The Knights Watchman

Thoughts on the Maryland game: Only saw the highlights on this one since the revolution was not televised and I was at my niece's third birthday party, but here goes...(I caught the radio trans.) A little revenge was had on the part of Rutgers after the spanking Maryland gave us at home two years ago. So, to all the Terps fans (I.L. especially) we're even! A crushing performance by the defense. I only hope that George Johnson is back in action soon because he's a big part of what RU does up front. Fortunately, the d-line is one of the deepest parts of the team this year, because that has been a focus of recruiting in recent years. Joe Lefeged played an impressive game from the highlights and all accounts. If he doesn't end up on the all Big East team by the end of the year it means he either will get hurt or rooked. Joe Martinek's 147 gave him the first back-to-back 100-yard games at RU since Rice was cooking on the banks. Martinek is a back that doesn't daz...

Here a re my thoughts on RU's 23-15 win over FIU yesterday: Atmosphere I got to the game early and did a little gaitin ' as I call it. Gorgeous early fall day for a football game. I know technically it was not yet autumn, but by the end of the night there was a nip to the air. From my standpoint, the stadium appeared to be 1/3 empty, but supposedly over 45,000 people were there. And that's not bad considering it was a game against a fairly unknown nonconference opponent. The Touchdown Club is pack selling the 50/50s rather than the cheerleaders. Although it was nice to see the girls out there in uniform, it makes sense that they would be warming up for the game. Getting back to the fans...the fans who were there, particularly the students, were truly into the game. That is, until everyone thought the game was in the bag with 12:00 minutes to go. Those of us who stuck around found out otherwise. The Defense Up until the last two series, this was an outstanding defensive p...

Found this article in USA Today about the many impressive freshman QBs at schools around the country. A nice rub for Tom Savage, as he's mentioned in the very first paragraph. Nice bit of exposure in a national publication/ Web site.

Things have been hectic for me since the start of the season. As a result, I haven't been posting. But I'm hoping to change all that. I was at the Cincy game, but that's ancient history now, and we all know what happened there, so I'm just going to chip in a few things I noticed. The enhancements to the stadium: Aside from the new bleachers looking a little brighter than the rest of them, the enclosed south endzone looks as if it has always been there. If anything, by moving the students to the south endzone , it's now easier for me to get in and out of the stadium since I enter by the recruiting tent. The atmosphere: In his postgame press conference, Coach Schiano talked about a home game needing to be an event that can compete with the myriad choices for a person's entertainment dollar. And the atmosphere at the stadium prior to the game was great. I also thought it was a nice touch to have the cheerleaders, rather than the Touchdown Club, selling the 50/5...