What Happened to Rutgers Football? | The Rise & Fall of The Scarlet Knights 

I agree. NJ produces so many excellent football players and if Rutgers is able to secure at least half of them, Rutgers could be a very dangerous team in the Big Ten

Rutgers will get them now.

Need " money" to keep them in New Jersey

got beat

HJG HJG uh yeah I know that what I was saying was UNC had so many opportunities to win that game and shot themselves in the foot every time. Essentially summed up the entire John Bunting era. So glad Mack is back.

I went to that game

Alex Sotelo so was my dad. I didn’t go because well yeah

Well, a 5-7 Brady Hoke-coached Michigan, but yes they did. 2014 was a very surprisingly strong season for the Scarlet Knights before they started totally falling apart. Have a veteran squad seasoned from competing hard in the Big East definitely helped them that year though. No Rutgers team since then has had that luxury. Plus, the Big Ten East Division is a lot tougher than it was 5 years ago, so Schiano has a huge mountain to climb.

@@thunderbird1921 facts: Rutgers beat Michigan Michigan excuse makers: but....

He is simply correcting the narrator of the video who said Rutgers has failed to beat Michigan since joining the Big 10 so I don't know why you are arguing.

@@__hjg__2123 stfu

Rutgers need to pay a visit to njs powers 6 schools. Don bosco. Bergen catholic, paramus catholic, st joes, depaul, and st peters

RUTGERS scheduled for decades a mix of opponents that now participate in the IVY and PATRIOT leagues so au courant BIG TIME COLLEGE football is not on the porogram's DNA. Besides FRANK BURNS only GREG SCHIANO has had success there worth mentioning beyond NJ's boundaries. Best of luck to RUTGERS in B1O.

I would too Lovie Smith would be a really interesting topic for me.

Appreciate it! Will do

Welcome to the channel!! And Utah is coming for sure soon. If not this week, then next week

Jason0662 thank you so much for checking out and subbing to my channel great vid by the way

I think they make it this season

Max DeBorde Not yet

@@maxdeborde6772 I am sorry but I think it will either be 2025 or 2030 the big ten is just way too rough for Rutgers and they still don't have good enough recruits and players to compete yet in the big ten but this is my opinion.

@Dave HL I'm going to be a rising junior at Rutgers, hopefully I'll see a bowl game by the time i graduate from grad school

I appreciate that & I’m glad you like the videos!! I’ve gotten the Michigan State suggestion before, so maybe I will make a video on them!

I’m glad you enjoy them Eli! Thank you for watching

I subed

Ninja Palacios thanks

That’s awesome! Just subbed

Jason0662 thanks

I appreciate the support! And That's a great suggestion for Maryland that I didn't even think of. They definitely would be interesting to talk about!

Jason0662 Maryland on the rise tho look at their recruiting class. We’ll get there 💪💪

Yeah but they've come closer to beating Ohio State then Rutgers has.

maryland could be good, they seem to be recruiting better

User Name yeah they’ve always produced good nfl talent and always recruit pretty well too since the Maryland-DC area is loaded with players but they haven’t really put all that talent together to win since the acc days when they had Stefon Diggs, CJ Brown Etc

You might be on to something here

Yes I agree.

Thank you! & You’re not the first person to suggest that! I’ll look into & see what I can come up with

and how they cant beat a legit team anymore lol

@@austinbushman3547 How did it feel losing to Toledo, USF, SDSU, Hawaii and the Utes for the 9th time in a row?? LOL

Appreciate that Carson! I’m working on this Oregon Football video right now, but I promise you next week that video on Utah is coming!

@@JKJ002 Great news! Keep up the good work!

@@potion_brewer byu sucks but they dont hide behind being in a power 5 conference with a weak schedule, everyone knows they're bad lol

I appreciate that thank you!

Exactly!

At least we have 1 lol

RU

Shut up we invented this sport I didn’t see Bama do that

#FreeLangan

He’s a tight end

An nfl one at that

@@logangallagher9117 he’s a QB just has pass catching situations for some reason I still think he’s better than Verdal

@@939sports7 I know he’s a qb now.. just saying he’s not going to be an nfl qb.. but I’d bet a lot he ends up in the nfl as a te.. similar career to kelce in college so far

You’re correct. My fault I’ll make a note of that. Thank you

You’re correct. My mistake

They would’ve made the Tourney for the first time in forever too. So unfair

Jason0662 2020 has really sucked 😔

Hopefully

They have to play against way better school in a better conference good luck!

Brandon you do know they went 8-5 there first year in the Big Ten riding off maybe a year or two of Schiano recruits and some scrubs Flood got

wheres the rise or fall tho, they've always been a prominent ncaa team with the exception of a few years

The problem was that Rutgers thought the realignment would help them get out of state recruits. What was really going on is/was the Big 10 knew that there’s a stupid amount of NJ talent and could get more influence if they got Rutgers. Rutgers basically got conned. The state has the lowest percentage of any state retaining college prospects and prospective recruits coming out of high school (me included... as a regular student). I mean, imagine if they could’ve retained Kyrie or KAT, for example?

