RUTGERS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Rutgers Football: 3-star corner Kam Lott commits to Scarlet Knights

Rutgers received its 11th commitment for the recruiting class of 2014 Thursday morning when cornerback Kam Lott of First Coast High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) pledged to coach Kyle Flood. Lott chose the Scarlet Knights over South Florida, Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa State. “(I like) the tradition at Rutgers, how they put people in the draft every year and it’s increasing...
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6 hours ago  |  Discuss

Rutgers Adds Cornerback Commit

First Coast High (Jacksonville, Fla.) cornerback Kam Lott gave the Rutgers class of 2014 a big boost in the secondary by making his verbal commitment today to coach Kyle Flood. Lott is a three-star cornerback that chose the Scarlet Knights over South Florida, Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa State.
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9 hours ago  |  Discuss

Ex Rutgers Coach Mike Rice Receiving Anger Management Counseling

Former Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice reportedly has taken the necessary steps to repair his image and get his anger under control. Rice is currently receiving anger management counseling at the John Lucas’ Wellness and Aftercare Program in Houston, Lucas told ESPN.com on Monday. Lucas said Rice is receiving counseling for anger management and there is no set timetable...
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2 days ago  |  Discuss

2014 Big Ten schedule includes Rutgers, Maryland

The Big Ten released its first football schedule with Rutgers and Maryland included, and the Scarlet Knights are getting quite a welcome to conference in 2014. Rutgers' first five Big Ten games are: home for Penn State and Michigan, back-to-back road trips at Ohio State and Nebraska, and a home game against Wisconsin. The Penn State game will be Sept. 13 in Piscataway. Maryland...
Via Fox Sports
7 days ago  |  Discuss

Rutgers Football Thrown Into Fire With 2014 Big Ten Schedule Release

(Jim O’Connor-US PRESSWIRE) It’s still a year away, but Rutgers football fans can begin to get excited, or nervous, about their schools first season in the Big Ten come 2014. The Big Ten Conference released it’s 2014 football schedule this afternoon and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights play every top team in the conference. Fans at High Point Solutions Stadium will see some marquee...
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7 days ago  |  Discuss

Report: Rutgers hires Hermann as AD

A person familiar with the decision says Rutgers has hired Julie Hermann from the University of Louisville to be its new athletic director. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school was still working on an official announcement. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., first reported the hire. Hermmann has been the Cardinals' senior associate athletic director...
Via Fox Sports
8 days ago  |  Discuss

AP Source: Rutgers makes Louisville's Hermann AD

A person familiar with the decision says Rutgers has hired Julie Hermann from the University of Louisville to be its new athletic director. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school was still working on an official announcement. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., first reported the hire. Hermmann has been the Cardinals' senior associate athletic director...
Via Fox Sports
8 days ago  |  Discuss

Rutgers to hire woman as new athletic director: Report

As Rutgers takes a giant step into its future by joining the Big Ten Conference in 2014, the university just might be taking an even bigger leap right now by hiring a woman the run the athletic department for the first time in the New Jersey school's history. Julie Hermann, most recently the No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville, has been named the school’s new athletic...
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8 days ago  |  Discuss

Photos: Rutgers Awarded Players F.A.M.I.L.Y. Rings After Finishing As 2012 Big East Co-Champions

Rutgers won a share of the 2012 Big East football crown, and now the Scarlet Knights have rings to prove it. To go along with one of the themes of their season, the school put F.A.M.I.L.Y. on the side of each ring – which stands for “Forget About Me, I Love You”. Rutgers also used the acronym on jerseys this past season as well. Kicker Nick Borgese posted some photos of the...
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10 days ago  |  Discuss

2012 Big East championship rings for Rutgers

The final year of Big East play in football ended with a four-way tie for the conference championship. Louisville came out on top withe tiebreakers awarding the Cardinals with the conference’s automatic BCS berth, sending Louisville to the Sugar Bowl to take on the SEC’s Florida Gators. To get there Louisville needed a second-half rally on the road against future Big Ten member...
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10 days ago  |  Discuss

Seton Hall-Rutgers rivalry to continue

New Jersey rivals Seton Hall and Rutgers are going to continue their basketball rivalry for the next eight years. The schools announced Thursday that they have signed an eight-year agreement to continue the men's basketball series at alternating home sites beginning next season. The first meeting will take place at Rutgers Dec. 8. The rivalry was put in jeopardy when the Big...
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13 days ago  |  Discuss

Rutgers turning to new home for new AD?

Rutgers athletics has been in the headlines more so in the past month than ever before and for all the wrong reasons. Thanks to an idiot coach and an administration that wouldn't know it's elbow to it's ass things are changing in New Brunswick to say the least. Gone is the man that guided the RU brand to the Big Ten, Tim Pernetti, and in.... Well, there are three...
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17 days ago  |  Discuss

Rutgers gives Sandy victims thrill

It's been six months since Hurricane Sandy throttled the East Coast, causing more than $70 billion in damage in the U.S. and killing more than three dozen people in New Jersey alone. For many of those displaced by the storm, life still hasn't gotten back to normal. So when Rutgers took the field for its annual spring game Saturday afternoon at High Point Solutions Stadium...
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25 days ago  |  Discuss
JUST SO YOU KNOW...

Rice warned recruit about practice tape

Shane Rector, a once-potential Rutgers recruit, said Mike Rice personally warned him about the now-infamous video a few days before it was released.

Via The Other Paper Verified_ybn
April 10, 2013  |  Discuss
PLOT TWIST

Report: Murdock being investigated for extortion

Eric Murdock, the former Rutgers coach who blew the whistle on Mike Rice, is allegedly being investigated by the FBI for extortion.

Via The Victory Formation Verified_ybn
April 07, 2013  |  Discuss
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