The Bells Must Ring!: A Rutgers Scarlet Knights Dynasty

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Matchup Preview *|* October 24, 2013
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Houston Cougars (3-3 (2-0), 1-1 Away)		#9 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-0 (2-0), 3-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 21.0 Points Per Game 39.5 316.8 Total Offensive Yards 470.3 184.3 Passing Yards 256.0 132.5 Rushing Yards 214.3 Defensive Stats Comparison 17.7 Points Per Game 26.3 339.7 Total Yards Allowed 399.8 185.0 Passing Yards Allowed 334.2 154.7 Rushing Yards Allowed 65.7 -2 Turnover Differential 3 Injury Report LOLB George Bamfo | Broken Ribs 4 Weeks ROLB Kevin Snyder | Dislocated Elbow Doubtful LE Michael Thompson | Abdominal Tear Questionable Game Notes Rutgers comes in after a week off following their big victory at Louisville, and will need to keep it going against a Houston team that has struggled in their first season in the AAC. Rutgers has jumped from 19th to 9th in the nation, and all eyes are now on Gary Nova as he tries to lead Rutgers to a 7th straight victory. If he can play his game the Knights should be able to win this comfortably at home.

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Quote: Originally Posted by NewscasterNews4

Great game against Louisville and sorry for commiting to Michigan so early, lol.

These new sliders are really awesome. I have to play perfectly or else, and so far I've done a good job. It's okay...I mean I guess Michigan is cool. We're going to have to take you down once we move to the Big10 though.

[Icy4me]

You had some big time wins there! Hopefully Sanders will be smart and choose Rutgers, instead of Ole Miss...

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Quote: Originally Posted by Icy4me

You had some big time wins there! Hopefully Sanders will be smart and choose Rutgers, instead of Ole Miss...

If he picks us, he'd red shirt his freshman year, and most likely then be a 4 year starter. Sounds pretty good to me.

[NewNapkin]

I really hope both QB's don't select Rutgers :P

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Knights Ride Big Plays to Easy Victory
Defense does job as offense has big day

Quron Pratt started with the big plays, but his was not the only one

Houston Cougars at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Oct 26, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Cougars (3-3 (2-0))	3	7	0	13	23
#9 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-0 (2-0))	14	10	21	0	45

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	RUTG
Total Offense	295	499
Rushing Yards	55	186
Passing Yards	240	313
First Downs	14	15
Punt Return Yards	8	19
Kick Return Yards	108	104
Total Yards	411	622
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	3-10	7-11
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-2-0	3-2-0
Penalties	3-25	2-30
Posession Time	9:03	18:57

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	RUTG
3:09	(RUTG) Coleman 8 Yard Pass from Nova	0	7
1:54	(HOU) Leone 50 Yard Field Goal	3	7
1:19	(RUTG) Pratt 73 Yard Pass from Nova	3	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	RUTG
4:36	(RUTG) Federico 37 Yard Field Goal	3	17
2:31	(HOU) Ambles 5 Yard Pass from Piland	10	17
1:34	(RUTG) Carrezola 22 Yard Pass from Nova	10	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	RUTG
4:11	(RUTG) Coleman 42 Yard Pass from Nova	10	31
1:34	(RUTG) Burton 1 Yard Run	10	38
0:51	(RUTG) Huggins 57 Yard Run	10	45
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	RUTG
2:30	(HOU) Greenberry 3 Yard Pass from Piland	16	45
0:04	(HOU) Spencer 2 Yard Pass from Piland	23	45

Houston Cougars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT David Piland 20/35 240 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kenneth Farrow 9 28 3.1 0 David Piland 5 22 4.4 0 Ryan Jackson 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Deontay Greenberry 5 63 12.6 1 Kenneth Farrow 4 41 10.2 0 Marketh Ambles 4 40 10.0 1 Larry McDuffey 4 36 9.0 0 Daniel Spencer 3 60 20.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Steven Taylor 12 1 0 0 Zach McMillian 7 0 0 0 Efrem Oliphant 5 0 0 0 Colton Valencia 5 0 0 0 Turon Walker 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Richie Leone 1/1 2/3 5 50 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Richie Leone 5 247 49.4 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Ryan Jackson 3 68 22.6 0 Larry McDuffey 2 40 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Thomas Bates 1 8 8.0 0

