Texas Southern Thoughts
A day later has shed some perspective on RU's 42-zip victory against the overmatched Texas Southern team. Really, the game went pretty much as it should. A team from the lower division comes in as a tune up to fill a home game. The expectation is at least a 30-point blowout, and that's what we got.
The Scarlet Knight defense was on the top of its game and Texas Southern just didn't have the horses to get the job done. That's really all there is to it. Jonathan Freeny was crazy good on the D-line and David Rowe and Khasam Greene were excellent in the secondary.
On offense, the RU was just too big and strong for the Texas Southern defense. It seemed that with the exception of two or three good stops, all of Rutgers' backs ran for huge chunks. DeAntwan Willimas looks like a stud, but I still like the idea of using Martinek as the feature back for now. He seems to have the best balance of speed and power and has the benefit of a year of experience.
I have my concerns about the RU offense going into the Pitt game, but as long as the OL can dominate the line of scrimmage Rutgers will have a chance to win.
It was tough to get a read on the crowd. Traditionally, homecoming is a tough game to gauge for attendance because so many people come in late from the parking lot and leave early to go back to the parking log. Factor in a team from the former Division I-AA and it seemed that the stadium was 1/3 empty for most of the game. Then, with the game in hand in the fourth quarter, the place cleared out. Still, it was announced as the second-largest crowd in school history with over 50,000 going through the turnstiles. The 50/50 prize was over 20k, and that's nothing to sneeze at.
I'm watching the Indy/Tennessee game at the moment. Will someone please tell Jason McCourty that he went to Rutgers University and not the University of Rutgers. He was honored at halftime on Saturday for being an exceptional scholar athlete.
The Scarlet Knight defense was on the top of its game and Texas Southern just didn't have the horses to get the job done. That's really all there is to it. Jonathan Freeny was crazy good on the D-line and David Rowe and Khasam Greene were excellent in the secondary.
On offense, the RU was just too big and strong for the Texas Southern defense. It seemed that with the exception of two or three good stops, all of Rutgers' backs ran for huge chunks. DeAntwan Willimas looks like a stud, but I still like the idea of using Martinek as the feature back for now. He seems to have the best balance of speed and power and has the benefit of a year of experience.
I have my concerns about the RU offense going into the Pitt game, but as long as the OL can dominate the line of scrimmage Rutgers will have a chance to win.
It was tough to get a read on the crowd. Traditionally, homecoming is a tough game to gauge for attendance because so many people come in late from the parking lot and leave early to go back to the parking log. Factor in a team from the former Division I-AA and it seemed that the stadium was 1/3 empty for most of the game. Then, with the game in hand in the fourth quarter, the place cleared out. Still, it was announced as the second-largest crowd in school history with over 50,000 going through the turnstiles. The 50/50 prize was over 20k, and that's nothing to sneeze at.
I'm watching the Indy/Tennessee game at the moment. Will someone please tell Jason McCourty that he went to Rutgers University and not the University of Rutgers. He was honored at halftime on Saturday for being an exceptional scholar athlete.
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