Post your Misc. Game thoughts, Observations, odds and ends here

[JPhoboken]

Having seen it live and on the replay, I'll Start with some odds and ends.

1. What the heck was that weird pattern on the back of Flood's Shirt?

2. The Scarlet Knight has some nasty dance moves.

3. Could ESPN please retire Al Groh. Listening to his stories couldn't have been more boring. He couldn't pronounce half the team's names right. Loved it when he stumbled trough "Kemco Two Ray" Then when he tried to make a joke about some people think I was around to coach the Rutgers 1869 game, the announcer left him hanging with nothing but silence! Too funny!

4. Jarius Adams is going to be good. I think

Post your Misc. Thoughts, odds and ends and observations here.

 

[rutgersguy1_rivals]

I'm pretty sure that pattern on the back of his shirt has been there before. I think it's some "venting/sweat wicking" design from Nike.

Al Groh's voice isn't made for tv. I don't remember who it was but SNY had some announcer with that same kind of dull monotone voice for one of our games. There's a reason he's doing a RU/Norfolk St game, what you gonna do he isn't suppose to be one of their top announcers/analysts.

 

[JPhoboken]

I'm pretty sure that pattern on the back of his shirt has been there before. I think it's some "venting/sweat wicking" design from Nike.

Al Groh's voice isn't made for tv. I don't remember who it was but SNY had some announcer with that same kind of dull monotone voice for one of our games. There's a reason he's doing a RU/Norfolk St game, what you gonna do he isn't suppose to be one of their top announcers/analysts.

The announcer was fine, and whether they are the top guys or not, I expect Analysts to be competent. Maybe that is too much to ask, I get it.

Anyway, want to hear others misc odds and ends and observations from the game.

 

[Abro1975]

I was at the game :

1. The Kick off for TD return contest was a HUGE SUCCESS as the student section was PACKED, 15 minutes BEFORE Kickoff. Do it for all games !

2. Cell service (Verizon) much better in 127 at least for text messaging (didn't bother to look at internet).

3. After a TD or big Def stop, I saw Darius sprinting onto the field and high jumping /chest bumping a teammate....he must be close to being healthy enough to return to do that.

4. Vendors going around selling Mancini's Brooklyn Heroes, never saw that before.

5. Caroo and Patton have incredible hands !

6. While Rettig has the much better arm, Laviano gets the plays off much faster. Doesn't check his 'wrist cheat sheet' as much as Rettig.

7. Hampton looked lost in coverage early in game, adjusted well.

8. I sit at the 40, about 20 rows up and numbers and names impossible to read. Have to know the player's body physique to tell who it is. Hurts my game day enjoyment , sucks.

9. Saw Julie driving around the Scarlet and Green chatting fans up.

10. Scarlet Walk was great, as usual.

 

[fatsam98]

1. Thought the tackling was solid.

2. No drops (except for the nsu defender dropping that one pass from rettig).

3. New kickoff guy looks to be an improvement over what we've had.

4. Happily surprised by student attendence. Part of me expected a mass exodus after grant's first return.

5. Would rather see more out of town scores on the jumbotron than a continuos update of the 50-50 jackpot.

 

[JPhoboken]

Good list Abro. The announcers were even complaining about seeing the numbers. The announcer said they Should trim the numbers in white.

I thought the same thing about Hamilton, how hurt can this guy be running around out there?

 

[Alamo Al]

Hamilton's return will be an enormous lift for our secondary. Pressure up front will curtail a lot of foe's passing success. That will free up Turay to terrorize the QB.

 

[RUnTime_rivals654121]

Empty stadium in the 4th qtr = a small time program. I stayed until the end of game. There are only Seven (7) home games!

Stop scheduling these teams. Do not want to continue to pay big money to watch a scrimmage.

 

[G- RUnit]

Another year and still drives me nuts that you can no longer read the one cool and truly unique thing about RU, "The Birthplace of College Football" Blocked by cheerleaders, tv booth, etc. No longer a good visual at all. If you must have the silly advertising that no one can read anyway, sort of like our uniform numbers, then find somewhere else to display it! Put up a billboard? UTAH has their name on a roof and it looked good! Get creative!
No block R on the bubble?

