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'Catch-22' of Rutgers football: Trying to rebuild in scary Big Ten
Jonathan Taylor is a freshman running back who could make an immediate impact in the Big Ten. The Salem, N.J., native might even replace another New Jersey product in the...
As if it couldn't get worse for Rutgers football program
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NCAA has informed Rutgers that an 18-month investigation into the department of athletics has found seven potential violations. The NCAA issued a notice of allegations...
Deplorable college sports actions only condemned when losses pile up
We all have them, certain unanticipated moments that grab, stick, then, for better or worse, are always back there, ready to tap you on the shoulder or slap you in the...
Rutgers offers Schiano after firing football coach, bumbling AD
After a losing season and a maelstrom of off-field issues, Rutgers fired both football coach Kyle Flood and athletic director Julie Hermann on Sunday. Rutgers University president Robert Barchi confirmed...
Suspended Rutgers coach reinstates suspended Rutgers star
A day after Leonte Carroo got a victory in court, he got his return to football. The Rutgers star senior wide receiver was reinstated from an indefinite suspension Wednesday by coach Kyle Flood, a...
Rutgers — without Kyle Flood — demolished by Penn State
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Saquon Barkley ran for 195 yards and two touchdowns and Penn State beat Rutgers 28-3 on Saturday night in State College Pa. in the Scarlet Knights’...
Rutgers apologists, like Chris Christie, try to downplay arrests
You could see this one coming miles down the road, a Big Ten miles away. What’s going on at Rutgers is what has been going on in only-game-in-town college football...
Rutgers coach banned 3 games for bullying professor
The hammer finally fell on Kyle Flood. The Rutgers football coach has been suspended three games and fined $50,000 after a university investigation into allegations of rules violations found him...
Rutgers rips Norfolk State after dismissing 5 arrested players
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — For a couple of hours, Kyle Flood and Rutgers were able to get away from the distractions of an academic investigation involving the coach and the dismissal...
Kyle Flood under fire after 5 arrests rock Rutgers program
PISCATAWAY — Another day, another drama for Rutgers, the latest Thursday’s arrest of five football players at team headquarters, on the eve of Saturday’s noon opener against Norfolk State. Now,...
Rutgers football in shambles as five arrested for brawl, break-ins
Two days before Rutgers is scheduled to open its season, the reeling program suffered its latest embarrassment, suspending five football players indefinitely after they were arrested Thursday for their alleged...
Rutgers coach on emotional loss of legend he calls 'second father’
Kyle Flood has come a long way, from a Queens kid who didn’t play a down of football entering high school to the head coach at Rutgers in one of...
Rutgers' Flood: We're not looking past Tulane
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With a four-game test of Michigan, Ohio State, Nebraska and Wisconsin looming on the horizon, Rutgers’ game against non-Power 5 doormat Tulane on Saturday (noon, ESPNews) looks...
Why beating Penn State would change 'Rutgers football forever'
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — When the Big Ten invited Rutgers into its league, it was for capturing the New York market and sparking electric atmospheres like the one expected Saturday. When...
Rutgers' vow: We won't look past Howard to Penn State
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rarely does a team coming off a rare losing season have to fight to keep from looking past its home opener. But rarely does a team have...
Rutgers dismisses QB charged in brutal assault
Philip Nelson’s disastrous stint in the Rutgers football program is over. The quarterback – who transferred from Minnesota in January – was dismissed from the program Tuesday following his weekend arrest...
Rutgers assistant football coach cleared in bullying case
TRENTON, N.J. — A law firm's investigation has determined that a former assistant football coach for Rutgers did not bully a former player and there was no retaliation against the...
Rutgers ousts defensive coordinator accused of bullying
Dave Cohen, the Rutgers defensive coordinator accused of bullying and verbally abusing a player, was fired effective immediately from his position along with two other assistant coaches, head coach Kyle...