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Greg Schiano Says He "Never Even Thought About Leaving Rutgers" Until He Did

Sports Radio Interviews — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:35:00 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the new Bucs coach says it just felt right. More »

By Bolting For The Tampa Bay Bucs, Greg Schiano Is Fulfilling Rutgers's Football Dreams

Dom Cosentino — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:55:14 EST

Adam Schefter is reporting that Greg Schiano and the Buccaneers have reached terms on a five-year deal that makes Schiano Tampa Bay's next head coach. But by leaving Rutgers in the lurch with National Signing Day for football recruits coming next week, Rutgers will be right where it always wanted to be. More »

"The Teacher Tells Me When A Girls Squirts That's Not A Organism": Top Recruit's Twitter Gets Him Expelled

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Yuri Wright, the seventh-best cornerback in the country according to Rivals.com, is finding his options curtailed. Michigan has reportedly dropped its pursuit, and Rutgers is reconsidering a campus visit. Oh, and he got kicked out of high school, so he needs to find somewhere to finish his senior year. More »

There's A Late Entry To The List Of 2011's Most Gruesome Injuries

Timothy Burke — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:04:18 EST

Rutgers kept their improbable bowl win streak alive (it's up to five now) with a 27-13 victory over Iowa State, but it came with a cost: the right leg of linebacker Khaseem Greene, Big East co-Defensive Player of the Year. Greene announced this week he plans to return for his senior season next year; it'll take some luck for him to return to the football field, period. [ESPN] More »

Eric LeGrand Is Learning To Walk And Getting The Cover Of Sports Illustrated

Sports Radio Interviews — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:45:46 EST

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Please Welcome Eric LeGrand To The Ranks Of The Sports Media

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:15:20 EDT

Paralysis for an athlete is horrible. (It's horrible for everyone. It's probably the worst thing that can happen to a human body. I'm terrified of what I consider a fate worse than death. Consider this post a living will: if I'm paralyzed, just end it for me.) But it's especially cruel for an athlete, and not only in a Housman sort of way. An athlete playing FBS ball presumably wants to spend his life in sports in some form or another—if not playing pro, then coaching somewhere. But a spinal injury like the one that felled Eric LeGrand is the one freak occurrence that instantly makes being a part of the sports world almost impossible. More »

Rutgers Coach A Lot Less Bitter And Ranty Than We Would Be

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:00:00 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Mike Rice takes the high road after being hosed. More »

Watch Rutgers Get Absolutely Screwed By The Refs (Updated)

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:05:00 EST

In the Big East tournament, Rutgers was just victimized by a historically bad no-call (that immediately followed up two fairly egregious no-calls against them). Trying to run the clock out, the St. John's player traveled, stepped out of the bounds, and chucked the ball into the seats with nearly two seconds left. No whistle. Game over. More »

The Rutgers-USF Women's Basketball Game Ended With A Scuffle And Two Middle Fingers Last Night

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:25:00 EST

With under a minute to play and her team up five against USF last night, Rutgers forward Chelsey Lee rebounded a missed shot and was promptly fouled — spiritedly — by Bulls center Porche Grant. The 6'2" senior kept advancing, and eventually got thrown out of the game with a flagrant technical foul. Her two salutes to the home crowd on her way out the door evidently shocked the hell out of the Scarlet Knight cheerleaders. Rutgers went on to win, 52-46. More »

Rutgers Basketball Coach Fired For Heckling Baseball Players?

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:10:34 EDT

Word out of New Jersey is that Rutgers basketball coach Fred Hill is about to be fired—not for being a terrible coach, but for yelling at the opposing team at a Rutgers baseball game. More »

Don't Celebrate Just Yet: Brilliant Strategy Tainted Win, Says Football Genius

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:30:00 EST

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Rutgers Basketball Is Frying Up A "Steak Of Turmoil"

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:50:41 EST

Former Scarlet Knight J.R. Inman played three years for Rutgers coach Fred Hill, but recently published a long Facebook diatribe where he advocated a strong pro-"punching Fred Hill in the face" stance. Why so much hate? More »

Mini Bon Jovi A Hit At—Where Else—Rutgers

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:30:00 EDT

Twelve-year-old Nicholas Sasso, better known as Little Jovi, has become a scoreboard staple at Scarlet Knight games. Stereotypes are the best when they're accurate. More »

The PapaJohns.com Bowl Doesn't Deliver To New Jersey

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:15:04 EST

Rutgers University lost $184,000 by traveling to—and winning—the PapaJohns.com Bowl. But I'm sure the marching band had a lovely time in Birmingham. [Star-Ledger, via Bob's Blitz] More »

