R! U! A Rutgers NCAA '09 Dynasty

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting

This is where we need to shine. We lost some solid players, but we have the chance to bring in some fresh talent that could bring us to the top.

This is how we left off from in-season recruiting:

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Trevor Cox, MD: **** (#9)

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Tight Ends:

Darryl Young, PA: **** (#1)

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Centers:

Scott Foster, MD: ** (#41)
Marcus Hayes, NY: *** (#11)

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Andre Goodwin, NJ: *** (#34)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Josh Brown, NJ: **** (#20)
Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Rodriguez, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Strong Safeties:

Kenneth Arnold, NJ: **** (#10)

Athletes:

Daniel Hall, NJ: *** (#22)
Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting Week One

I started off the week by making one pitch to every player and scheduling a visit with them. All but three were able to schedule on week one.

We only made promises to one player, FS Cody Richardson ****. We promised him that he wouldn't get redshirted and would see ample playing time. With Greene gone, he'll have that promise fulfilled.

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Trevor Cox, MD: **** (#9)

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Tight Ends:

Darryl Young, PA: **** (#1)

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Centers:

Scott Foster, MD: ** (#41)
Marcus Hayes, NY: *** (#11)

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Andre Goodwin, NJ: *** (#34)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Josh Brown, NJ: **** (#20)
Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Richardson, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Strong Safeties:

Kenneth Arnold, NJ: **** (#10)

Athletes:

Daniel Hall, NJ: *** (#22)
Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting Week Two

Woohoo! No less than ELEVEN recruits signed with us at the start of the week.

FS Richardson
OLB Alvarez
OLB Adams
DT Page
DT Williams
CB Austin
RB Martin
CB House
FS Clarke
OLB Hamby
G Ray

The one spot I'm missing that is a need is C, but maybe one of the athletes will convert.

As you can see from the list below, we only have one target left. I added some more this week, but it's a longshot they come here.

WR Chris Austin, FL: ****
WR Trey Perry, PA: ****
QB Antoine Martindale, FL: ***
C Vince Alston, NJ: *
C Shelton McCullough, MA: *

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Trevor Cox, MD: **** (#9)
Antoine Martindale, FL: ***

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Austin, FL: ****
Trey Perry, PA: ****

Tight Ends:

Darryl Young, PA: **** (#1)

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Centers:

Scott Foster, MD: ** (#41)
Marcus Hayes, NY: *** (#11)
Vince Alston, NJ: *
Shelton McCullough, MA: *

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Andre Goodwin, NJ: *** (#34)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Josh Brown, NJ: **** (#20)
Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Richardson, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Strong Safeties:

Kenneth Arnold, NJ: **** (#10)

Athletes:

Daniel Hall, NJ: *** (#22)
Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting Week Three

Well, the last original target has signed with us. This week we'll focus on the new guys we added and hope one of them is convinced quickly enough to sign with us.

RU welcomes ATH Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)!

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Trevor Cox, MD: **** (#9)
Antoine Martindale, FL: ***

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Austin, FL: ****
Trey Perry, PA: ****

Tight Ends:

Darryl Young, PA: **** (#1)

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Centers:

Scott Foster, MD: ** (#41)
Marcus Hayes, NY: *** (#11)
Vince Alston, NJ: *
Shelton McCullough, MA: *

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Andre Goodwin, NJ: *** (#34)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Josh Brown, NJ: **** (#20)
Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Richardson, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Strong Safeties:

Kenneth Arnold, NJ: **** (#10)

Athletes:

Daniel Hall, NJ: *** (#22)
Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting Week Four

We lost WR Chris Austin to Clemson.

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Trevor Cox, MD: **** (#9)
Antoine Martindale, FL: ***

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Austin, FL: ****
Trey Perry, PA: ****

Tight Ends:

Darryl Young, PA: **** (#1)

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Centers:

Scott Foster, MD: ** (#41)
Marcus Hayes, NY: *** (#11)
Vince Alston, NJ: *
Shelton McCullough, MA: *

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Andre Goodwin, NJ: *** (#34)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Josh Brown, NJ: **** (#20)
Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Richardson, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Strong Safeties:

Kenneth Arnold, NJ: **** (#10)

Athletes:

Daniel Hall, NJ: *** (#22)
Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

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2009 Off-Season

Off-Season Recruiting Final Week

We finish out recruiting and land two of the players we added late. WR Perry and QB Martindale will join the squad. I'm disappointed that we lost both centers though. Here's a look at our final recruiting commitments.

