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Start Times for Five 2017 Football Games The Big Ten has announced the start times of five upcoming Rutgers football games for the 2017 season: 9/1 home vs. Washington will air at 8:00 p.m. on FS1 9/23 at Nebraska , 3:30 p.m. 10/21 vs. Purdue, Noon 10/28 at Michigan , Noon 11/11 at Penn State , Noon Check out the official press release atscarletknights.com Michael Burton Signed by the Chicago Bears ESPN reporter Field Yates was the first to report that the Chicago Bears have signed former Rutgers fullback Michael Burton. That did not take long for Burton , who joins former Scarlet Knight Marcus Cooper on the Bears. Rice to Coach New Rochelle Running Backs Ray Rice has landed at his alma mater, New Rochelle High School as the school's running backs coach. It's is good to see that Ray continues to make positive steps as he continues to rebuild his image. Kevin Devaney, Jr., broke the news for News12 Varsity.

Rutgers takes on the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, October 8th under the lights at High Point Solutions Stadium. After getting creamed by Ohio State last week Rutgers is currently listed as a 27.5 underdog at home. Michigan comes in as the No. 4 ranked team in the country. This will be the third time in six weeks that the Scarlet Knights are taking on a team currently ranked in the Top 5. Not exactly the most favorable schedule. The coaches had some interesting comments during their Monday press conferences. Regarding the Wolverines offense (44.4 ppg average), Chris Ash feels they "run the ball exceptionally well," while defensive coordinator Jay Niemann mentioned Michigan has a "physical and aggressive offense" that uses a lot of "power formations." To me, that means rotating in fresh defensive linemen will be imperative as power teams have a tendency to wear down the interior. I noticed some encouraging stats for the RU defense. Despite...