http://www.yardbarker.com/colleges/rutgers_scarlet_knights/68 Recent articles about Rutgers Scarlet Knights en-us Photo: USA Today Sports Rutgers will host long time regional rival and new division rival Penn State in the first Big Ten Conference game in program history on September 13, 2014. The home date against Penn State will be the first of a healthy dose of contests against some of college football's legendary programs in 2014 as the Big Ten is handing Rutgers quite the initiation next year. The Big Ten unveiled the entire 2014 Big Ten football schedule on Thursday afternoon, laying it all out for us to digest. Rutgers was already prepared to go up against Michigan and Ohio State, in addition to Penn State, Michigan State, Indiana and Maryland under the newly restructured divisions in the Big Ten effective in 2014. But the Big Ten is also throwing Nebraska and Wisconsin at Rutgers in year one in the Big Ten. That is quite the stacked schedule for the Scarlet Knights to run through in their first year in the conference. Ohio State and Michigan figure to be two of the top program... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:02 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/rutgers_will_need_their_b1g_boy_pants_for_2014/13631804 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/rutgers_will_need_their_b1g_boy_pants_for_2014/13631804 Rutgers will need their B1G Boy pants for 2014 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/rutgers_will_need_their_b1g_boy_pants_for_2014/13631804 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 first Big Ten game is at Indiana on Sept. 27, and then Ohio State visits College Park the next week. The Terps also play Iowa, Michigan State and Rutgers at home, and Wisconsin, Penn State and Michigan on the road. The rest of Rutgers' first Big Ten schedule includes a home game against Indiana and a road game at Michigan State. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:44:42 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2014_big_ten_schedule_includes_rutgers_maryland/13631618 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2014_big_ten_schedule_includes_rutgers_maryland/13631618 2014 Big Ten schedule includes Rutgers, Maryland http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/2014_big_ten_schedule_includes_rutgers_maryland/13631618 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 director -- making her one of just three women at a BCS program to currently hold the athletic department’s top position (N.C. State’s Debbie Yow and California’s Sandy Barbour are the others), according to two people familiar with the process. Both people requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on behalf of the school. Hermann, 49, has most recently served as the Cardinals’ senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, reports NJ.com. Hermann was chosen for the position at Rutgers over Wisconsin deputy athletic director Sean Frazier following an emergency voting session this Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rutgers_to_hire_woman_as_new_athletic_director_report/13621994 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rutgers_to_hire_woman_as_new_athletic_director_report/13621994 Rutgers to hire woman as new athletic director: Report http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/rutgers_to_hire_woman_as_new_athletic_director_report/13621994 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 rings on his Twitter account.  Hard work pays off…many more to come #RFamily twitter.com/NickBorgese/st… — Nick Borgese (@NickBorgese) April 6, 2013 Personally, I like the shiny block “R” surrounded by diamonds – it reminds me of Oregon’s beautiful rings debuted a few weeks ago. Two of the other three Co-Champions of the Big East – Cincinnati and Syracuse – have also unveiled rings in honor of their accomplishments last year.  While Rutgers has a great chance of winning the championship in the AAC next year, things get a little more difficult when the Knights move to the Big Ten in 2014. Something tells me rings Mon, 13 May 2013 11:01:40 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/photos_rutgers_awarded_players_family_rings_after_finishing_as_2012_big_east_co_champions/13605719 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/photos_rutgers_awarded_players_family_rings_after_finishing_as_2012_big_east_co_champions/13605719 Photos: Rutgers Awarded Players F.A.M.I.L.Y. Rings After Finishing As 2012 Big East Co-Champions http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/photos_rutgers_awarded_players_family_rings_after_finishing_as_2012_big_east_co_champions/13605719 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 Rutgers. Rutgers still managed to finish in the four-way tie with Louisville, Cincinnati and ACC-bound Syracuse though, and they rewarded their team appropriately with championship rings. Rutgers 2012 Big East championship rings. Not too shabby. You will notice the one side of the rings has “F.A.M.I.L.Y” in the molding. If you recall, the acronym stands for “Forget about me, I love you.” The acronym is found throughout Rutgers football facilities and made a debut on alternate uniforms last season. Players and coaches have been wearing the acronym on bracelets as far back as 2008. and it continues to be a stap... Mon, 13 May 2013 05:39:33 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2012_big_east_championship_rings_for_rutgers/13604231 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2012_big_east_championship_rings_for_rutgers/13604231 2012 Big East championship rings for Rutgers http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/2012_big_east_championship_rings_for_rutgers/13604231 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Florida is getting another shooting guard from Rutgers. The Gators have received official notification that Eli Carter will join them