Connect with us

Cornnation News

Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2017 Football Preview

There were many reasons why Jim Delany pursued Rutgers when the Big Ten expanded to 14 teams.

2016’s version of Rutgers football was definitely not one of them.

In fact, last season’s Rutgers season certainly seemed to validate the notion that inviting Rutgers into the Big Ten was a colossal mistake. Sagarin’s computer rankings had the Scarlet Knights the ninth-worst division 1-A football team in the nation last season and lower than many 1-AA teams, such as 4-7 South Dakota, 4-7 Southern Illinois and 6-5 Liberty.

Michigan defeated Rutgers 78-0 in a game that arguably wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicated. Rutgers didn’t get a first down until midway through the fourth quarter, and had -1 yard of total offense midway through the third quarter. They ended up with more penalty yards (41) than total offense yards (39).

Click to comment

You must be logged in to post a comment Login

Leave a Reply

Advertisement

Must See

Advertisement Enter ad code here
Advertisement

Facebook

Advertisement

More in Cornnation News