 

[mikebal9]

1. I never saw anyone selling 50/50 tickets in the black lot, ad we were there by 8:15.
2. Our tailgtate was a disorganized mess. We need to be better there. My friends and I dropped the ball and will be better next week. We were lucky to go 1-0 this week in the lot.
3. Section 121 was a lot of fun. Not sure how much people loved being pelted by 1984 by Sour Patch Kids!
4. It got hot, fast.
5. I had no idea who any of the players were. Gotta do something about these numbers.

 

[Degaz-RU]

1. Small sample size, and I acknowledge Rettig looked good, but Laviano just seems more in command out there. This is very subjective I know.

2. Granted it was against a 1-AA defense, but our OL was opening holes for our RBs all day. In past games against NSU, Howard etc, we actually struggled to establish the ground game.

3. All three RBs looked good. Very impressed with their PATIENCE in waiting for holes to open, and then their aggressiveness in hitting the hole.

4. Like what I saw out of Flanagan in the passing game.

5. Carroo barely broke a sweat in scoring three TDs.

6. With the way JPO got penetration, can you imagine what our pass rush can be on passing downs with JPO, Hamilton and Turay all in the game?!

7. Damn fine job by the students.

 

[Knight Shift]

In order of the way things happened, not of importance:

1. Yellow lot is awesome. I feel a bit guilty that I got in there, but I upped my donation significantly this year. Don't know if I can do the same next year. Easy in/easy out. As far as tailgating in Yellow, it like a funeral parlor.

2. Blue Lot is hands down the best tailgating lot. Stopped by to visit DJ Spanky's tailgate and glad that I did. Police were not over aggressive from what I saw. They clamped down on a large group in the back of a pickup truck spraying beer into the aisle.

3. Pretty solid crowd to start. Student deserve an A to A+.

4. We need to work on our R - U! cheer some more.

5. I expected the shaky secondary play in the beginning of the game, but I was not worried. They got it cleaned up quickly.

6. All of the RBs looked great, but we will see how it goes against tougher competition next week.

7. Rettig and Laviano looked great. Apples and oranges comparison. I am thrilled we have 2 very good to great looking QBs based on yesterday's sample size.

8. Carrooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9. Carooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. Defense looked very solid.

11. He takes a lot of flack, but I thought Federico looked solid. The holder, who I think was Roth looked good too.

12. I have no complaints.

13. Carroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

Wilkins looks damn quick.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Liked the team walking out with arms locked, but did NOT like the entry music. Very generic. What happened to Thunderstruck?

 

[Rokodesh]

Empty stadium in the 4th qtr = a small time program. I stayed until the end of game. There are only Seven (7) home games!

Stop scheduling these teams. Do not want to continue to pay big money to watch a scrimmage.

name one program where the stadium is full while the team is up 50 against FCS teams. even in the 4th. It was brutal heat, I don't blame people for leaving with 5 minutes left.

Hate the numbers on the jerseys so much. Numbers and names should be white and easy to read

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

1.Hard to read numbers
2.Selling potato and cheese pierogies for $9 as well as footlong hotdogs for the same.
3.Someone was in the white lot and asked the knightingale service to take him to the west end of the stadium. The tram guy said only to the east side. Which kinda makes you think why?

 

[jersey07080]

A few observations:

Tailgating scene in the scarlet is jammed so packed not sure why anyone would prefer that lot to yellow or green. Give me the yellow everyday. A lot of people in yellow did not make into the game at all though.

Does anyone actually look at the ribbon boards. All they show is advertisements. How about full stats sponsored by someone instead. Would get me to look up there.

Concourse was jammed packed at halftime even with the extension from last season.

Lenote is just plain ridiculous. Going to make our qbs look great on a lot of occasion. Will also open up Flanagan, Patton and other receivers.

Gause was all over the field. Enjoyed watching him play yesterday.

No 4th quarter sing along.

Can we build roofs like euro soccer clubs have to get rid of the heat. So sun burnt and applied the spf30

 

[ru66]

got a sun burn--it was hot

 

[esway1]

Didn't appreciate the police on ATV's driving up and down the rows of the yellow lot. There really is no need for it. ATV's are good for getting from one lot to the other but once you are near the area, get off the ATV and assist.
Like the new 50/50 system, must make things a lot easier for everyone.
I hope they add more porta johns for the bigger games, yesterday it was sufficient but last year it was not good for PSU and Michigan.
The pretzels in the stadium were really really good.
Oh BTW we have 2, count them 2, solid QBs!