this fall. He left Rutgers after coach Mike Rice was fired. Carter, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior from Paterson, N.J., native averaged 14.3 points in two years at Rutgers. He was the team's leading scorer each of the past two seasons, averaging 14.9 points as a sophomore and 13.8 as a freshman. He will sit out next season under NCAA transfer rules and will be eligible to play for coach Billy Donovan in the 2014-15 season. Donovan says, ''Eli is a great addition to our team.'' Rutgers guard Mike Rosario transferred to Florida in 2011 and was an integral part of the team's last two NCAA tournament runs. Fri, 10 May 2013 16:59:02 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/florida_officially_adds_rutgers_transfer_carter/13592471 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/florida_officially_adds_rutgers_transfer_carter/13592471 Florida officially adds Rutgers transfer Carter http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/florida_officially_adds_rutgers_transfer_carter/13592471 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/8/e8109ff80bbe261a26c9c1d4bbb23c8dce16b891/mini/6805876.jpg Former Rutgers guard Eli Carter announced in late April that he would transfer to finish his final two years of eligibility at Florida. The school made that decision official on Friday. Carter has put in a waiver to the NCAA to be eligible for the 2013-14 season, but there hasn’t been a decision made at this point. Fri, 10 May 2013 15:43:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/carter_excited_to_get_to_gainesville/13592087 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/carter_excited_to_get_to_gainesville/13592087 Carter 'excited' to get to Gainesville http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/carter_excited_to_get_to_gainesville/13592087 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 East Conference splintered this season. Rutgers will play in the American Athletic Conference next season before moving to the Big Ten Conference in 2014. Seton Hall will continue to play in the new Big East Conference, which kept all the Roman Catholic universities. ''I'm obviously very excited that this series is going to continue,'' Rutgers coach Eddie Jordan said. ''I have been a part of this rivalry as both a player and an assistant coach, and I look forward to preparing our team for it. It helps to build spirit and is good for our university, our fans, our students and the New Jersey basketball com Thu, 09 May 2013 21:39:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/seton_hall_rutgers_rivalry_to_continue/13587068 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/seton_hall_rutgers_rivalry_to_continue/13587068 Seton Hall-Rutgers rivalry to continue http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/seton_hall_rutgers_rivalry_to_continue/13587068 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Rutgers University is muddling through the process of righting its athletic department after recently firing its basketball coach and athletic director. The school also suspended its men’s lacrosse coach last month for verbal abuse of players. The Scarlett Knights haven’t seemed to do anything right when it comes to athletics and they’re looking for new athletic director. They need to replace Tom Pernetti who was fired even though he had disciplined basketball coach Mike Rice for alleged physical and verbal abuse of players. When a video went public, the administration bowed to public pressure, showing him the door in April. Rutgers President Robert Barchi, who knows athletic failures can doom school administrators, created a search committee to identify a replacement. The committee consists of 29 people, including students, alumni, professors and campus officials. The school has also hired an executive search committee to do the groundwork. Seems like a whole lot of people involve... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:05:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_julie_hermann_candidate_for_rutgers_ad_job/13568057 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_julie_hermann_candidate_for_rutgers_ad_job/13568057 Report: Julie Hermann candidate for Rutgers AD job http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/report_julie_hermann_candidate_for_rutgers_ad_job/13568057 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png It's a new era and a new makeup for the now former Big East football playing schools and for some it's their last go-round in their old home before Rutgers and Louisville are off to new homes in the Big Ten and ACC next season. There are also new members to the league, but as we look at the big games and the dangerous matchups ahead a theme of three teams emerges.  In 2013 the fate of The American and it's ability to be a bigger player than they have been in the past rests on the shoulders of Louisville (an expected preseason Top 5 team), Rutgers, and Cincinnati. Those three teams need to separate themselves and they'll all have chances to do so in the portion of the schedule that will really seal the fate of this conference, the non-conference schedule.  So, what are the biggest games out there? Let's explore the landscape of The American, shall we... Before we do that, we're combining danger and big games into one category because danger games for t... Tue, 07 May 2013 11:33:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/the_american_preview_top_10_biggest_games_for_the_conference/13567019 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/the_american_preview_top_10_biggest_games_for_the_conference/13567019 The American Preview: Top 10 biggest games for the conference http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/the_american_preview_top_10_biggest_games_for_the_conference/13567019 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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 leading candidates and not surprising is the fact that all three have major Big Ten ties.  