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For O’Brien, Looking Beyond Vanderbilt
By Paul Myerberg // Feb 14, 2012
The door is still open for Danny O’Brien to transfer to Vanderbilt, but he’ll need to jump through a few hoops to make it happen. This process would lead with O’Brien taking his case to the N.C.A.A., such as several high-profile would-be transfers have done in the past. From there, he would need to convince the N.C.A.A. that Edsall is not working in good faith — that there is no viable reason for Maryland to prevent a former player from transferring to a school that plays in another conference and has no historical or regional rivalry with the Terrapins. It shouldn’t be that hard to prove: Edsall can cite every reason he’d like, but the N.C.A.A. should eventually see that his decision to limit O’Brien’s transfer choices holds as much water as the idea that Vanderbilt is circling Maryland’s wagons.
Tags: B.J. Daniels, Bill O'Brien, Chas Dodd, Danny O'Brien, James Franklin, MAC, Maryland, Matt McGloin, Penn State, Randy Edsall, Rutgers, Skip Holtz, South Florida, Vanderbilt
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The Year in Review: Rutgers (9-4, 4-3)
By Paul Myerberg // Feb 4, 2012
It’s only one test, but Kyle Flood’s off to a good start. Rutgers missed on quarterback Devin Fuller, a local product who opted for U.C.L.A., not the Scarlet Knights, at his announcement ceremony on the Sunday before national signing day. But Fuller’s decision came during the program’s interregnum between Greg Schiano’s departure and Flood’s promotion from within the staff; the Scarlet Knights had no head coach from Friday morning through Tuesday afternoon, though Flood was temporarily installed on an interim basis. Flood’s job, once the interim tag was removed from his title — which came after Mario Cristobal’s deal fell through — was to wrap up on the strongest recruiting classes in school history. So far, so good.
Tags: Darius Hamilton, Duron Harmon, Greg Schiano, Khaseem Greene, Kyle Flood, Leonte Carroo, Mohamed Sanu, Quanzell Lambert, Rutgers, Steve Beauharnais
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Kyle Flood Lands a Promotion at Rutgers
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 31, 2012
Kyle Flood’s coaching career can be summed up in three words: Gardi, Keeler and Schiano. Those are names, actually, with Gardi the former coach at Hofstra, Keeler the current coach at Delaware and Schiano, of course, the head coach at Rutgers from 2001 through last Friday. His connection with each coach spans back to 1997, when he joined Gardi as Hofstra’s offensive line coach, but Flood’s coaching career spans back to 1993, when months after graduating from Iona he took a position coaching both lines at St. Francis Prep in Lafayette, N.J. — Flood’s alma mater, as well as a school famous for producing Vince Lombardi, among other notables.
Tags: Greg Schiano, K.C. Keeler, Kyle Flood, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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Unexpectedly, Cristobal Isn’t Rutgers-Bound
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 30, 2012
How is it possible that two sides so clearly destined for each other couldn’t hold hands and cross the threshold? It wasn’t about the relationship: Rutgers knew Mario Cristobal and Cristobal knew Rutgers, thanks to his three-year stint as a Greg Schiano assistant. It wasn’t about ability: Cristobal can coach, as he proved over five years at Florida International, and replacing Schiano at Rutgers would clearly mark a step up the coaching ladder. It wasn’t about a better option on the horizon — for Rutgers, at least: If not Cristobal, the Scarlet Knights would turn their sights inward toward interim head coach Kyle Flood. No, it wasn’t about relationships, it wasn’t about ability and it wasn’t about a better option. So what prevented Rutgers and Cristobal from walking down the aisle?
Tags: Florida International, Greg Schiano, Kyle Flood, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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The Official End of an Era in the Big East
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 26, 2012
Miami (Fla.) and Virginia Tech left for the A.C.C. in 2004, followed a year later by Boston College. Rutgers broke through in 2006, bolting out of the gate with nine straight wins and rising as high as No. 7 in The Associated Press poll before splitting its last four games to finish 11-2. Coincidence? Not quite. Perhaps no program – and no coach, Greg Schiano – benefitted more from that trio’s bolt to greener pastures, one that created a power vacuum atop the Big East. Rutgers, along with West Virginia and Cincinnati, helped fill that gap. But the Scarlet Knights never got over the hump, instead making brief bursts towards B.C.S. play before ceding Big East supremacy to other more solidly-built conference rivals.
Tags: Big East, Greg Schiano, Mario Cristobal, Rutgers
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B.C., Rutgers, U.F. Represented in Indy
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 24, 2012
Super Bowl week is upon us — or Super Bowl weeks, rather. Little drums up apathy quite like the two weeks between conference championship weekend and Super Bowl Sunday, but I digress. A week in Indianapolis is enough, right? This year’s Super Bowl, as you may know, pits the Giants and Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII — 42, in layman’s terms. One thing that always interests me heading into every Super Bowl, outside of the game itself, is looking how each roster is built: whether through free agency or the draft, with early picks or late-round steals, with a high-powered offense or stingy defense. Also, where did the players, the 106-plus guys getting ready for the Super Bowl, go to college?
Tags: Boston College, Florida, Rutgers, Tennessee, Texas
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P.S.R. 1-120: Week 13 Re-Ranking
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 22, 2011
With the weekend in the books, here’s a look at how the country ranks — using the original rankings as the starting point, with the season’s results as rationale for any movement. The top 25 teams land a one-sentence breakdown. The rest? Not so much. Part of the perks of being one of the best. Think your team is too low? Feel another team deserves more credit, less credit? Let’s hear it below. It’s a delicate ranking process, but with mere weeks left in the regular season, things are growing clearer.
Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Boise State, Houston, L.S.U., Louisiana Tech, N.C. State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Rutgers, Southern Mississippi, Stanford, Texas, U.S.C., Virginia Tech, Washington
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As if Picking the Teams Isn’t Hard Enough
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 2, 2011
I’ve never tried my hand at projecting the entire F.B.S. bowl slate; I have enough trouble with the five B.C.S. games, in my mind. But it’s worth a shot for one week, even if I mess up the various tie-ins, conference affiliations and so forth. Not to mention choose teams that end up staying home during bowl play. Well, here goes. Remember: those numbers signifying which team slots where in its conference are very arbitrary — to a point. The No. 7 team isn’t vaulting the No. 3 team, but No. 6 could be No. 4, No. 5 could be No. 7 and so on. And not every conference can meet its allotted bowl tie-ins; in that case, a substitute team is selected.
Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Auburn, B.Y.U., Baylor, Boise State, California, Cincinnati, Clemson, East Carolina, Florida, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Houston, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas State, L.S.U., Louisiana-Lafayette, Miami (Fla.), Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, S.M.U., San Diego State, South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Mississippi, Stanford, Syracuse, T.C.U., Temple, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Toledo, Tulsa, U.C.F., U.C.L.A., Utah, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington, West Virginia, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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