Rutger fan predicts 27-19 win over Michigan
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/placing-michigan-on-upset-ale…
We’re 1-8, but I think we beat Michigan. There’s no question that Rutgers has struggled its first nine games, as our freshman QB struggled to acclimate to this level, we played lots of young players, and we struggled to find the right personnel on defense. Thankfully, we’ve played much better over the past two weeks, barely falling to Northwestern 18-15 during that time, and played competitively with Wisconsin.
This week, we’re ready to take things to the next level and defeat Michigan. Here’s why:
- After a big win vs PSU, this is the quintessential trap game, and Michigan will overlook Rutgers
- Michigan has so little respect for Rutgers, they run variations of the same power play over and over again, much of the time. They pull the backside guard, #50 350 pound OL Onwenu, who drills the LB in the hole. With Ash now taking the reigns on defense, The defense will be more effective against this play.
- Raheem “The Dream” Blackshear is ready to make a name for himself as one of college football’s biggest playmakers. I don’t think Michigan can stop him.
- Rutgers QB, Artur Sitkowski has an NFL future and will be the best quarterback in Saturday’s game, just like in 2014. Against Wisconsin, he threw for 261 yards and no interceptions.
- Rutgers defense played its best ball of the season these past two weeks and is poised to shut down Michigan, as Coach Chris Ash is now coaching the defense
- Michigan’s secondary is over matched against Rutgers receiving Corp, which also was the case in 2014.
- our young ones are ready to shine
I don’t doubt that Michigan will give us a good game, but it won’t be good enough.
Rutgers 27
Michigan 19
November 6th, 2018 at 1:20 AM ^
Rutgers has actual fans?
November 6th, 2018 at 3:27 AM ^
rutger
November 6th, 2018 at 5:40 AM ^
Rutger has fan.
November 6th, 2018 at 9:48 AM ^
rutger has fan.
November 6th, 2018 at 11:12 AM ^
Rutger Hauer
November 6th, 2018 at 7:55 AM ^
I watched about 5 minutes of their home game against Illinois last month. As bad as they are, their stadium was rocking that day and seemed to have a good turnout.
Our two main rivals going at it but I didn't have the stomach to watch that much of it.
November 6th, 2018 at 8:07 AM ^
That's a meteor game right there.
November 6th, 2018 at 8:30 AM ^
In this case, not because you hate both teams, but because it would be a kindness to put them out of their misery.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:27 AM ^
Some people think the world is flat. I'm not sure which is less plausible.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:34 AM ^
We could accidentally send the basketball team? I tend to think Beilein would figure things out by the half, coach them up, and win by 10 (remember, everybody would have to play every down).
November 6th, 2018 at 7:05 AM ^
The roster has 14 so plenty of subs ("It Was Crazy!). CJ Baird has one deep three already this year so he's good for at least one field goal.
November 6th, 2018 at 9:15 AM ^
This presents a series of intriguing roster decisions.
Simpson at QB is obvious. On D, he’s a safety.
There are plenty of good WR choices.
Poole has viper qualities. And on O he’s running the ball. Remember how he avoided being tackled during the Poole Party?
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November 6th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
If this is a legitimate thought experiment that we are having I think Livers is the obvious choice at QB. He clearly has the arm for it as demonstrated by his clutch long court inbound passing last season.
Obviously a basketball team would have a tough time filling out any of the Lineman positions, but if we are simply filling out the skill guys with the basketball players for this week against Rutger I would have those spots filled in as follows.
Offense
QB- Isaiah Livers: He is tall and can see over the line something Simpson may struggle with although Simpson does have more experience directing an offense. Livers' baseball background and the aforementioned passes provide the best evidence of anyone on the team having a chance to be a legit QB option.
RB/FB- Zavier "X?" Simpson: Zavier Simpson's body size and lateral quickness make him the best choice for RB/FB. He could prove to be a pretty solid choice and his bulldog personality lends itself to being a tough runner in between the tackles.
WR- Charles Matthews: Matthew's athleticism would lend itself well to the wide receiver position and his 6' 6" frame wouldn't hurt his chances at jump balls either.
