PISCATAWAY – Unacceptable. Unbelievable. Uninspiring.
Pick whatever word you want to use and it would apply to the performance Rutgers football delivered on Saturday.
The Scarlet Knights failed to show up and forced their home fans to endure an ugly 42-7 loss to Wisconsin at SHI Stadium, Rutgers’ second consecutive loss and a defeat that left far more questions about this team’s potential the rest of the season than answers.
And if you wanted to know what the fans thought, just listen to the chorus of boos that broke out on at least three separate occasions.
“This was a clunker,” coach Greg Schiano said. “I don’t want to overreact but I do certainly have to look at everything, and you can go into all the reasons but at the end of the day, that doesn’t matter. You can’t have that.”
There are still six more regular-season games remaining, starting next Saturday against a beatable UCLA team.
There are still six more games to get this season back on track, six more opportunities for Rutgers to show that this still can be a memorable season.
PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY – OCTOBER 12: Tawee Walker #3 of the Wisconsin Badgers runs for a touchdown during the third quarter of their game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium on October 12, 2024 in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
But not if the issues that have suddenly struck the Scarlet Knights aren’t resolved.
Rutgers needs to fix them. And fast.
Because what happened on Saturday was downright confounding. Three years ago, the Scarlet Knights lost 52-3 to Wisconsin, also at SHI Stadium.
But that loss made sense. It was the second year of this rebuild under Schiano. Depth was an issue and so was talent. The Scarlet Knights lacked the ability to compete with a good Wisconsin team.
Last season, on the road, Rutgers lost to the Badgers…
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Publish date : 2024-10-13 08:01:58
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