At 9:30, Rutgers will host another MidKnight Madness. Last year was a ton of fun, with a lay-up line, a slam dunk contest and Mike Rice dancing to Vanilla Ice. Can they top it this year? One can only imagine.

If the Rutgers defense is looking for a boost after a shootout against Arkansas, the return of defensive end Mike Larrow can't hurt. Larrow started at strong side end throughout the first half of 2011 before getting injured, and looked pretty good in the process. He was then suspended for the first four games of 2012 due to an off-field incident. This definitely helps the depth at defensive end, where Marvin Booker has missed time on the weak side due to injury, and Myles Jackson has been taking his place. Larrow has the talent to start; the question is how long it will take him to get back to full speed. Update: Flood reportedly said today that Booker is close to returning as well.

On the day we learned about Paul Canevari's transfer destination (see link), the unfortunate news has come out that starting fullback Michael Burton is out for the rest of the season with a leg injury. This is a considerable loss. Burton is a great blocker, and a legitimate threat as a passer and a runner. One would figure that his reps will be split between backup TE Paul Carrezola and backup FB Sam Bergen. FB and TE are already rather thin, so this leaves very little margin for error left. It's not too late for Canevari or TE Malcolm Bush to rescind their transfers, is it?

I don't pretend to have elite football knowledge for starters, and it's hard to pick up on these things in real time when it's the natural tendency of the viewer to just follow the ball. However, the Targum has a good analysis of some personnel changes that Rutgers used against Arkansas - which in all fairness, a few commentators have mentioned in the comments here, and elsewhere as well. One change was more of a use of a 3-4. I noticed the three-man fronts, but assumed Rutgers was just using dime and quarter looks - Snyder was out there a fair bit, and Greene was in coverage, but just didn't put two and two together. Similarly, safety Lorenzo Waters was pulled late, as Rutgers wanted to get a more experienced and coverage-oriented look on the field with backups Wayne Warren and Mason Robinson.