 

[Trekology]

There was a lot to like on the field.

My big gripe is an ongoing gameday issue with traffic flow entering lots before the game. There are very few signs with directions to lots. So you get drivers stopping at every intersection asking for directions, holding the traffic up. There needs to be direction signs at every intersection to every lot and those directing traffic do tell the drivers to keep moving.

And is it just me or did the police seem like they've never directed traffic before in their lives?

 

[rurichdog]

1. I never saw anyone selling 50/50 tickets in the black lot, ad we were there by 8:15.

50-50 tickets are being sold inside the concourse this year. After not seeing them outside & thinking I missed them, I found one crew right at Section 116.

 

[Knight Shift]

Why are there police on Metlars Lane and S. Washington Ave to direct traffic? It was a ghost town up that way, and the officer looked bored.

 

[ScarletDave]

Did anyone else notice the new locker room entrance tunnel? The overhang is shorter now so the team is exposed as they wait to enter, it's black and says "scarlet knights" on the front, and there are some cool fat head graphics on the sides.

 

[ScarletDave]

 

[tico brown]

Empty stadium in the 4th qtr = a small time program. I stayed until the end of game. There are only Seven (7) home games!

Stop scheduling these teams. Do not want to continue to pay big money to watch a scrimmage.

Not for nothing but Wisconsin/Alabama was empty in the 4th quarter.

 

[e5fdny]

* Another year and still drives me nuts that you can no longer read the one cool and truly unique thing about RU, "The Birthplace of College Football" Blocked by cheerleaders, tv booth, etc. No longer a good visual at all. If you must have the silly advertising that no one can read anyway, sort of like our uniform numbers, then find somewhere else to display it! Put up a billboard? UTAH has their name on a roof and it looked good! Get creative!
# No block R on the bubble?

* I suggested last year "The Birthplace of College Football" should be in the rotation on ALL of the ribbon boards.

Only noticed that being done for the new one under the scoreboard at the North end.

# And since the Block "R" on the Bubble was my Dad's idea from a conversation with Bob many, many years ago for the old one, it was sad not to see it there yesterday. What's up with that?

 

[Caliknight]

Retting looked more in control of the offense to me. Lav locked onto Carroo ever time and never went through progressions. Pretty clear who has the arm.

You can see why people say he has more upside. His wheels were a nice surprise.

 

[BiggyRU]

Good Thread...

We have a better pace with Laviano in terms of just in and out of the huddle..
But that said I loved rettigs ability to see the field..This really is a 50/50 split...
No right or wrong answer for Flood at this point..

Our RB's are good.
Agodosi..Tuck your undershirt in!!! It makes you look sloppy and not into the game.
Speaking of him I would like to see Carlton get a few touches..I still cant decide if he is for real or not.

Secondary could be a BIG problem....This team would have been loaded if those idiots could of kept out of trouble...

 

[RUsSKii]

Didn't appreciate the police on ATV's driving up and down the rows of the yellow lot. There really is no need for it. ATV's are good for getting from one lot to the other but once you are near the area, get off the ATV and assist.
Like the new 50/50 system, must make things a lot easier for everyone.
I hope they add more porta johns for the bigger games, yesterday it was sufficient but last year it was not good for PSU and Michigan.
The pretzels in the stadium were really really good.
Oh BTW we have 2, count them 2, solid QBs!

To expand on this, we were tailgating in the Blue Lot all morning. The Middlesex County (cough) cops were at it again. The same group of guys harmlessly tailgating out of a pickup truck was approached by them no less than 3 times. Once to check IDs if underage is suspected is more than enough. Also, Mr. Mustachio was zipping back and forth on the ATV so fast that he was skidding on the gravel path like a rally car. There is really no need to constantly do this within mere feet of people walking and vehicles/grills/tailgating setups, with the exception of an actual emergency.

 

[Leonard23]

Both QBs played well & have different strengths & weaknesses. Rettig deserved to start the 3Q to play a few series with Carroo & should start vs Wazzou to get that opportunity with Laviano coming in later.

Thoughts on game day items (a bunch are more long-term items):

1. Need a larger 17R66 flag the same size as the American flag on a flagpole on the other side/corner of the North endzone.

2. Add a Scarlet Knight statue in front of the stadium.

3. Cell service (calls, texts & data) was improved. Hopefully it works as well with a full house but data will likely be really slow for those night games so we'll need WiFi eventually.