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Antoine Martindale, FL: ***

Running Backs:

Robert Mills, NJ: **** (#11)
Wayne Mitchell, NJ: **** (#15)
Shane Martin, PA: *** (#49)

Wide Receivers:

Trey Perry, PA: ****

Guards:

Jeremy Ray, NJ: ** (#55)

Defensive Ends:

Chris Carroll, CT: **** (#17)
Ben Wade, NY: *** (#55)

Defensive Tackles:

Fred Page, CT: **** (#6)
Harvey Williams, NJ: *** (#39)

Outside Linebackers:

Atonio Alvarez, WV: **** (#9)
Lance Adams, LA: **** (#18)
Lee Hamby, PA: *** (#64)

Cornerbacks:

Bobby Austin, PA: *** (#46)
(JUCO) Clayton House, PA: *** (#41)

Free Safeties:

Cody Richardson, MD: **** (#3)
Bob Clarke, NY: *** (#50)

Athletes:

Fred Henderson, PA: ** (#42)

We ended up with 18 recruits.

Three of them were form the Top 100 players list

Our class was grades as the 15th best recruiting class, ending up with the following breakdown of players:

***** 0
**** 8
*** 8
** 2
* 0

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Position Changes

We moved a couple guys around to balance out LOLB/ROLB, LDE/RDE and things of that nature, but only moved one player out of their natural position.

Freshmen recruit RG Ray was moved to Center.
Freshmen recruit ATH Henderson was moved to Cornerback.

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Roster Cuts

In order to get down to 70 players, we cut the following three players:

WR Julian Hayes
RB Joe Martinek
CB Brandon Bing

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2009 Pre-Season Notes

Returning Starters:

12 (7 Offense, 5 Defense)

Key Losses:

FS Courtney Greene

Greene was the stud of our defense and it's really tough to lose him. I landed a pretty solid recruit at FS though, so I'm not too worried.

WR Tiquan Underwood/QB Mike Teel

Underwood and Teel were the foundation of our solid passing attack. I have no idea how Britt and Lovelace will play with that same pressure put on them. Hopefully an improved running game will take some pressure off.

DT Jamal Westerman

Not really worried about this one seeing our recruits ratings, but will still miss him.

CB Jason McCourty

One twin is still here, but Jason graduated. Losing him makes our pass defense pretty weak. I didn't land anything better than a *** recruit either, so I'm fairly worried.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule

Week 01: Navy
Week 02: -
Week 03: @ Temple
Week 04: -
Week 05: West Virginia (#10
Week 06: Pittsburgh (#18)
Week 07: @ UConn
Week 08: @ Syracuse
Week 09: @ Notre Dame
Week 10: USF
Week 11: Cincinnati
Week 12: Rice
Week 13: @ Louisville
Week 14: @ Boston College
Week 15: -

Strength of Schedule: B

Some of the unranked team I'm playing should be pretty tough. Week 9 @ Notre Dame should be tough, same with Boston College. I'm not looking forward to playing WVU and Pitt back to back, either.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Quarterbacks

Starter
Redshirting


#15 Jabu Lovelace. 6'2", 205 lbs. SR(RS). 85 OVR
#11 Domenic Natale. 6'2", 210 lbs. SR(RS). 82 OVR
#4 Chris Paul-Etienne. 6'2", 200 lbs. JR(RS). 79 OVR
#1 D.C. Jefferson. 6'6", 230 lbs. FR(RS). 78 OVR
#18 Antoine Martindale. 6'1", 196 lbs. FR. 69 OVR

Outlook:

It's actually pretty tempting to start D.C. Jefferson, but I'll give Lovelace a year at the helm. If we start off poorly, Jefferson could get the nod. I do like Lovelace's speed, and I'm thinking we'll be doing quite a bit more scrambling with him.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Running Backs

Starter
Redshirting


#8 Kordell Young. 5'9", 185 lbs. JR(RS). 82 OVR
#24 Mason Robinson. 5'10", 180 lbs. JR. 82 OVR
#25 Robert Mills. 5'10", 200 lbs. FR. 79 OVR
#29 Wayne Mitchell. 6'0", 196 lbs. FR. 74 OVR
#23 Rashad White. 5'11", 170 lbs. SO. 74 OVR
#38 Shane Martin. 6'0", 200 lbs. FR. 71 OVR


Outlook:

Young and Robinson will be battling it out this year and next for the starting job. I can't wait until Mills and Mitchell take over, though.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Fullbacks

Starter
Redshirting


#19 Jack Corcoran. 6'1", 230 lbs. SR. 79 OVR
#37 Andres Morales. 6'2", 260 lbs. JR(RS). 76 OVR
#39 Jourdan Brooks. 6'1", 255 lbs. SO(RS). 76 OVR

Outlook:

We'll be set here for the next three seasons, but nothing special.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Wide Receivers

Starter
Redshirting


#88 Kenny Britt. 6'4", 205 lbs. SR. 91 OVR
#2 Tim Brown. 5'8", 160 lbs. SR. 84 OVR
#5 Dennis Campbell. 5'9", 180 lbs. SR(RS). 81 OVR
#83 Keith Stroud. 6'5", 190 lbs. FR(RS). 78 OVR
#17 Timothy Wright. 6'4", 205 lbs. FR(RS). 75 OVR
#80 Trey Perry. 6'4", 180 lbs. FR. 71 OVR
#85 Malcolm Johnson. 6'1", 170 lbs. FR(RS). 69 OVR


Outlook:

I made a tough decision here. Rather than starting the 5'8" Brown, I'm going to keep him in the slow and start FR(RS) Keith Stroud. I feel like his height is a big advantage to have on the outside, and I think Brown is much better suited as a slot man.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Tight Ends

Starter
Redshirting


#3 Shamar Graves. 6'3", 230 lbs. JR(RS). 78 OVR
#82 Jeff Minemyer. 6'7", 260 lbs. JR(RS). 71 OVR

Outlook:

Not very excited about this position this year, but Graves is fast for a TE and may surprise me.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Offensive Line

Starter
Redshirting

Left Tackle

#75 Anthony Davis. 6'6", 325 lbs. JR. 84 OVR
#73 Desmond Stapleton. 6'5", 320 lbs. SO(RS). 76 OVR

Left Guard

#78 Kevin Haslam. 6'7", 280 lbs. SR(RS). 84 OVR
#68 Keith Newell. 6'6", 290 lbs. SO(RS). 79 OVR

Center

#61 Ryan Blasczyk. 6'4", 285 lbs. SR(RS). 82 OVR
#62 Marlon Romulus. 6'3", 285 lbs. JR(RS). 78 OVR
#66 Jeremy Ray. 6'2", 294 lbs. FR. 65 OVR

Right Guard

#60 Caleb Ruch. 6'4", 290 lbs. SO(RS). 81 OVR
#76 Mo Lange. 6'7", 315 lbs. JR(RS). 80 OVR

Right Tackle

#69 Art Forst. 6'8", 290 lbs. FR(RS). 79 OVR
#79 Richard Muldrow. 6'6", 300 lbs. SO(RS). 76 OVR

Outlook:

Well, we have a few young guys starting on the right side of the line, but I think we're getting better. Losing two more starters after this season though. I'm gonna try and invest heavily into recruiting a stud linemen.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Defensive Line

Starter
Redshirting

Left End

#99 Jonathan Freeney. 6'3", 230 lbs. JR. 83 OVR
#93 Desmond Wynn. 6'6", 260 lbs. SO(RS). 79 OVR
#94 Ben Wade. 6'2", 246 lbs. FR. 67 OVR

Defensive Tackle

#91 Red Page. 6'6", 316 lbs. FR. 82 OVR
#97 Peter Tverdov. 6'4", 265 lbs. SR. 82 OVR
#95 Wayne Thomas. 6'5", 280 lbs. SO(RS). 80 OVR
#67 Scott Vallone. 6'3", 260 lbs. FR(RS). 79 OVR
#55 Jamiel Farrington. 6'2", 240 lbs. SO(RS). 72 OVR
#92 Harvey Williams. 6'3", 265 lbs. FR. 70 OVR

Right End

#31 George Johnson. 6'4", 250 lbs. SR. 80 OVR
#45 Alex Silvestro. 6'4", 230 lbs. JR. 76 OVR
#96 Chris Carroll. 6'0", 210 lbs. FR. 71 OVR

Outlook:

I considered starting Page this year, but in the end I decided that if I let him sit for a year, he will be unstoppable for the next four years. I can't wait until he starts next year as a freshmen. I'm going to need a new RE soon, though.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Linebackers