The three names to emerge are Wisconsin deputy AD Sean Frazier, Louisville executive senior AD Julie Hermann, and Fresno State AD Thomas Boeh. All three have ties to the Big Ten in big ways.  Frazier has been in the athletics department at Wisconsin since 2007 and elevated to his current post in 2011. Hermann graduated from Nebraska where she starred as a Volleyball player and Boeh graduated with a masters in athletic administration at Illinois, is a Chicago native, and spent time at the Big Ten Network in various roles.  It Mon, 06 May 2013 10:31:59 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/rutgers_turning_to_new_home_for_new_ad/13558775 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/rutgers_turning_to_new_home_for_new_ad/13558775 Rutgers turning to new home for new AD? http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/rutgers_turning_to_new_home_for_new_ad/13558775 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The massive rebuilding effort for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights under new head coach Eddie Jordan is underway, and help is on the way. On Wednesday, Jordan and Rutgers landed one of three available members of our final top 100 player rankings in the 2013 class, power forward Junior Etou of Bishop O’ Connell (VA). Etou played for Jordan for [...] Wed, 01 May 2013 20:31:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/top_100_forward_junior_etou_to_rutgers/13531628 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/top_100_forward_junior_etou_to_rutgers/13531628 Top 100 forward Junior Etou to Rutgers http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/top_100_forward_junior_etou_to_rutgers/13531628 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png 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, Sandy relief was the focus from the onset. Fans attending the game were asked to make a $5 donation to the Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund when they entered the stadium, and a majority of the announced crowd of 21,000 obliged. The Scarlet Knights players also wore special "R Strong" helmets, as well as custom jerseys with the name of a town on the back, each representing one city impacted by the storm. Those jerseys were later signed and presented to leaders of each affected area. But the stars of the game were the kids -- 16 of them, all affected personally by Hurricane Sandy, who took the field alongside the players for t Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:37:58 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/rutgers_gives_sandy_victims_thrill/13503251 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/rutgers_gives_sandy_victims_thrill/13503251 Rutgers gives Sandy victims thrill http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/rutgers_gives_sandy_victims_thrill/13503251 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Mike Rice may have abused his players in practice once they put on a Rutgers uniform but the fired basketball coach actually gave a heads up about the shocking video to one recruit to keep him from being blindsided by the scandalous footage. Shane Rector, a former standout point guard at St. Raymond's in the Bronx, said he was warned about the tape — with its homophobic slurs and basketball projectiles — by Rice himself a few days before the video was released, reports The New York Daily News. "Before the video came out he called me up. He talked to me," said Rector. "He told me there was going to be a video about him online. He wasn’t trying to hide it from me. I still felt comfortable." Rector, who was at a Manhattan health club practicing for Saturday's Jordan Brand Classic regional all-star game at Barclays Center, said Rice's firing swayed him from signing with Rutgers and its uncertain future.  He had verbally committed to Rutgers in January, choosing Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:57:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/mike_rice_warned_recruit_before_practice_tape_went_public/13364182 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/mike_rice_warned_recruit_before_practice_tape_went_public/13364182 Rice warned recruit about practice tape http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/mike_rice_warned_recruit_before_practice_tape_went_public/13364182 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/e/de4b812ae7783788965664467e224fab3006855c/mini/rice.jpg By now, if you get your sports news from mainstream sources, you are likely aware and maybe even sick of the Mike Rice abuse video. It hasn’t been a point of fixation for me because A) Rutgers basketball, 2) it seems like kind of normal coach behavior to me, iii) It’s the least interesting aspect of the story. Sure the abuse is the crux of the thing but if you pay even a little bit of attention to the story a couple of things jump out about it: Somebody at Rutgers hated Rice enough to compile this document of his abuse, it took two years to make the video and another year for it to go public, nobody at Rutgers cared enough to really change the culture of abuse until the story was out and it was too late to save face. Eric Murdock is the mole. He features prominently in the OTL report and he is the video compiler that first took the footage to his, by then, ex-employers in December 2012. He had made formal complaints to the school’s leadership before then, before he himself had been ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:32:07 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/new_layer_to_the_rutgers_scandal_as_fbi_investigate_eric_murdock_for_extortion/13339699 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/new_layer_to_the_rutgers_scandal_as_fbi_investigate_eric_murdock_for_extortion/13339699 Report: Murdock being investigated for extortion http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/new_layer_to_the_rutgers_scandal_as_fbi_investigate_eric_murdock_for_extortion/13339699 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/d/ed51b1b0c48097df74729d74d28995f49beaa7af/mini/Murdock.jpg Mike Rice was fired by Rutgers on Wednesday morning, here's a video of him addressing ABC News following the firing. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:32:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_fired_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_addresses_abc_news/13304182 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_fired_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_addresses_abc_news/13304182 Fired Rutgers coach Mike Rice speaks http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/video_fired_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_addresses_abc_news/13304182 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/6/96e522cc8cf5155c36ee74185f049c264bf508a3/mini/rice-2.jpg There are very few people who can find a way to excuse Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice for the behavior we witnessed in the practice clips that were released to the public on Tuesday. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” showed footage of Rice blatantly abusing his players, both physically and verbally (watch the video here). However, ex-Rutgers guard Mike Coburn said it is not as bad as it seems. “Looking back at it now, it was extreme,” Coburn told The Star-Ledger. “It wasn’t right what he was doing. But we understood it. He was trying his best. … Did he go overboard? Yes, he went overboard. But you can’t get a good feel for what went down by seeing highlights on ESPN. No one was scared of coach Rice. We didn’t fear him. We just understood him. “No one can get a sense of what went down unless you were there. And the only people that were there was the team. Do I think what he did was over the top and wrong? Probably. But as players, we weren’t scared. We knew and understood what was Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:33:03 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ex_rutgers_player_mike_coburn_defends_coach_mike_rice/13303609 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ex_rutgers_player_mike_coburn_defends_coach_mike_rice/13303609 Ex-Rutgers player Mike Coburn defends coach Mike Rice http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/ex_rutgers_player_mike_coburn_defends_coach_mike_rice/13303609 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/1/e1069507c47a13607a563cac1c8c2d3ef8779197/mini/rice.jpg Rutgers men’s basketball coach Mike Rice was suspended three games and fined $50,000 in December after the school’s athletic director saw video of the coach abusing his players in practice, and now video of his horrific behavior has been made public. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” obtained video of Rice’s conduct in practice — likely through former Rutgers director of player development Eric Murdock, who was fired by the school in July — and it shows Rice verbally and physically abusing his players. The video shows Rice kicking players, shoving them, pushing them and throwing balls at them. He also verbally abuses the players. According to ESPN, Rice calls the players “fa–ots,” “mother—-ers,” “pu–ies,” “sissy b-tches,” and “c—-,” among other epithets. Murdock intends to sue the school for wrongful termination, saying that he was fired for complaining about Rice’s conduct. Murdock believes Rice was able to get away with the abuse because he was on his best behavior wh Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:29:55 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_abusing_his_players_at_practice/13297561 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/video_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_abusing_his_players_at_practice/13297561 Video: Rutgers coach Mike Rice abusing his players at practice http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/video_rutgers_coach_mike_rice_abusing_his_players_at_practice/13297561 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/7/276c260c2c2a95b97e2d19dfe8d2b34d0a4cfcf8/mini/mike-rice-abuse.jpg Videos of Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice throwing balls at players, cursing at them, shoving them and calling them homophobic slurs has been obtained by ESPN.  ESPN did some great reporting on Tuesday during Outside the Lines when they interviewed the Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti about these videos.  Pernetti did a lot of back-peddling and tried to justify their response to the incident, but there is no way to defend something ridiculous like this. Video of Rice throwing balls at players, calling them “f*****g fa**ots,” pushing a bunch of them, kicking one. — Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 2, 2013 It’s one thing to yell at players and try to fire them up, but once you start getting physical with players and yelling homophobic slurs at them that is completely unacceptable.  Apparently Rutgers knew about this and that is why he received a three-game suspension in the fall. If that gets you a 3-game suspension at Rutgers, I don’t want to know what it takes to get 6.... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:34:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rutgers_basketball_coach_mike_rice_throws_basketballs_at_players_calls_them_fots/13297126 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/rutgers_basketball_coach_mike_rice_throws_basketballs_at_players_calls_them_fots/13297126 Disturbing video airs of Rutgers coach http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/rutgers_basketball_coach_mike_rice_throws_basketballs_at_players_calls_them_fots/13297126 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/a/2ac0d84357e2d16f31e4d07dadf5cdd267bfde32/mini/rutgers.jpg