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25 years ago, a game was canceled; tonight they play & honor that time
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning as I drove up the Parkway to my job as a vice principal at Livingston High School. As I got up around exit 135 I could look to the east, and I saw them so clearly against the blue sky. That day, we were conducting class meetings, some in […]
Amanda Thornton Ends Oregon’s Unbeaten Streak in a 1-0 Win
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon had gone an entire season without conceding a goal in the run of play. Rutgers needed four minutes and eleven seconds of the second half. Amanda Thornton scored from the middle of the box off her right foot at 49:11, and that was the match. Rutgers beat Oregon 1-0 on Thursday […]
Volleyball Sweeps Stony Brook and Finally Looks Like One Team
Seven matches in, Rutgers still had not answered the only question worth asking about it: which team is this? The one that swept Arkansas on Sept. 1 for the program’s first win over an SEC opponent since 2001, then came home Tuesday and out-hit LIU .288 to .066 in a match that stopped being competitive […]
The Athletic Drops Rutgers 57 Spots in Power Rankings After UMass Loss, Lowest Ranking for a Power Four Team in 10 Years
Over the past few days, several national college football publications and websites have released power ranking lists for all 138 FBS college football teams following Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2026 college football season. None of these sites have been particularly kind to Rutgers following their season-opening 37-21 loss to UMass, with almost […]
Rutgers Football Week 2 vs. Boston College: Series History & More
Rutgers will look to turn thing around on the road against a former Big East foe. The Scarlet Knights will head to Chestnut Hill to take on the Eagles in the Red Bandana Game on Friday night. This will be the 29th meeting between these two teams in a matchup that dates back to 1919. […]
Greg Schiano Uses Latest Cliche To Address “Embarrassing” Loss vs. UMass
It has now been six days since Rutgers turned in one of the worst performances in recent memory on its home field against a team that went winless last season. Head coach Greg Schiano met the media for the first time since the loss to UMass and acknowledged the performance, which he called “embarrassing.” If […]
What does Surace Need to do Against Boston College to Keep Starting Role?
Due to an injury that Dylan Lonergan sustained late in Rutgers’ season opening lost to UMass, backup AJ Surace will be the team’s starter this week against Boston College. In the off-season, Surace lost the quarterback battle to Lonergan in practice. While everyone wishes Lonergan a speedy recovery from his injury, it does provide Surace […]
Rutgers Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell Shares Cancer Diagnosis Following Successful Surgery
Rutgers Men’s Basketball coach Steve Pikiell announced that he is being treated for cancer following a successful surgery this summer in a letter to fans on Wednesday. Pikiell underwent surgery to remove the cancer. The next step will be undergoing chemotherapy over the next six months. The type of cancer was not shared in the […]
Rutgers Wins The Home Opener 3-1 Over LIU But Still Cannot Explain Set Two
Six matches in, Rutgers has played like two different teams wearing the same jersey. One of them swept Arkansas on Sept. 1 for the program’s first win over an SEC opponent since 2001. The other one turned up in Nashville twenty-four hours later, hit .242 against Vanderbilt’s .245, and lost in four sets anyway because […]
Greg Schiano Announces AJ Surace Will Start vs. Boston College
AJ Surace will officially make the first start of his career on Friday night. On Tuesday, head coach Greg Schiano announced that Surace will start vs. Boston College. Multiple outlets have reported the quarterback change. Dylan Lonergan started in the season-opening loss on Thursday night against UMass. He was removed in the second half due […]
Who watched B1G football in week 1….and week zero?
B1G stadiums are big….were they full? Fans can be a fickle lot. And they are different, depending on where you are. Can you imagine Nebraska not selling out? Can you imagine Rutgers always selling out? There are always reasons for people to not attend a game.. it’s just that in some places you’re ostracized if […]
Rutgers Football Unveils 9/11 Tribute Uniforms Ahead of Boston College Game
Rutgers football will honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, with a special uniform combination when it takes the field against Boston College on the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The Scarlet Knights unveiled the uniforms Monday ahead of Friday night’s matchup at Alumni Stadium, featuring a predominantly scarlet look with “NEVER FORGET” displayed […]
Rutgers Forwards Don’t Register a Shot on Target in 1-0 Loss to No. 21 UC Santa Barbara
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers put four shots on goal Monday night. Two came from a fullback, one from a center back and one from a central midfielder. No Rutgers forward hit the target, and only one of them took a shot at all. Kaden Standish scored in the 70th minute and No. 21 UC Santa […]
OTB Staff Predicts Rutgers 2026 Football Record; Revisited after UMass Loss
The Rutgers vs UMass disaster was one few could predict, especially the Rutgers fans who write for this site. We all learned a lot about, more than we cared to know, who our team was in that game. With that in mind, we thought it appropriate to adjust our record predictions from two weeks ago […]
Rutgers vs Boston College Preview: Can the Knights Bounce Back After Ugly Season Opener?