WR- Jordan Poole: I don't really think this one requires much explanation. He has the height and the athleticism to succeed here. His personality also lends itself to being a go to wide receiver as well.
TE- Jon Teske: Teske's size would be a huge asset to a team as a receiving option. Its tough to project anyone on the basketball team, besides perhaps Simpson, as a good blocker, but Teske may have the size to pull it off. Either way if you need a tight end he appears to be the most logical option from this team.
Defense
CB- David DeJulius: Defense is a lot tougher to project across sports, but I'm leaning on putting athletes on the field. DeJulius has the necessary athleticism and his body type lends itself well to corner.
CB- Xavier "Z?" Simpson: I waffled on where to put Simpson on this side of the ball. He could perhaps perform as a middle line backer, but he perhaps is a little on the small size and I'm leaning towards just filling out DB positions. I also thought about putting him at Viper, but I do see him as the teams best option at corner as his defensive instincts would serve him well in this spot.
Safety- Jordan Poole: To be honest I don't know if he would be good at safety given his defensive lapses on the basketball court I just enjoy watching him do things (play with cats, shoot threes, run away from Wagner, etc.)
Safety- Isaiah Livers: Played good defense all of last basketball season. I thought about going Eli Brooks or one of this years freshmen, but I'm going with a proven defender despite the fact that he hasn't proven it on the football field.
Viper-Charles Matthews: This one is pretty simple best athlete on the team gets put in the position that requires a high level of athleticism.
Specialist
K- CJ Baird: He has a history of getting his team 3 points.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:34 AM ^
Drugs... the only reasonable explanation for any of this.
November 6th, 2018 at 6:51 AM ^
Could be Axe body spray
November 6th, 2018 at 8:45 AM ^
Axe. One of the most Jersey things. EVER.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:34 AM ^
I predict a passing Rutger
November 6th, 2018 at 9:25 AM ^
What's it called when we have more interceptions than they have passing yards?
November 6th, 2018 at 9:36 AM ^
Furthermore, what' it called when a defense scored more points than an offense has yards? Is it a drutger?
November 6th, 2018 at 9:50 AM ^
Inverse Rutger
November 6th, 2018 at 1:36 AM ^
Wow, good for him! I certainly hope Rutgers plays like they are learning and getting better - and I do think they are getting better - but I don't think he knows exactly how good we are. He should ask Vegas...
November 6th, 2018 at 7:06 AM ^
.....that must be their Jake from Piscataway.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:38 AM ^
In all fairness, everyone on that site is bashing the poor delusional guy. I don't blame him for wanting something good to finally happen when your team has been so abysmal for the last half decade. But this isn't a fairytale. This is Michigan's time.
November 6th, 2018 at 3:23 PM ^
Well said....and I agree, he's a fan putting it out there, whatever! But ya, this Michigan team is one for the books. They will always be dialed in, even against Rutgers.
Run the ball, score, kill the clock...GTFO of dodge
November 6th, 2018 at 1:44 AM ^
Uh, okay. On a side note, I think coach Ash is hoping Meyer's impending 'health concerns' lead to his heading back to cbus
November 6th, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
That's a hire that would go over well in Columbus. Ash has built up quite the resume as a HC.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:50 AM ^
If it's not apparent, that guy is joking. He did the same thing for Wisconsin and Illinois.
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/placing-wisconsin-on-upset-alert.155281/
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/i’m-placing-illinois-on-upset-alert.152819/#post-3487974
If you're going to be a fan of the worst program in FBS, you might as well try to have fun with it.
November 6th, 2018 at 5:08 AM ^
Thanks for showing us this. It wasn't obvious to me on first read but now it's hilarious. Michigan's secondary can't handle.....hahahaha. FIN.
November 6th, 2018 at 1:53 AM ^
Reading their message board is making me laugh and yet feel sad for them at the same time. Go to their 'Predictions' thread. LOL.
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/the-official-rutgers-michigan-prediction-thread.155519/
How are any of you predicting we score? Did you not watch the PSU / Michigan game?
Michigan: 83
Rutgers: 0
Hopefully the final game of the AshERROR.
November 6th, 2018 at 2:07 AM ^
"35-13 or something similar.