Starter
Redshirting

Left Outside Linebacker

#48 Blair Bines. 6'2", 245 lbs. SR. 86 OVR
#58 Lance Adams. 5'11", 219 lbs. FR. 77 OVR
#59 Lee Hambly. 6'1", 228 lbs. FR. 71 OVR
#53 Jim Dumont. 6'1", 215 lbs. JR(RS). 71 OVR

Middle Linebacker

#44 Ryan D'Imperio. 6'3", 235 lbs. SR. 88 OVR
#50 Antonio Lowery. 6'2", 220 lbs. JR. 80 OVR
#56 Eric Legrand. 6'2", 240 lbs. FR(RS). 76 OVR

Right Outside Linebacker

#51 Manny Abreu. 6'3", 220 lbs. SO(RS). 88 OVR
#17 Damaso Munoz. 6'0", 210 lbs. SR(RS). 81 OVR
#57 Antonio Alvarez. 6'1", 210 lbs. FR. 75 OVR

Outlook:

I can't wait to see Abreu start this year. Our linebacker squad is probably one of our best areas, and I really like our future with Adams on one side and Alvarez on the other. Legrand looks like he could be a decent MLB as well.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Cornerbacks

Starter
Redshirting

#21 Devin McCourty. 5'11", 180 lbs. SR(RS). 84 OVR
#35 Billy Anderson. 6'0", 180 lbs. SR(RS). 78 OVR
#43 Clayton House. 6'0", 194 lbs. SO. 74 OVR
#41 Al-Majid Hutchins. 5'11", 180 lbs. SO(RS). 72 OVR
#40 David Rowe. 5'10", 195 lbs. SO. 71 OVR
#36 Fred Henderson. 6'5", 231 lbs. FR. 70 OVR
#47 Bobby Austin. 6'1", 190 lbs. FR. 70 OVR


Outlook:

Not entirely thrilled about the present or future of this positon. McCourty is a #2 CB to me and I'm going to get shredded through the air once again this year.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Safeties

Starter
Redshirting

Free Safeties

#20 Davon Smart. 5'10", 190 lbs. SR(RS). 79 OVR
#49 Cody Richardson. 6'3", 216 lbs. FR. 76 OVR
#22 Bob Clarke. 6'1", 202 lbs. FR. 69 OVR

Strong Safeties

#26 Joe Lefeged. 6'3", 195 lbs. JR. 81 OVR
#84 Morgan Carter. 6'3", 215 lbs. FR(RS). 73 OVR


Outlook:

Losing both starters hurt, and needing to promise Richardson the starting job hurt as well. Richardson should be solid eventually but it looks like Smart is, well, the smart option here.

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The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Special Teams

Starter
Redshirting

Kickers

#12 San San Te. 5'9", 165 lbs. SO(RS). 77 OVR

Punters

#93 Teddy Delleganna. 6'2", 190 lbs. JR(RS). 81 OVR


Outlook:

These guys will still do for now.

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2009 Recruiting

Pipeline:

Our pipeline states are NJ, NY, PA, and FL. Recruiting in Florida is always tough, considering we are competing with the Gators and Seminoles. NJ is ours, and our main competitors for recruits are Syracuse and Pittsburgh in our pipeline states. West Virginia is also a major competitor for recruits.

Major Needs:

Cornerback: I'm still looking for a **** recruit here. McCourty is our only serviceable starter right now, and he'll be gone next year.

Wide Receiver: I didn't recruit anyone last year here, and now I'm faced with a few players leaving. I'll definitely need to pick up at least two guys here.

Middle Linebacker: I have two young guys on the outside that are going to be great, but I need someone in the middle.

Defensive End: Have a senior starting now and a junior who I'm not thrilled about. I'd like to get someone here to create a dominant front seven.

Minor Needs:

Fullback: While it's not really a need, I'd love to get a fullback who can run the ball well.

Tight End: With two Juniors, I need some fresh talent for when they graduate.

Offensive Line: I don't have a specific position, but I'd love to get a really great player to run behind.

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2009 Recruiting

WEEK ONE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)


Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

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NCAA Pre-Season Top 25

#1. Florida
#2. Oklahoma
#3. Wisconsin
#4. South Carolina
#5. Ohio St.
#6. Georgia
#7. Texas
#8. Arizona St.
#9. Missouri
#10. West Virginia
#11. LSU
#12. Virginia Tech
#13. USC
#14. Penn St.
#15. Kansas St.
#16. Auburn
#17. Tennessee
#18. Pittsburgh
#19. Alabama
#20. Maryland
#21. Virginia
#22. BYU
#23. Texas Tech
#24. Florida St.
#25. Clemson

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2009 Pre-Season

Rutgers Rank:

We start off the season ranked #65. That's awful.