4. Improve the food & payment systems. Food is still subpar. Need more local, NJ/Rutgers food options & higher quality food. Add contactless payment options like PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, etc. Credit card & meal card machines didn't work in spots like the south endzone so that needs to get fixed.

5. Get rid of Jump Around before Turbulence.

6. Revert back to The Birthplace of College Football on 1 ribbon board in the North endzone. Looked odd on both ribbon boards there.

7. Add a large videoboard over the North endzone.

8. Bring back the NFL Films music to the Knights in the NFL video. Nee video was cool but it needs the old music.

9. I was disappointed they got rid of the LeGrand don't stop believing video & song bit.

10. Get rid of the crazy law enforcement guys riding ATVs in the lots. Absolutely ridiculous & 1 day they're going to hurt or kill someone. They should walk the lots & only use the ATVs to get between lots.

11. Put the Block R back on top of the bubble.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

The DTS cell service was noticeably improved and I saw all the new wiring installed to prove it.

Had a REALLY good sausage hero. My wife and stepdaughter said the menu is much better. I agreed.

 

[Blitz8RU]

Lots of bitching in this thread. I expected no different... Expectations met.

 

[fredRU93]

The flags that come out after scores and not facing the student section should be rearranged to avoid this -

SREGTUR

 

[bitnez]

1. I used to hate these early cupcake games. I actually like them now. They are perfect to bring the kids to.

2. Tailgated in new green lot reserved spots. Great idea. This should be expanded to all lots.

3. I still love the horse on campus video blending into the actual horse entry at stadium.

4. I give the band credit for trying but the Star Wars thing was a little goofy.

5. Band came into Section 126-127 to play at one point. That was pretty cool.

6. I found out that I sit pretty close to Abro.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Only two of the three concession stands open on the East side upper concourse. For opening day on a beautiful Saturday.

 

[LandingLane]

Man...we'll ***** about anything. Sound like a lot of old women here.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

1. I used to hate these early cupcake games. I actually like them now. They are perfect to bring the kids to.

2. Tailgated in new green lot reserved spots. Great idea. This should be expanded to all lots.

3. I still love the horse on campus video blending into the actual horse entry at stadium.

4. I give the band credit for trying but the Star Wars thing was a little goofy.

5. Band came into Section 126-127 to play at one point. That was pretty cool.

6. I found out that I sit pretty close to Abro.

Came into 218 also. Really nice touch.

 

[KaKaKen]

Having seen it live and on the replay, I'll Start with some odds and ends.

3. Then when he tried to make a joke about some people think I was around to coach the Rutgers 1869 game, the announcer left him hanging with nothing but silence! Too funny!
.

I caught that too. The line was also a complete non-sequitur. I couldn't believe his co-host didn't help him out. The silence went on a long time

 

[RU22_rivals412969]

1. I used to hate these early cupcake games. I actually like them now. They are perfect to bring the kids to.

2. Tailgated in new green lot reserved spots. Great idea. This should be expanded to all lots.

3. I still love the horse on campus video blending into the actual horse entry at stadium.

4. I give the band credit for trying but the Star Wars thing was a little goofy.

5. Band came into Section 126-127 to play at one point. That was pretty cool.

6. I found out that I sit pretty close to Abro.

I agree horse video is one of the best things done by Rutgers

Not wild about the new band uniforms, but they do look quite fresh and bright.

 

[JPhoboken]

To expand on this, we were tailgating in the Blue Lot all morning. The Middlesex County (cough) cops were at it again. The same group of guys harmlessly tailgating out of a pickup truck was approached by them no less than 3 times. Once to check IDs if underage is suspected is more than enough. Also, Mr. Mustachio was zipping back and forth on the ATV so fast that he was skidding on the gravel path like a rally car. There is really no need to constantly do this within mere feet of people walking and vehicles/grills/tailgating setups, with the exception of an actual emergency.

The two atv cops came down our row in the yellow and made everybody move their tents, tables, grills, etc. Why don't they just put a big colored painted strip on the ground so we know not to put anything there? I disagree with the need to clear aisles just for ATV use. There isn't anywhere they can't get to by parking on the access road in seconds anyway, what is the need for it? We are all for cooperating in an emergency, but this seems artificial to me.