Rutgers Football: You See 47-15? I See 7-6.

Okay, first of all, no.  I am not trying to manipulate statistics or conjure up a string of “what-ifs” or alternate scenarios that would have resulted in a final score of 7-6. Rutgers lost to Cincinnati—flat out—and the score is an accurate representation of what transpired on the two-shades-of-green field turf in Piscataway this past Monday. It really was a 47-15 loss. In fact, they way Tony Pike and his army of ninjas-posing-as-student-athletes tore apart the Rutgers defense, I’m almost surprised the Bearcats didn’t go all “Rutgers vs. Louisville 2008” style on the Scarlet Knights.  (Remember, that was Rutgers’ final home game last year—a game in which Mike Teel threw for 447 yards and six touchdowns on 21 of 26 passing en route to a 63-14 massacre of the Cardinals). Almost effortlessly, Cincinnati’s receiving corps seemed to disappear from Rutgers would-be tacklers as fast as they appeared, so maybe the “ninjas” analogy is too generous.  Maybe I’d be better off saying the R...