Pre-Season All Americans:

Once again, we don't have any All-American players, but we do have a few All-Big East players.

1st Team:

WR Britt
DT Tverdov
K Te
P Dellaganna

2nd Team:

RG Lange

Heisman Watch

I'll try and keep you updated on the Heisman race every couple weeks. Right now, here's what it looks like:

WR Jeremy Maclin. JR(RS). Missouri
HB Noel Devine. JR. West Virginia
QB Sam Bradford. JR(RS). Oklahoma
QB Chris Smelley. JR(RS). South Carolina
QB Pat Bostick. JR. Pittsburgh

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2009 Week One:

Recruiting:

This week, all I basically did was offer everyone on my list a scholarship. I have 25 available, and only 20 on my list. No one committed yet, but hopefully some decide earlier than usual so I can focus my effort on less and less players.

WEEK ONE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU
Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Navy (16) at Rutgers (17)

That was too close for comfort. I was expecting to win easily against Navy, but their running game was too good to stop. Their back picked up 189 yards on 35 carries.

Lovelace's debut game as the starter didn't go well. He threw 3 INT's. One of them, in the 4th quarter, was returned for a TD, which made the game 17-16. Luckily, Navy's kicker missed the extra point and we held on for the win.

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2009 Week Two:

Recruiting:

With everyone having an offer, this week we focused on our need positions and used what was left on the 5-star recruits. I feel like it went pretty well. We managed to talk to everyone except one player, and we're not even in his Top 10. I invited two players on visits.

MLB Pearman - Week 2 (BYE)
DE Pope - Week 2 (BYE)

Pearman's visit is huge. He is a 5-star recruit and we are #1 on his list. I hope it goes well.

WEEK TWO TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU
Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

BYE

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Three:

Recruiting:

Crap. Maybe they don't like visiting on bye weeks, because both Pearman and Pope gave their visit a C. I guess it could have been worse, but now I'm worried.

I'm going to set up the rest of the recruits with visits if they are ready before I do anything else. And now I'm gonna try and get them to come during a game week.

Here are the results:

RB Larkin - Week 10 (USF)
CB Harris - Week 10 (USF)
DE Gonzalez - Week 5 (WVU)
DE Bly - Week 6 (Pitt)
SS Williams - Week 12 (Rice)

WEEK THREE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (29) at Temple (32)

Wow. Looks like my team isn't nearly as good as I was hoping it would be. Lord only knows what's gonna happen when we start facing WVU, Pitt, Notre Dame, and BC. Ugh.

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Four:

Recruiting:

Invited a few more players for visits:

ATH Hines - Week 10 (USF)
WR Pratt - Week 10 (USF)
DE Burgess - Week 5 (WVU)
ATH Vaughn - Week 12 (Rice)
CB Wilson - Week 10 (USF)

WEEK FOUR TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

BYE

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Five:

Recruiting:

Two more player were invited for visits, including a very, very important one this week.

T Davis - Week 5 (WVU)
DE Ross - Week 10 (USF)

Davis is a 5-star recruit who I really want. If we can pull out this win against WVU we may have a chance of getting him.

WEEK FIVE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

#10 West Virginia (33) at Rutgers (7)

Just awful. Running game sucked, Lovelace got sacked 5 times with our freshmen RT Forst giving up three of them. Another "ugh" for this week.

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Six:

Recruiting:

Davis gave last week's visit a C+, so it wasn't a disaster but we could have gained a lot of ground if we won that game. This week is going to be similar. Playing the #24 Pittsburgh, a win would be huge for recruiting visits.

Two more players got invited this week:

WR Jones - Week 6 (Pitt)
MLB Cross - Week 6 (Pitt)

WEEK SIX TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

#24 Pittsburgh (48) at Rutgers (31)

Well, it could have been worse. We actually played fairly well. Lovelace had a pick and ran horribly, but our backs and receivers played well. OLB Abreu had 2 sacks, 8 tackles, and 4 tackles for a loss.

The real story here is Pitt's QB Bostick, who is a favorite for the Heisman Trophy award. He went 20-28 with 6 TD's. That's just too tough to overcome.

Top 25 and Heisman update coming up next.