Rutgers Scarlet Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Gary Nova 16/22 313 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Savon Huggins 25 173 6.9 1 Paul James 5 20 4.0 0 Gary Nova 4 2 0.5 0 Michael Burton 1 1 1.0 1 Chas Dodd 1 -10 -10.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandon Coleman 8 170 21.2 2 Quron Pratt 2 79 39.5 1 Paul Carrezola 2 39 19.5 1 Savon Huggins 2 7 3.5 0 Leonte Carroo 1 11 11.0 0 Michael Burton 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Kaleb Johnson 1 0 Antwan Lowery 1 0 Taj Alexander 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Davon Jacobs 6 0 0 0 Jamal Merrell 4 0 0 0 Jeremy Deering 4 0 0 0 Jamil Merrell 3 0 0 0 Darius Hamilton 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Kyle Federico 1/1 6/6 9 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Nick Marsh 1 40 40.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Leonte Carroo 3 104 34.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Leonte Carroo 2 19 9.5 0

Post Game Press Conference

Pretty easy victory today coach. What do you attribute that to?

Preparation. We went out there and executed the gameplan we had better than they executed theirs, and that was it.

You have jumped from outside the top 25 to in the top 10 pretty rapidly. If things shake out right, you could be a championship contender. Has the thought crossed your mind at all?

No. Right now we are focusing on what is in front of us. We have 5 games left, and anything can happen. We have some tough opponents, and we'll need to focus if we're going to win.

Coach, Gary Nova and Brandon Coleman have been a great combination all season. To what do you attribute that to?

They work hard, and spend a lot of time throwing the ball and working on things and it shows. They have some great chemistry, and we're really lucky to see that. Of course they get a lot of space with teams trying to shut down Savon [Huggins] so that doesn't hurt either.

Coach, do you think you'll still have a job here next season?

I hope so. I love it here, and we're building something special. I'm excited to come to work every day, and the kids are awesome.

Week 9

OS Recruiting Update

Danny Lynch has UMass pulling away
Rob Roy has Rutgers out front by 4000 points
Jeff Sanders puts Rutgers in the lead, and up by 600 points

Upsets

Northwestern 28 -#3 Iowa 17
Air Force 27 - #6 Notre Dame 0

American Athletic Conference Standings

American Athletic Conference Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 27, 2013
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
#5 Rutgers	7-0	1.000	3-0	282	181	W7
UConn	5-2	.710	3-0	171	143	W3
#16 Louisville	6-2	.750	3-1	284	144	W2
SMU	4-3	.570	2-1	188	189	W2
Concinnati	4-3	.570	2-1	200	173	L1
Houston	3-4	.420	2-1	149	151	L2
UCF	3-4	.420	1-2	188	165	L2
USF	3-4	.420	0-3	165	193	L3
Temple	2-6	.250	0-4	116	157	L4
Memphis	0-6	.000	0-3	91	194	L6

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Quote: Originally Posted by drmvp

I really hope both QB's don't select Rutgers :P

He'd have to have a scholarship offered to him first

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Quick Recruiting update.

Jesse Ralph is an 83 rated Gem

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Recruiting - 2013
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Jesse Ralph	P	HS	Atlantic City, NJ	6'4	208
Robert Melton	OLB	HS	Philadelphia, PA	6'4	234
Kevin Green	DT	HS	East Orange, NJ	6'4	292
Josh Maddox	MLB	HS	Asbury Park, NJ	6'3	252
Eric Jordan	ATH	HS	Perth Amboy, NJ	6'1	183