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David, Monangai ran through plenty of defenders in Big 10 play last year, didn't he?

Wow. Always learn so much and appreciate David Anderson

RU will ultimately hire an AD. But I see this playing out on a elongated timeline especially if Holloway exits in 2025. You say that the Holloway and the BOG supports athletics. I think that to be true. But still no Jersey Mike's arena renovation. Still no Athletics Master Plan. Baseball had to go off campus to plug into decent playing facilities. The Rutgers AD job comes with tremendous opportunities but massive challenges. The biggest challenge is not so much that Athletics is in the red. It's that the University is in the red and state funding has flatlined. It's likely a key component of Holloway not looking to renew. Final point. You mentioned Wildstein and his publication the Globe. He published a New Jersey Power 100 list. Note that there is no one from Rutgers on that list. It's just one data point. But it actually tells us a lot!

Aaron: thank you as always. Enjoy your and David’s work. Upstream 🛡️⚔️🎓

My biggest X factor this yr and if upwards trajectory continues will be a vital part of our offense is fletcher. 2 scores in 2 games but more so the little things that dont get noticed. Fantastic seal block that sprung kyle for a huge gain. A TE threat is a fun wrinkle rutgers offenses havent normally had

Thank you, David. I thought your comments on Ian Strong were spot on. Has to get better, like come back to the ball, hold on to everything you can. Because Duff will pass you by if you don't improve.

Great video@

What is David Anderson's connection to Rutgers??

Sounds like a happy coach...WHAT A REBOUND! UPSTREAM RED TEAM STEVE

Interesting that having used a search $$$ to find Hobbs that the potential top 2 runner ups aren't being mentioned ? Perhaps one may have gained exp and has a firmer moral compass!! Go Knights ⚔️🛡️⚔️🛡️🪓

What's wild is that Monangai has only played about 5-6 full quarters and is still one of the leading rushers in the nation.

Appreciate it Aaron! Very grateful for your guiding us along on the ongoing Rutgers sports journey! I always look forward to your updates 👍🏻

I honestly think Rutgers might win big over VT

The Hokies weren't all that last weekend. We'll have to clamp down on Drones, but if Rutgers' O can continue to function efficiently,, we can limit his opportunities. We'll be rested and healthier. We should win.

Nice work as always Aaron! Flip Dixon did get the start and had a couple tackles, and Fonseca did say Powell looked to be moving well in pregame drills. Hopefully they continue recovery into VA Tech!

Let's Go RU!!! ❤

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I wouldn’t say USC has far superior athletes than Rutgers. That’s an insult. RU 12-0.

"Dremel has been obsolete this year" ????????? What are you talking about? He has been injured and has not played from the line of scrimmage. Just caught a few punts so be a little more accurate.

Wish we could get Tim Pernetti back....that whole deal he got swept up in was a tragedy!😢

Oregon doesn't look great. Nor does Michigan. But you're right, Notre Dame lost to N. Illinois. I think Maryland and USC pose the most problems. By the way Gavin Wimsatt looked not just awful, but woefully awful.

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Hey Aaron did you even watch the VATech game ? OR the Bama game ? Because they both struggled to win the game especially Bama ...And Marshall coupd have won against VaTech im just saying... The only thing im concern with when it comes to RU vs Vatech is the middle of the dline other than that I think Rutgers win at Vatech ..and i also think Rutgers will come out motivated and put the game away early just a hunch of a feeling

if you dont want the Gavin supporters to bring smoke then stop dropping his name. you act like he never threw a deep pass. STOP IT, it sounds personal. Mantis had a good 2nd half but it was Akron. Im not gonna dis him like you all Dissed GW. We'll get a better look at Mantis from here on. Kyle is elite, hope Schiano doesnt get him hurt. Sam Brown is done.

My brother finally got a workout with the cannon, Keep scoring.

Virgina Tech has looked extremely beatable

Truly very worried about the DLine. There are tons of effort needed as an infusion to see some serious improvement. Love the OLine what a difference a great coach and players willing to significantly improve has been demonstrated. Watching all the other conferences games.

Is this the earliest we’ve had a bye week? Seems weird.

2 weeks to talk about injuries status and Virginia Tech....quick vacation 😅

Enough in these first two games for both the Rutgers optimist and the pessimist. Optimist: As always Monangai, a glimmer of a passing game, some improvement on the O-line. Pessimist: Defense inconsistencies (yes, some key guys hurt, but concerns on depth). Overall, showing improvement from last year and I couldn't be happier about Michigan and Notre Dame!