Michigan goes super vanilla because their very good Backup QB broke his collar bone last week, so they’ll look to protect Shea Patterson until the OSU game.
Michigan runs the ball, a lot. Rutgers contains it, for a bit. Michigan wears down RU mid 2nd half and can’t move the hall against Michigan D."
i'm going to agree with this guy but we score 41.
November 6th, 2018 at 5:24 AM ^
i actually think that either of the scores you've noted are plausible for two reasons. one, i suspect we'll be uber-conservative so we hopefully don't get anyone hurt. and two, because as bad as rutger is, they are playing like something that resembles a D-1 team.
November 6th, 2018 at 6:28 AM ^
I know next to nothing about Rutgers other than their record. Can their defensive line do anything against Michigan O-Line? Because if they can't generate pressure, then it's going to be a long night for Rutgers. I don't think it'll be all rushing, either ... if they can keep Patterson safe in a clean pocket he'll go downfield. Patterson probably won't do much rushing himself, though.
My take: Patterson takes a breather in the 3rd, Peters comes in and does just fine in relief.
November 6th, 2018 at 8:46 AM ^
I think the majority over there understand that Rutger will likely be ground into dust on Saturday. Its not a happy place.
November 6th, 2018 at 6:33 AM ^
"The last three games we were 37 of 87 for a 42.5% completion percentage. Maybe our ineptitude will help neutralize Michigan's advantage in passing defense."
November 6th, 2018 at 10:13 AM ^
This could be like an MSU kind of situation:
"We didn't get any interceptions because the QB threw the ball everywhere except where the receiver was..."
November 6th, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
I agree with this. I actually think Rutgers covers, because they will hang with our 3rd string fairly evenly. I think it becomes 28-0 sometime in the 2nd quarter, and the starters are done.
I think we win by somewhere 21-35. If our starters played the entire game against their starters we would win by 60+.
November 6th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
One guy didn't bother predicting and went with..
"I thought JH was on the hot seat?"
November 6th, 2018 at 1:55 AM ^
I don’t sarcasm in this persons post. There are people that are this clueless in the world?
November 6th, 2018 at 2:01 AM ^
This is why we play the games, I guess. It's really difficult to pull an upset of this magnitude in college football given so many glaring disparities between the 2 teams.
November 6th, 2018 at 2:25 AM ^
Eh. Let them have this. Reality will overtake the dream soon enough.
November 6th, 2018 at 7:32 AM ^
21-0 at the end of the first quarter will shatter most dreams ...
November 6th, 2018 at 9:14 AM ^
This will likely be very true. Add 14 in each of the next three Qs and you get 63. Thats my guess (hopefully a shutout as well)
November 6th, 2018 at 3:10 AM ^
I have to imagine Rutger football boards are ghost towns. This dude probably talks to himself on there
November 6th, 2018 at 3:24 AM ^
As others have pointed out, this same poster has made similar predictions for previous games--all losses, none really close at all, and none of the other posters at the site agree with this take. It's a shtick -- nothing to get worked up about or take seriously.
November 6th, 2018 at 3:43 AM ^
I have to admit, this kind of reading does make me more excited for the game.
And I totally do believe that Rutgers could have the lead for parts of the first 10 minutes due to turnovers or fluke plays, but trap game it is not.
Nice article though by a guy having some fun.
November 6th, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
Rutger isn’t scoring on offense against our 1st team. They might keep it scoreless for an extended period of time, but we’re going to win with cruelty.
November 6th, 2018 at 3:53 AM ^
This has to be a Michigan fan trolling cause...EL OH EL?
November 6th, 2018 at 4:47 AM ^
This is a fan.
M thrashed the last three teams on both sides of ball. M has shut down corners, M Dline and linebacking core is relentless. M is loaded at the skill positions on offense. Rutgers is a young team, very shaky at QB, lost a bunch of players for off field issues, have not recruited especially well. They appear to be regressing each season. All this and predicting victory.
I could see Michigan playing conservatively. Two years ago, Peppers and a few Jersey boys wanted to put on a show. I don't see that fire, but I see a team who is focused. Michigan will win comfortably, I just don't see a 50 point win. More like 42-10.