The Worst Bowl Game In The World

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:15:00 EST

As you're reading this, North Carolina State and Rutgers are playing at what has to be the absolute lowest level of collegiate football— a website-sponsored bowl game in Birmingham, Alabama, on a Monday afternoon. More »

Well, At Least Their Fans Took It Well

Rick Chandler — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:15:45 EDT

It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when the game turned against Rutgers on Thursday ... no wait, here it is. Perhaps ESPN's decision to scan the crowd following Mike Teel's badly-thrown interception was not wise. But this is why we love live TV. If you'd like to savor the moment in video, it follows the jump. More »

Witness The Pagentry Of The International Bowl

Leitch — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:00:51 EST

It can't be easy to promote the International Bowl in Toronto. It's Rutgers vs. Ball State, smack in the middle of a bunch of bowls that actually, you know, matter. (Well, kind of.) How do you sell it? How do you make people want to watch? More »

It might be fun to watch two Rutgers employees...

Leitch — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:30:28 EDT

It might be fun to watch two Rutgers employees fight each other. [ESPN] More »

Gauging Your Women's Sports Interest

Leitch — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:45:51 EDT

If you're not adequately impressed by the countdown clock ESPN's giving us for the Rutgers-Tennessee women's national championship game tonight — here's something weird; in women's hoops, they have the professional draft the day after the national title game — then here's a sporting event that's probably more to your taste: Women's Thai prison boxing. More »

Goodnight, Sweet Knights

Leitch — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:00:38 EST

Before anyone becomes too caught up in the Who Will Ohio State Play In The BCS Title Game? talk, let's take a moment to lament the end of college football's best storyline, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who laid an egg against Cincinnati, losing 30-11 and ending any (probably fanciful anyway) dreams of an undefeated season at a title game appearance. We know we should be relieved that Rutgers lost — considering a BCS matchup with Ohio State would have, by all appearances, been rather gruesome — but we're just bummed that our Northwestern fun has been ruined. For a disinterested observer, it's tough to find a huge rooting interest in any of the teams that are left. Arkansas, maybe? More »

Any Room At The Inn For Rutgers?

Leitch — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:00:42 EST

The new BCS Standings are out, and it's a happy day for those of us who realize that Rutgers is the only huge story left — outside of Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan game, that is — that's really worth firing one's self up about. The Scarlet Knights are No. 6 in the new BCS poll, which is actually higher than they are in the human polls. The reason? They're ranked No. 2 by the computers, which, frankly, makes no sense to us, but we're not arguing. More »

Cultural Oddsmaker: Wild Night At Rutgers

Leitch — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:15:19 EST

AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think. More »

The View From Inside Rutgers Stadium

Leitch — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:00:20 EST

As we continue to sift through the empty cans next to the Vince Lombardi Memorial Rest Stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, we again salute the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for their historic and jaw-dropping 28-25 win over Louisville last evening. The video above — amazingly, posted within two hours after the game — shows the stands-eye view of both kicks from Jeremy Ito, the latter of which secured the win. More »

Time To Go Nuts In Jersey

Leitch — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:59:31 EST

Every school, theoretically speaking, should have that moment when everything is perfect and right, one of those nights where all students begin a four-day orgy of drinking, unbridled celebration and Italian sandwiches. Tonight is that night for Rutgers, which is now one of the four undefeated teams in college football and, if they can keep winning, could have a legitimate claim at playing in the national championship game. Rutgers. Yep. More »

Louisville. Rutgers. For ALL THE MARBLES.

Leitch — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:45:25 EST

We are truly living in a blessed age when the most important college football game of the week, one of the most important of the season, not only involves Louisville, not only is being played on a Thursday night ... but actually is being hosted by Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights, before tonight, have never played a ranked team while being ranked themselves. And they're picking a helluva way to start it off. More »

Fortunately, It Was To A National Powerhouse Like Rutgers

Leitch — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:00:58 EDT

The last time we were able to watch our beloved alma mater play in the New York City metropolitian area, it was the Coaches Vs. Cancer Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Illini lost by 20 to Providence and Ryan Gomes. We thought it couldn't get any worse. More »

Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big East

Rick Chandler — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:30:06 EDT

We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and present four things you didn't know about each major conference. If you have a little-known fact about your team or conference, strap it to a freshman, point him in our direction and whack him on the ass. Or, mail to tips@deadspin.com. Today: The Big East. More »