Greg Schiano has been trying to close the gap Rutgers faces in the Big Ten Conference since returning for a second stint as the football coach late in 2019.
A better-than-expected first season and Texas A&M out of the postseason because of a COVID-19 outbreak allowed Rutgers into the Gator Bowl in 2020 with a 5-7 record, the tiebreaker was the team’s academic performance.That’s the highlight so far. Schiano and Rutgers are still lagging behind in a brutal conference that will be more competitive next year with the addition of Pac-12 programs.
While those aren’t great number numbers, the Scarlet Knights were 9-39 overall and 3-33 in the league in the four seasons before Schiano returned. They have not had a winning season since 2014.“As our players get toward the tail end of their careers, as they get bigger, faster and stronger, those are the guys that will move the program,” Schiano said. “When they start playing their best football, when that happens, we’ll be a better team.
Watching him in practice, he can drop a 60-yard pass on dime. The next play he can whistle a pass five yards over a receiver’s head on a short out pattern.
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