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Rutgers/Norfolk St. gamethread

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Anyone not in attendance is a horrible monster, or they don't live close enough to attend home games.

Either way, there shouldn't be much traffic here tonight, but use this thread for your in-game commentary if so inclined. It'll mostly be a test run for future road games.

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Hard to say whether this is logistically feasible, but one would hope that the Rutgers athletic department is at least investigating this game as a possibility.

Rutgers is scheduled to play Miami out of conference in 2018 and 2019. There are currently two open dates on the 2013 schedule.

Update: Good take in the WSJ on the battle to sell college football in NYC.

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The 2011 recruiting class for Rutgers basketball is rapidly filling up, which was probably a factor in Mack's decision today to go public for Rutgers. Guard prospect Naadir Tharpe immediately canceled his visit as a result.

Well, now Rutgers finally has its sorely-needed point guard, as Mack as of now will be the only 1 on the roster next year. It's somewhat of a concern that he's being described as a shoot-first point, but he is a very good prospect. It's good to keep the St. Anthony's pipeline going. So much for any notion about going after sleepers in this class.

Rutgers now has two big men commits in Derrick Randall and Kadeem Jack, a wing in Malick Kone, and a PG in Mack in what is turning into a very good recruiting class. Mike Taylor has been rumored as the fifth commit. Rutgers has a lot of playing time to sell with these players, but I personally wouldn't mind going after some junior college players too if at all possible.

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Here is my preview for Thursday's game, up at SB Nation New York.

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Vision Quest: Rutgers athletics moves into new media

This KnightVision Event is made possible by a special gift in memory of Melvin Newman

Those fifteen words greet any visitors to the KnightVision online video service on ScarletKnights.com.

Jon Newman was looking to make a difference. He had been searching for a proper way to mark his father's passing a year back, and one set of memories kept coming to mind. Newman would always fondly think back to the two of them listening together to Rutgers sports broadcasts on an old transistor radio.

"I remember having to move the radio to certain areas of the house to listen to football on basketball games in the 70s on WCTC and WRSU," he recalled, owing to the unreliability of New Jersey public television broadcasts at the time. "We had to hope the weather would 'blow' the signal our way.

"I have vivid memories of riding in my dad's old Chysler New Yorker as a five year old, on the trip from Northern New Jersey to West Point for a game against Army. We'd also make the annual trip to Princeton, and battle the bees that would attack our food at old Palmer Stadium."

These broadcasts from Newman's youth helped a father and son to connect. Through this burgeoning affinity for the school, a subsequent matriculation at Rutgers comes as little surprise in retrospect. It was there that he eventually rose to sports director at WRSU (working alongside Kevin MacConnell, the future Deputy Athletic Director at Rutgers), before embarking on a career in media and later public relations. In his current capacity as a partner at Virginia-based firm The Hodges Partnership, Newman advises clients in more-effectively enhancing their media communication and promotion.

The articulate and telegenic Tim Pernetti took over as Rutgers Athletic Director in April of 2009, and the former CBS executive soon launched several forward-thinking new initiatives; chief among them the web streaming video service KnightVision.

"The launch of Knightvision is another important step forward in our constant effort to deliver content and connect with our fans in more ways than ever before" said Tim Pernetti, Director of Athletics. "This streaming network will provide national exposure for all 24 Rutgers sports, while at the same time bringing the University and Athletics together with the creation of credited internships to students in the School of Journalism and Media Studies"

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2011 power forward Kadeem Jack has announced a verbal commitment to Rutgers, becoming the third member of Coach Rice's class. Rutgers is quickly off to a fast start in recruiting, as Jack is considered a four star prospect. You'd figure that wing Mike Taylor is good possibility now. As for point guards, with Quinn Cook favoring Duke, other names left on the board include Myles Mack, Naadir Tharpe, and Eli Carter.

Jack's commitment is welcome enough on its own, but doubly so considering Tyree Graham's knee surgery. This was already going to be a long year on the court, and now Rutgers will be hard pressed to win many Big East games without Graham.

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Rutgers football recruiting update for the week of 8/31

Committed Players

Scott Stump explains how Mike Bimonte lobbied for a Rutgers offer.

Chevelle Buie battled cramps to rush 23 times for 86 yards in Cocoa's season opener.

The Schianocopter led Kevin Snyder to Rutgers.

Did Daryl Stephenson look bad in a scrimmage with Freehold?

Uncommitted Players

This South Carolina-slanted update on NJ OL Josue Matias is rather uninformative.

He says he has not decided on offcials and will take three or four of the visits before committing in October. "South Carolina will probably get one," he said. "They are showing me a lot of interest." No favorites for the Jersey lineman.

It's fair to say that Rutgers fans are more than a little interested in the St. Peter's Prep trio of RB Savon Huggins, OT Keith Lumpkin, and S Sheldon Royster. Will they play together in college?

"We talk about that all the time," said the 6-foot-8, 290-pound Lumpkin, who has also earned All-Hudson Reporter honors in basketball during his tenure at Grand and Warren. "There is a possibility we could all end up together."

Let's say, hypothetically, that each prospect has a 70% chance of staying home at Rutgers. There are two important statistical points here. First, 70%, or any plurality doesn't equal 100%. Just because a player may be leaning in one direction doesn't make their choice guaranteed, or not subject to change. Second, even if all three are leaning this way, it will still be a daunting challenge. If each has a hypothetical 70% (which is just a number pulled out of thin air for ease with this example) of picking RU, that still means that the probability of all three independent events is just 34.3% (which is 70% times 70% times 70%).

Bergen Catholic football has an official blog, where you can catch up on the play of Tanner McEvoy in their scrimmages.

Apparently NJ TE Jack Tabb is looking at Michigan and UNC now?

2012 NJ LB Kaiwan Lewis is looking south early.

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News and links roundup for 8/31

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