It’s really sad, Jersey is a great area for football & they have great support out there. I think Schiano is going to at least fix some of the issues at the school & gain more in state recruits & in time they’ll be respectable.

@@JKJ002 With his ties to the Pros it gives him some clout when talking to recruits, so I think that will help him a lot

@@JKJ002 Jason, the issue is that Chris Ash came in and completely ignored the NJ HS coaches, not even bothering to visit some of them during his 4 year tenure. He didn't build relationships and could not navigate the NJ landscape and culture.

Video on them coming soon!

Thank you! And a video on them will be Coming soon !

Ncaa sanctions is what happened to them. They were on a bowl ban for a few years but it’s over now

Not weird at all! I will look into making a video on them!

ASU is definitely getting a video!

Well, we've got Rondale And Brohm now. I'd say things are looking up. Really, nothing could be as bad as last season...

That’s partly because they got the right coaching hire to turn them around, which I hope Arkansas can do in the future as well!

Yes I can! A video on them will come soon

I've said for the last couple of years that Rutgers joining the Big Ten was the greatest thing to ever happen for Indiana football. It's given them the needed sixth win to go bowling multiple years now, and their recruiting has improved incredibly. There's more excitement around that team than I've almost ever seen. Combine that with Northwestern's disastrous 2019 season, and the Hoosiers really have momentum now.

@@thunderbird1921 I actually think Indiana has a lot of talent and could potentially be very good this year. That schedule is rough though.

I’ve Been thinking about it! Also, Trust the Process

I just might have to

Selective memory. Rutgers was 9-0 and ranked 12th.

Rutgers had 2 winning season in the Big East before Schiano took over. 1991 (6-5-0) (2-3) 1992 (7-4-0) (4-2)

Terry Shea went 11-44 in his 5 year tenure before Greg Schiano was hired, with many games over by halftime. He was a west coast guy who had no understanding of the dynamics in NJ HS recruiting. He left the cupboard bare for his successor.

2004 and 2010 were outliers due to accidents. 4-7, 2004, traffic accident involving a drunk driver caused the loss of 3 DB's after starting 4-2. Greg Schiano spent every waking moment he could by Dondre Asberry's bedside until he was no longer in critical condition. We were not a strong team, but without that loss we would have chalked up at least another 1-2 wins. 4-8, 2010, Eric LeGrand neck injury leading to full paralysis happened during the Army game which brought us to 4-2. The team was never the same after that.

The Big East was definitely not a weaker conference through the mid-to-late-2000's, but at the very end (before Rutgers' jump to the Big 10) with the exodus of so many teams the conference was gutted.

The comments about 2015 and the players constantly getting into trouble was incorrect and over blown. There were 3 separate incidents - one happened in April of 2015 involving a group of players and football alumni who were with an ex-player who got involved in a fight over a parking space in which he severely injured a much smaller student. Because NJ has certain laws on the books for incidents that involve more than 8-10 people, all of those present at that time were eventually charged. The second incident involved 1 player, 1 former player and several other students who were in a burglary ring that ripped off drug dealers. All of the players involved in these 2 incidents were arrested in a coordinated procedure by the local prosecutor on the Thursday before the first game in 2015. These players were suspended from the program, eventually all but 2 were reinstated. The third incident involved their star WR Leonte Carroo and his ex-girlfriend after the 3rd or 4th game of the season outside the stadium. Charges were filed against him for assault after she confronted him, but eyewitness accounts exonerated him. That didn't stop him from being suspended for several games.

I might just have to

Agreed.

When Syracuse was kicked out of the AAU, that pretty much blew their chances of being invited by the Big Ten. And Syracuse is 5 hours away from NYC in the 83rd TV market in the country. Rutgers main campus is 35 minutes away from NYC and their Newark campus is 10 miles away from NYC.

@@dantesinfernopurgatory7826 What’s the percentage of Syracuse grads in NYC vs Rutgers grads?

There’s a video coming on them for sure!

Not for another decade or so

@@nasifulhuda31 um I am sorry but I really think it will be at least another 100 or 200 years there is no way rutgers can compete with ohio state or even get to the conference championship

@@nasifulhuda31 you're dumb if you believe that

Next video????

Not next, but in the future for sure! Their recent success with Kirby Smart is worth a video

Did you watch the vid

Tom Jurzynski ..never been good ? ...1980 played #1 ranked Alabama in the meadowlands both teams were 4-0 going in ..Bama escaped with a 17-13 win...Bear Bryant after the game said we won the game but Rutgers Beat us. They went on to win back to back national championships.. Year before we we beat Tennessee 16-7 at volunteer stadium..Took down Louisville who was #4 in 06..to name a few games that a GOOD team played...to say they were only good for 3 years in the late 2000's is Bullshit ...

@@jimchironna8075 you lost to non division 1 William and Mary the next week after that Alabama game. I mean if you consider 7-4 or 6-5 seasons good than knock yourself out.

@@tomjurzynski5407 Yes we did..big let down..we fumbled 4 x inside the 10 yard line going in..out gained them by 200 yrds but lost. So your saying 7-4 or 8-3 is not a good team..What do you consider good ? 9-2 ...10-1..