2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Season Kickoff--The Hunt Begins

The Ash Era officially kicks off today with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights a third of the way across the Earth, taking on the 14th ranked Washington Huskies. With the renewed excitement around the program, I've been inspired to restart my Rutgers football blog. So, the Knights Watchman is back. Mainly, I'm going to blog for my own enjoyment. Over the past few years, my schedule has been pretty hectic. I gave up my season tickets a few years back. And I saw more games a day or two after they were played than I saw on live TV. But I've still followed the program closely, keeping tabs on all of the good and bad. Now I have the opportunity to join the conversation about Rutgers Football again and I'm looking forward to sharing ideas and providing readers a place to go to link to other information about Rutgers football.


With that in mind, it was nice to see Rutgers get some preseason coverage in the sports sections of the New York tabloids. While both articles touch on the obvious challenges the team faces as it begins The Hunt, they both put a positive spin on the team's push to become competitive with the Big Ten elite:

New York Post Rutgers Preview

New York Daily News Rutgers Preview

There's been a significant amount of discussion regarding the two deep over the past few weeks. Here is a copy of the depth chart from the Rutgers game notes as posted at www.scarletknights.com



Finally, I was excited to find out today that my current cable package includes the PAC-10 network, so I will be tweeting game updates from my twitter handle @knightswatchman

Go Knights!

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