Author: Andrew Rice

Rutgers football, since joining the Big Ten in 2014, has had some of the toughest schedules in the college football landscape. For reference in 2023, 247Sports rated Rutgers’ schedule as the fourth toughest schedule in the country. This season, however, the Scarlet Knights weren’t even in their top 15 toughest football schedules. Playing three of the top dogs in college football year in and year out is not easy. Constantly being pitted against Penn State, Michigan, and Ohio State has not boded well for the Knights as they only have one win against all three of these programs combined since…

The college days are expiring for the 2020 recruitment class. Many have extra years due to covid and some recruits have even more time because of redshirting some of their other years but the one simple fact remains the same. Most of the 2020 recruits will see an end to their college careers in the next year. With any luck, this won’t be the last time they play football. The 2020 recruitment class for Rutgers was not a super standout one from a ratings at the time point of view, having no five stars and only one four star, but…

Rutgers football, throughout its recent history, lacks a quarterback that fans can point to as a shining star of his era. They have seen some relatively good and consistent quarterback play from guys such as Mike Teel, Gary Nova,  and Ryan Hart but none of these names are what someone can label as a star.  The issue is that with the exception of Teel, none of the other quarterbacks proved that they were good enough to be drafted during their time on the banks. Another issue is that Rutgers has cycled through many quarterbacks in the last 14 years who…

Rutgers fans were wondering who was going to start under center this season and now the answer is clear. Gavin Wimsatt has entered the transfer portal and Athan Kaliakmanis will be the team’s starting quarterback. This news comes just four days after Kaliakmanis out-performed Wimsatt in Rutgers’ annual spring game. Kaliakmanis played well enough to earn the starting nod, prompting Wimsatt to explore his options elsewhere. Wimsatt will have two years of eligibility remaining as he enters the portal. This decisive decision-making about the winner of the quarterback is unusual for Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. Two seasons ago when…

Another spring semester has come and gone for the students on the banks and with it came the annual Rutgers football Scarlet vs White spring game. The Scarlet team came out on top after a run from Children Specialized Hospital Patient Tommy Marcketta broke a 24-all stalemate giving the Scarlet team the win 30-24. Aside from Marcketta’s running skills, several other things were on display for the Scarlet Knights during the contest. First and foremost was the quarterback dual. Incumbent Gavin Wimsatt versus incoming transfer Athan Kaliakmanis. The second was the punting woes of the Knights. The third is the…