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DJ Spanky

DJ Spanky

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Not much of a preview.

The offensive line, which has improved every season under heralded position coach Pat Flaherty, has questions. The interior is set with starters Bryan Felter, Gus Zilinskas and Kwabena Asamoah, but the departure of stalwart left tackle Hollin Pierce will force some shuffling on the ends. Right tackle Tyler Needham is likely to flip to the left side.
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That's not set in stone.
 
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LotusAggressor_rivals

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This season basically turns on 4 games; Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, and Illinois. They'should sweep the OOC games. Purdue and Maryland should be wins. Oregon, Penn State, and Ohio State will be losses.
 
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LotusAggressor_rivals said:
This season basically turns on 4 games; Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, and Illinois. They'should sweep the OOC games. Purdue and Maryland should be wins. Oregon, Penn State, and Ohio State will be losses.
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Beating Iowa sets the stage for a promising season. Let’s hope.
 
ScarletKnights

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LotusAggressor_rivals said:
This season basically turns on 4 games; Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, and Illinois. They'should sweep the OOC games. Purdue and Maryland should be wins. Oregon, Penn State, and Ohio State will be losses.
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I'm not convinced that we will beat Ohio. They went 11-3 last year and Rutgers usually struggles in home openers. Very dangerous game if you ask me.
 
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WillieTheSilent

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We really cannot take any game for granted save Norfolk State. For example, If Ohio is not a given, then neither is Miami of Ohio who beat Ohio last year. We should win all three OOC games but not take them for granted by not showing stuff we have in the playbook... go the other way, so so much that we have in the playbook that future opponents have too much to consider.
 
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WillieTheSilent said:
We really cannot take any game for granted save Norfolk State. For example, If Ohio is not a given, then neither is Miami of Ohio who beat Ohio last year. We should win all three OOC games but not take them for granted by not showing stuff we have in the playbook... go the other way, so so much that we have in the playbook that future opponents have too much to consider.
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Ohio did avenge that loss by blowing out Miami Ohio in the MAC title game but your overall point is a good one. The only guaranteed win on our schedule is Norfolk State. Unfortunately, we have guaranteed losses against Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State. I would consider at Washington a likely loss and Miami Ohio a likely win.

So assuming all of that plays out, the games that will decide our season are Ohio, Iowa, at Minnesota, at Purdue, at Illinois and Maryland. Go 4-2 in those 6 games and we're back in the Pinstripe Bowl.
 
MADHAT1

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Their are no guaranteed wins before any game is played , upsets happen .
But there are most likely wins to possible wins on every schedule along with possible loses
There are also people that make molehill games look like climbing a mountain , before the results are in.
Then thee are those , like me, that can see sunlight in the games many feel are dark times ahead befor that game is played

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule 2025​




Regular Season
DATEOPPONENTTIMETVtickets
Thu, Aug 28vs Ohio 3:00 PM BTNRU win
Sat, Sep 6vs Miami (OH) 12:30 PM PeacockRU win
Sat, Sep 13vs Norfolk State 12:30 PM BTNRU win
Fri, Sep 19vs Iowa 5:00 PM FOXIowa favorite >upsets happen
Sat, Sep 27@ Minnesota TBD Gophers might be favored,, but look for an RU win
Fri, Oct 10@ Washington 6:00 PM FS1Huskies not a top program , but still a good one.RU has a chance to take this even if far from home
Sat, Oct 18vs Oregon TBD Getting Ducks in a row will be hard, upsets happen
Sat, Oct 25@ Purdue TBD Boilermakers not that tough, good chance for a RU win
Sat, Nov 1@ Illinois TBD At their place makes it tougher, but upsets happen
Sat, Nov 8vs Maryland TBD Home cooking will help, RU wins
Sat, Nov 22@ Ohio State TBD Mission Impossible in Columbus, Greg needs to dial up his Mr Phelps act if an upset can happen
Sat, Nov 29vs Penn State The evil empire will fall to the Rutgers (Jedi) Knights and the impossible mission will be a success.
 
-RUFAN4LIFE-

-RUFAN4LIFE-

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Do the betas that are thinking Ohio and Miami (Ohio) are such stalwarts realize they lost most of their best players to the portal?
 
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MADHAT1

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-RUFAN4LIFE- said:
Do the betas that are thinking Ohio and Miami (Ohio) are such stalwarts realize they lost most of their best players to the portal?
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They probably know nothing about those teams, just want to make RU look like a loser
I can't say I'm up to date on Ohio and Miami (Ohio), but believe even if they didn't lost players to the portal, Rutgers has more talent and will be favored to win when game-day arrives
 
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RU#1fan

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ScarletKnights said:
I'm not convinced that we will beat Ohio. They went 11-3 last year and Rutgers usually struggles in home openers. Very dangerous game if you ask me.
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We win this one going away.
Lowly Syracuse easily beat a much better Ohio team {vs. this year} last season. Ohio only returns 5 starters… The Defense has been wiped out, new HC, 3 OL are gone. Rutgers wins by 21 points.
 
WillieTheSilent

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RutgersFootball said:
Ohio did avenge that loss by blowing out Miami Ohio in the MAC title game but your overall point is a good one. The only guaranteed win on our schedule is Norfolk State. Unfortunately, we have guaranteed losses against Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State. I would consider at Washington a likely loss and Miami Ohio a likely win.

So assuming all of that plays out, the games that will decide our season are Ohio, Iowa, at Minnesota, at Purdue, at Illinois and Maryland. Go 4-2 in those 6 games and we're back in the Pinstripe Bowl.
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1) I knew I should have checked the later games for Miami!... 2) agreed.. we have some gauranteed losses.. we'd need to be surprised like in 2006 by how good the D is to pull off a big upset.. and at least a middle-of-the-pack O... but the top teams are all so much better after NIL+EasyTransfers.. I am not even sure how much better they will be compared to last year.. never mind 2006. I think the whole college football world of non-elite teams are going to be shocked. No betting advice here.. but taking the OVERs seems like a good plan.
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Hmmm.. I wonder if it was good last year? OMG.. I just asked grok to go to work on this and it is trying. I asked "in college football.. if you bet the over an all top 20 teams vs unranked.. how would you have done?"

Hmm.. that's why I don't bet.. last year was teh strongest UNDER year in such situations in 20 years, Furthermore favorites only covered 49% last year and in the prior 5 years Vegas (which predicts how to balance the bets) has adjusted well because so has the public. No edge to be found unless that UNDER thing holds true again... 59% under in 2024 in ranked vs unranked vs prior 5 years at 54.6%.. small edge but it seems under is the way to go. I'd guess other betting trends on specific teams are what should be followed.. not these meta things.
 
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PSAL_Hoops

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Tango Two said:
www.mycentraljersey.com

Indiana ups ante on pathetic schedule. Will College Football Playoff committee clap back?

Indiana's football scheduling moves aren't just pathetic. They're unnecessary. The College Football Playoff committee wields the power to clap back.
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I don’t agree with this article at all. Why should the selection committee treat Indiana any differently from the SEC teams who also don’t schedule any real opponents and they play 4 non-conf games? If nobody plays anyone decent outside of their own conference there’s no data to suggest which teams are more deserving.
 
cubuffsdoug_rivals

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They straight stole this from the board. Right down to which teams are toss-up games and should win games. Not one original thought to separate the article from what has been debated here so far.
 
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Tango Two

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