New week, new opponent, turn the page. That is the mentality that Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights must have this week after a disastrous season-opening 37-21 loss to UMass. Turning the page after an embarrassing loss like that is no easy feat; add in the fact that they now have to go on the […]
This Week in Field Hockey: Rutgers Loses the Same Game It Wins
No. 20 Rutgers took seven shots against No. 5 Virginia on Friday and lost 2-1. It took 20 against No. 12 Syracuse on Sunday, spent most of the fourth quarter short-handed, equalized anyway and won 2-1 in a shootout. Same eleven names on the card both days, same margin both days, opposite results. The Scarlet […]
A Star is Born As Lilia Calvert Sinks Princeton With Two Goals in a 4-2 Win for Women’s Soccer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Remember the name Lilia Calvert, she’s made her arrival, and she’s not going anywhere. Rutgers beat Princeton 4-2 on Sunday at Yurcak Field, and the freshman who gave away the penalty that let the Tigers back into the match in the first half scored twice in four minutes to end it in […]
So, where do all those All Americans come from?
It’s my own fault that I’m looking this up! Well, Thursday evening was fun, wasn’t it? And, now that football season is over in Piscataway, we can look at other football related matters. A little while back, we dropped a post about Rutgers rosters from some different time periods, exploring where the RU players came […]
Cross Country Opens With a Sweep at the Lehigh Invitational
Gavin Rossi and Micah Lawson finished three-tenths of a second apart on the Goodman Campus course Friday night, and the absence of a gap between them is the reason Rutgers is bringing a trophy home from Bethlehem. The Scarlet Knights beat Saint Joseph’s 35-36 in the men’s 6,000 meters, one point, the narrowest margin cross […]
Rutgers Women’s Basketball Adds First Commitment of 2027 Class
Rutgers women’s basketball has received its first commit of the 2027 class, as Emily Forrester, a 6-foot-3 forward out of Saint James Academy High School in Virginia, has decided to commit to the Scarlet Knights. The announcement came via her social media account Friday afternoon. Forrester stands at 6-foot-3, and committed to the program after […]
Arnav’s Analysis: Rutgers’ Loss to UMass Was The Worst in Program History
The Scarlet Knights entered Thursday night with plenty of optimism surrounding the 2026 season. A new year meant a fresh opportunity to establish themselves in the Big Ten and build on the progress the program has made during the Schiano 2.0 era. Even the most pessimistic fans might have thought the team might implode and […]
Seton Hall Wins a Slugfust 1-0 Against Men’s Soccer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers took 14 shots at Devin Armstrong on Friday night and put six of them on frame. Armstrong saved all six. Til Kauschke’s penalty in the 48th minute was the only goal Seton Hall needed, and the Pirates left Yurcak Field with a 1-0 win in front of 594 in the second […]
Rutgers Basketball Adds First Commit of 2027 Class in 4 Star Shooting Guard RJ Moore
Rutgers basketball has landed its first commit of the 2027 class: shooting guard RJ Moore, who has committed to play for the Scarlet Knights, according to 247Sports, which ranks him as a 4 Star recruit, along with Rivals. Moore, who hails from Huntersville, South Carolina, and plays his high school ball at Ambassador Christian School, stands at […]
Women’s Basketball Adds Sisi Eleko as a Late Transfer Due to Court Ruling
Sisi Eleko was finished. She had played four college seasons, two at Canisius and two at Eastern Michigan, and she closed the last one leading the Mid-American Conference in rebounding and sitting third among active Division I players in career double-doubles. In any ordinary year that is a resume you take to a potential professional […]
Greg Schiano “Believes” In Team After Blowout Loss. But Why?
Ed Henry got beat in the state championship game on one of the wildest trick plays you will ever see — fake 23 blast with a backside George reverse. As Coach Boone and Coach Yoast are celebrating on the sideline, Henry had just one thing to say: “Well that’s it boys. That’s it. Good season.” […]
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