[JetsIn06]

Around the NCAA Update:

We're six weeks into the NCAA season. Oklahoma and Ohio St. top the rankings, both undefeated through 5 and 4 games, respectively. Here are the rest of the Top 25 through six weeks.

Top 25

#1. Oklahoma (5-0)
#2. Ohio St. (4-0)
#3. Arizona St. (4-0)
#4. Missouri (6-0)
#5. Virginia Tech (5-0)
#6. Kansas St. (5-0)
#7. USC (5-0)
#8. West Virginia (5-0)
#9. Penn St. (4-0)
#10. Florida (4-1)
#11. Alabama (5-0)
#12. Auburn (4-0)
#13. Wisconsin (3-1)
#14. Georgia (3-1)
#15. Maryland (5-0)
#16. LSU (4-1)
#17. Texas Tech (6-0)
#18. Minnesota (4-0)
#19. BYU (5-0)
#20. South Carolina (3-2)
#21. Tennessee (5-1)
#22. Texas (3-2)
#23. Iowa (4-0)
#24. Pittsburgh (3-1)
#25. Cincinnati (4-0)

Race for the Heisman Trophy:

QB Taylor Pitts. JR(RS). Texas Tech

2245 yards. 31 TD's. 6 INT's.

QB Blaine Gabbert. FR(RS). Missouri

1683 yards. 19 TD's. 4 INT's.

WR Michael Crabtree. JR(RS). Texas Tech

59 receptions. 698 yards. 9 TD's.

QB Mark Sanchez. SR(RS). USC

1537 yards. 19 TD's. 1 INT.

RB Keiland Williams. SR. LSU

569 yards. 6.2 YPC. 4 TD's.

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Seven:

Recruiting:

Scheduled one more visit for this week, getting WR Chad Harris to visit us Week 10 against USF. That is going to be a huge week for us.

WEEK SEVEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Chris Taylor, FL: **** (#3)
Adam Smith, FL: **** (#34)
Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (31) at Connecticut (28)

What. a. game. Down by 4 with 26 seconds left in the game, Lovelace picks up his 2nd TD run from 7 yards out to win it.

Lovelace was by far the player of the game. He didn't throw like a Heisman winning QB, but he sure did run like one. 18-29, 130 yards, 1 TD/1 INT through the air, and 13 runs for 88 yards and two TD's. Great game against our rivals, UConn.

[Galaxy]

Great thread. Hopefully the recruiting class you hauled in from last year gives you the tools to turn the program around from it's slight slide backwards.

Any chance you'll sign up for the waiting list of the RFL online dynasty?

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Eight:

Recruiting:

No real updates here. I spent a ton of time on the big time recruits we are going after and cut ties with two players that we just weren't that close with.

WEEK EIGHT TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (2-3) at Syracuse (2-4)

Not the prettiest game in the world but we'll take it.

Lovelace went 12-22 for 198 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's.

Young picked up 103 yards on 17 carries, and Kenny Britt caught 7 passes for 96 yards and a TD.

The highlight of the day was Tim Brown's 96 yard kickoff return for a TD.

Final Score: Rutgers 38, Syracuse 24

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Nine:

Recruiting:

Nothing like finding out 3 of your top recruits are less interested in you after spending a ton of time with them the week before! That's discouraging, but I kept at it and spend the majority of my time with them again this week. The big USF game is only a week away.

WEEK NINE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (3-3) at Notre Dame (3-3)

Woohoo! This isn't a game that I thought I would win, but we pulled it off in front of a national TV audience.

First off, Lovelace was hurt after two plays and was out for the game, so FR(RS) D.C. Jefferson came in off the bench.

After 3 quarters, ND was up 13-12. The first play of the 4th quarter though, ND scores to make the score 20-12.

With 8:07 left, Jefferson hits WR Campbell for a 28 yard TD pass. We try for the extra point and don't make it, so we need to stop them and kick a field goal to go ahead.

We stop them, and with 2:21 left, Jefferson hits WR Kenny Britt perfectly in stride for a 44 yard touchdown! We held them off from there and win against the Fighting Irish.

Jefferson played great, going 12-17 for 226 yards and 2 TD's.

Young carried the ball 26 times for 131 yards and a TD.

Final Score: Rutgers 25, Notre Dame 20

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Ten:

Recruiting:

NO! South Carolina snatched up my #1 recruit, Tyler Pearman, a 5 star MLB. I was first on his list for a while but last week he dropped me to 2nd. He must have had a great visit with them or something. Damn it!