After Howard I feel good about the offense and if they repeat that vanilla game plan I don't have a problem with ith it. Now they need to show they can progress from last year's Achilles heal of limited sacks, handling a mobile quarterback and overall being better against the run.

This is going to cost RU a boatload of money to resolve.

Rain helps less talented team. Rutgers 20 - 10 . I doubt Schiano will play any of the returning from injury players in rain.

i wanna see if Mantis can handle the smoke. Gavin wasnt accurate but he wasnt afraid of the smoke. Curt wanted his Man, so we'll see what happens. Ajani doesnt get love from Curt either.

I disagree with your prediction that our play calling will be "vanilla." I think coach will open it up a bit. Just watch, there will be some exciting play calling. It's definitely time for Aaron Lewis to show out and get multiple sacks tomorrow!

I want to see Flip, Powell and Bailey with a couple of long throws to Miller

Aaron, for me an equally large issue is the Rutgers cover-up and insistence that this was a health-related resignation. This is like a child-like level of crisis management. Holloway needs to be way better here.

Its going to rain in Piscataway Sat afternoon. A run-first offense like Rutgers' should be able to function well in weather, you'd think?

Would be promising f Aaron Lewis gets to the QB before he throws the ball and actually gets some sacks rather than 15 yard penalty for late hit. We need to get a pass rush from our front 4. If we can't get it against Howard and Akron, how are we going to get it against Big Ten talent.

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You are not ultimately judged on the successes of only the “good” accomplishments you have achieved. Your moral compass is not selective or segmented but a holistic one. I for one would not cast a stone at Hobbs. Just let it go.

Ironically, Hobbs was brought in (in the wake of Mike Rice) for ethics.

What happened with Hobbs is a personal failure and given just that, I would think the University could shake it off pretty quick and easily. But, the second piece to this story is whether the gymnastic student athlete complaints were suppressed or minimized as part of the first piece of the story is a whole other thing. And if those students decide to bring suit, this will get worse than it is now before it gets better.

We need a solid businessman for AD since college sports is big business.

Araron the Rutgers ad job is as much a political job as it is administrative job. Tim Pernetti did a great job pat from a sports growth perspective did a great job. Its sad when human weakness gets in the way we are all not perfect

The gymnastics program seems to be a total mess, poorly coached and abusively run. So if Hobbs had anything "to do" with that program , then that will be his downfall. But your point, that Rutgers has been historically filled with scandal, I think you are very narrowly speaking. For example, Michigan State head football coach's recent affair, Michigan sign stealing, and Harbaugh being suspended twice in same season. Their basketball coach slapping an opposing coach in the handshake line and then wanting to fight the strength and conditioning coach. And that's just in 1 year. Believe me, Rutgers "issues" pale in comparison to ALL of these other programs. Gymnastics needs to be cleared up and If Hobbs was involved in the cover up, then he should have been fired. All will come out shortly.

That was a really terrific commentary. I of course was way wrong in my post about what was really behind the resignation. Absent scandal, I thought this was a financial issue. While that looks to be unrelated, you actually picked up on several topics that I believe are financial in nature. Specifically, the NIL quote by Hobbs and the Jersey Mike's improvements. Both seem to have a common denominator in my view: RU's lack of money and lack of incremental bonding capacity. A decade into the B1G and RU is playing basketball in too small of arena. Hobbs gave himself away about a year or so ago in another interview on one of the Rutgers sites where he defended the arena size by comparing it to Northwestern. But Northwestern is a private, elite and national university. Northwestern is not the State U of Illinois. Beyond Hobbs, it all poses a key question: how does RU run a B1G Athletics Program with no money. And while BIG revenue share continues to be robust, RU has equally robust costs. There is no incremental dollars, absent grants and private giving to float bonds. That is why Jersey Mike's has been stuck in the design phase for close to 4 years and why the so-called Athletics Master Plan never has seen the light of day!

At least it was a consensual affair for Hobbs... I guess that's the only positive.

I follow Rutgers athletics. I didn't even know there still was a gymnastics program. With the new hockey facility being built in East Brunswick. Rutgers should add women's ice hockey and drop gymnastics . Partner w devils on development. U of Delaware just did this w Flyers. 2) the affair is wrong and he should be gone. But there are thousands of inappropriate affairs in Univeraitiea across the country. 3) a new athletic director should be found ASAP.