sponsor: Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, a division of the Houston Texans
Records: Largest bowl attendance in Houston for non-Texas teams since 1972
I agree that team deserved a better bowl game. We got hosed going back to the Slaton non-fumble and Bines return.
Agree completely. I remember chatting with some of their fans before and after the game and they had no idea how good RU was that year - such a sweet win. Still just a bad call/dropped pass away from making a BCS bowl in a BE that was the 2nd best conference that year, iirc.
I remember returning from the game and at the airport with KS fans- I was talking about how much Rutgers was screwed by the bowl selection. And they countered that they were screwed even more- no way did they really expect to be playing a team that was good enough to be a top 5-10 team that year.
Man that team was stacked
And those uniforms... the best we've ever had
And those uniforms... the best we've ever had
The benefits of a few weeks of practice too (Im hoping we see some improvement on Thursday same reason). Brown looked noticeably more dangerous/involved. The offense really looked dynamic carrying over from the WVU game.
I noticed the larger numbers watching Insight Bowl game video. I liked those better than the following versions. Michigan and OSU still have large numbers
I was surprised Brent Musburger was doing the game
And Rice get mugged in the Endzone on the pass in OT.
Of course earlier a dropped TD pass by our WR was the killer.