This week could be huge for us though. Beating USF with 7 players visiting would be great.

WEEK TEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Committed Elsewhere
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

USF (3-4) at Rutgers (4-3)

Huge win for us here! Everyone played really well. Lovelace went 16-20 for 247 yards and 3 TD's. Running game worked well, receivers did great, and the defense was solid. Can't ask for much more.

Let's hope the recruits liked it.

Final Score: Rutgers 48, USF 14

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Eleven:

Recruiting:

No commits yet, but we didn't lose anyone this week either. However, three of our top players have soft commited to another team. Uh oh.

Our visits went great last week, with no one grading it under a B+.

WEEK ELEVEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft-Committed to RU
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Cincinnati (7-1) at Rutgers (5-3)

Uhh...huh? I was thoroughly expecting to get blown out here, even though we've been on a winning streak.

Okay, maybe I thought we could pull out a win if we got lucky. But 57-19? Nice!

Offense was clicking all around today. Lovelace went 11-13 for 179 yards and 3 TD's. Young carried the ball 17 times for 89 yards and picked up 3 TD's as well. He also picked up a TD in the air, giving him 4 total today.

Tim Brown had another special teams touchdown, this time on a punt return.

Final Score: Rutgers 57, Cincinnati 19

__________________

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Twelve:

Recruiting:

Ack! We lost three more recruits this week. I'm getting kind of nervous. I thought our winning streak would help but nothing good has come of it yet in recruiting. At least two of them were already soft committed, so we kind of felt like we lost them already.

WEEK TWELVE TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft-Committed to RU
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rice (5-4) at Rutgers (6-3)

Nothing too crazy this game, we we got the job done well. No great performances by anyone in particular except our safety Lefeged who had two picks.

Final Score: Rutgers 42, Rice 14

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Thirteen:

Recruiting:

We open up the week learning that 5-star RB Larkin committed to our rival Syracuse. Grrreat.

The good news is that ATH Vaughn has soft-committed to our school. Only a ***, but better than nothing.

WEEK THIRTEEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft-Committed to RU
Committed to RU

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (7-3) at Louisville (3-7)

Lovelace was solid today. 12-18 and a spectacular 4 TD passes.

Young was great, running the ball 28 times for 164 yards.

Again, nothing too crazy, but a great all around performance by everyone. We're on a 6 game winning streak with one game left to play!

Final Score: Rutgers 35, Louisville 7

[PurdueBrad]

Nice job Jets and nice win vs. Louisville!

[JetsIn06]

We're ranked!

We've been ranked #25 going into our final week, and the NCAA's second to last week of play.

[JetsIn06]

Around the NCAA Update:

We're thirteen weeks into the NCAA season. Here are the rest of the Top 25 with two weeks left to go!

BCS Top 25

#1. Oklahoma (11-0)
#2. USC (10-0)
#3. BYU (11-0)
#4. Fresno St. (11-0)
#5. Ohio St. (10-1)
#6. Arizona St. (9-1)
#7. Auburn (10-1)
#8. LSU (10-1)
#9. Iowa (10-1)
#10. Florida (8-3)
#11. Maryland (10-1)
#12. Colorado (10-1)
#13. Missouri (9-3)
#14. Pittsburgh (8-2)
#15. Georgia (8-3)
#16. Texas (8-3)
#17. Alabama (9-3)
#18. West Virginia (9-2)
#19. Virginia Tech (8-3)
#20. Penn St. (8-3)
#21. Virginia (9-2)
#22. Tennessee (9-3)
#23. ECU (10-1)
#24. Miami (9-2)
#25. Rutgers (8-3)

Race for the Heisman Trophy:

QB Sam Bradford. JR(RS). Oklahoma

3177 yards. 37 TD's. 5 INT's.

QB Taylor Pitts. JR(RS). Texas Tech

4005 yards. 49 TD's. 13 INT's.

QB Blaine Gabbert. FR(RS). Missouri

3742 yards. 37 TD's. 13 INT's.

QB Todd Reesing. SR. Kansas

3064 yards. 32 TD's. 9 INT's.

QB Jonathon Crompton. SR(RS). Tennessee

3290 yards. 32 TD's. 5 INT's.

Award Semi-Finalists

None from RU.

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Fourteen:

Recruiting:

We've been decimated. We have one **** left. The rest are ***. I'm livid that we didn't end up with ANY of the blue chippers. Ugh.

