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PISCATAWAY – When Rutgers football headed out for its practice on Sunday, the Scarlet Knights hadn’t yet learned their bowl destination or opponent.
Shortly after Greg Schiano’s team left the field, it had an answer.
Rutgers will be playing ACC opponent Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 28, its 12th bowl appearance in program history and eighth under Schiano.
“Just an iconic venue, a real quality opponent, and another chance for our 2023 team to play together which is special,” Schiano said during a news conference Sunday night at the Hale Center. “I mentioned this at one point during the year. There’s a lot of blueblood programs that are at home and don’t get to do that, don’t get to have the practices we have and don’t get to play in such a great game.”
Rutgers will be going up against its former Big East foe in Miami, which has won all 11 of the previous meetings between the two programs. The Scarlet Knights last played the Hurricanes in 2003 on the road and lost 34-10.
That was early in Schiano’s first stint in Piscataway – not long after he had left Miami after working as the Hurricanes’ defensive coordinator from 1999-2000.
Greg Schiano and the Rutgers football team will be playing Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 28.
And Schiano is plenty familiar with Miami head coach Mario Cristobal, who was a graduate assistant at Miami when Schiano was there and then followed Schiano to Rutgers, first as the tight ends coach and then as the offensive line coach in 2003 before returning to Miami.
“I knew that when I saw him as a GA that he was going to being a head coach and really good head coach,” Schiano said. “Very proud of him and we have stayed in touch throughout all the year, so you know, when we play, it will be competition. But other than that, utmost respect and love for…
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Publish date : 2023-12-04 00:55:11
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