2011 Rutgers football schedule released
The Rutgers athletic department released the official 2010 football schedule today, which is linked above in the headline.
While the athletic department's appetite for national television appearances would probably make them welcome home weeknight dates, Rutgers fans certainly will be happy about having every home game after the opener on Saturday this fall. That's partially attributable to finishing 4-8 last year, but ESPN has also moved more marquee games into the Thursday night slot. It's not really a Big East ghetto any longer.
Only one game time has been announced so far in a Friday night matchup at Louisville, which stems from ESPN's desire for scheduling flexibility. Ironically, if Rutgers struggles in 2011 the team will be able to play at 3:30 pm to their heart's content (or, that would also happen if they were juggernauts). Bounce back early and more noon games will be on the plate.
Two road games bookend the team's conference slate, starting off with a trip to Syracuse in October and finishing off with UConn on Thanksgiving weekend. Those dates could help strengthen rivalries with RU's two in-conference geographic rivals. Along similar lines will be the matchup against Army in the new Yankee Stadium.
Overall, it does not appear to be an especially tough slate, with wild cards abound going into spring practice. RU's final record should ultimately be in their hands and of their own making.
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great post
TP was a great hire, he cares about all sports, not just football
Good write-up, not loving the schedule
I don’t make it to as many games as you guys, so that may be why I was disappointed looking at the schedule. No marquis national games, no game the last weekend of BE play, early bye and then one after the season. I’m also not a huge fan of the Army and Navy series, since A) it never feels right really rooting against the people defending our country, B) their style of offense means we have to dedicate a week just to them C) their national perception lags way below their actual level of play and D) it may be perceptual bias, but it always seems we suffer significant injuries playing against the option.
I would love to see Boston College, Penn State, Maryland, Temple and Umass start to replace the service academies, since those are our natural geographic rivals and are really teams that you can develop a real rivalry with. If there’s another side to why people love to see the service academies on the schedule, I’d love to hear it.
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