I added a bunch of low-rated guys to fill out the board. I feel like this season has been successful, but recruiting has been a disaster.

WEEK FOURTEEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft-Committed to RU
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Bryan Ware, PA: *** (#58)

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)
(JUCO) Sean Tatum, NJ: *** (#67)
Jim Clarke, NJ: *** (#45)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)
Stephen Howard, Can.: * (#96)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)
Darrell Estes, RI: ** (#162)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)
Bo Harris, NJ: *** (#21)

Guards:

Isaiah Butler, DE: ** (#81)
Matthew Mathis, RI: *** (#35)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Defensive Tackles:

Marcus Lee, NJ: * (#151)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)
Mike Hawking, FL: ** ( #71)

Outside Linebackers:

Russ Bishop, NJ: ** (#112)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)
J.T. Cook, NY: ** (#129)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)
Derek Hutchinson, CT: ** (#58)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

Rutgers (8-3) at Boston College (7-4)

This is a huge, huge game.

And we win!

After entering the 4th quarter tied at 13, we kicked a FG to tie it up. It remained at 13-13, but we found the endzone with 4:32 left in the game!

Young had a solid game rushing 20 times for 110 yards.

Our defense was great, picking up 4 sacks, 2 by our DE George Johnson.

We started off the season 1-3 and were prepared for disaster. After an eight game winning streak, where will we be ranked? Let's find out...


Final Score: Rutgers 20, Boston College 13

[JetsIn06]

2009 Week Fifteen:

Recruiting:

Finally! We get our first commitment, two actually. We'd like to welcome ATH Courtney Vaughn *** and WR Larry Pratt *** to Rutgers!

We also got soft commitments from DE Ross, CB Wilson (a **** recruit), and DE Gonzalez.

WEEK FIFTEEN TARGET LIST

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft-Committed to RU
Committed to RU

Quarterbacks:

Bryan Ware, PA: *** (#58)

Running Backs:

Joel Larkin, NY: ***** (#4)
(JUCO) Sean Tatum, NJ: *** (#67)
Jim Clarke, NJ: *** (#45)

Tight Ends:

Vincent Ramirez, CT: **** (#5)
Stephen Howard, Can.: * (#96)

Wide Receivers:

Larry Pratt, PA: *** (#67)
Chad Harris, NJ: *** (#88)
Scott Jones, RI: *** (#105)
Darrell Estes, RI: ** (#162)

Tackles:

Chris Davis, NJ: ***** (#3)
Bo Harris, NJ: *** (#21)

Guards:

Isaiah Butler, DE: ** (#81)
Matthew Mathis, RI: *** (#35)

Defensive Ends:

Adam Burgess, PA: **** (#7)
Brian Pope, NJ: **** (#12)
Dedrick Gonzalez, PA: *** (#32)
Brad Bly, IL: *** (#35)
Nathan Ross, NJ: *** (#46)

Defensive Tackles:

Marcus Lee, NJ: * (#151)

Middle Linebackers:

Tyler Pearman, NJ: ***** (#1)
James Cross, Can.: *** (#44)
Mike Hawking, FL: ** ( #71)

Outside Linebackers:

Russ Bishop, NJ: ** (#112)

Cornerbacks:

Alex Wilson, NJ: **** (#17)
Mark Harris, NY: **** (#18)
J.T. Cook, NY: ** (#129)

Strong Safeties:

Travis Williams, KY: *** (#25)
Derek Hutchinson, CT: ** (#58)

Athletes:

(JUCO) Chad Hines, NJ: ***** (#1)
Courtney Vaughn, NJ: *** (#43)

Game:

BYE

[JetsIn06]

Originally Posted by PurdueBrad

Nice job Jets and nice win vs. Louisville!

Thanks!

[JetsIn06]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Great thread. Hopefully the recruiting class you hauled in from last year gives you the tools to turn the program around from it's slight slide backwards.

Any chance you'll sign up for the waiting list of the RFL online dynasty?

Sorry man. I already have too much on my plate right now

[JetsIn06]

With the final week of the 2009 college football season upon us, we've moved up to #23.

[damnMikeBrown]

I had a feeling about this class....just looked like you were reaching for the pretty girls in the pack, but w/o a wingman. . . At any rate, I like that you're getting some O-Line on the list. Thought that'd be a big potential weakness for you that you could get in front of with this class. Perhaps it is for the best.