For those of you who do not keep up with college football there are two things to take note of:
1. It is half way through the season and the official BCS standings have been released
2. Rutgers is 6-0 and ranked #15!
Rutgers University's Football team has had its ups and downs throughout the past decade or so. I've been going to Rutgers games for as long as I can remember. I remember being at the games of complete disappointment during a 2-9 2001 season, but I was 11 and didn't know much about football.
Things were looking up for the Rutgers Football program with Brian Leonard and Ray Rice in charge of bringing the ball down to the end zone. Rutgers was invited to bowl games concluding the 2005, '06, '07, '08, '09, and '11 seasons- winning 5-1 of those games.
In 2010 Rutgers faced unexpected hardship when Eric LeGrand became paralyzed during the October 16th game against Army at the New Meadowlands stadium. The team won that game, but didn't win another one for the rest of the season.
The bELieve mantra was born to support Eric LeGrand. "bELieve" in the Rutgers Family means that we believe in Eric LeGrand. We believe that he will walk again and we believe in the strength and power of pulling together for our own in need.
Now, 2 years and a coaching change later, Rutgers is looking better than ever.
Coach Kyle Flood took over a program that Coach Greg Schiano re-built from the ground up. Flood has continued Schiano's philosophy and kept the team "CHOPPING"!
Rutgers has been able to get a number of top recruits who are shining through the armor. The team is certainly gelling together but there are moments of lapse in judgement causing the casual scratch of the head and making you want to shout: "What the hell is going on out there"!
The outlook and schedule is very favorable for Rutgers to be 9-0 heading into the Cincinnati game (on November 17th) with potential to be ranked in the top 10.
I am extremely excited to watch the rest of the season unfold, knowing that I won't be anything short of proud of my alma mater!
RU Rah Rah
RU Rah Rah
Woo Rah Woo Rah
Rutgers Rah
Upstream, Red Team
Red Team, Upstream
Rah Rah Rutgers Rah
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