Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood suspended 3 games
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Kyle Flood suspended 3 games as Rutgers coach http://t.co/GPQbkWhRXE
— Keith Sargeant (@KSargeantNJ) September 16, 2015
Kyle Flood has been suspended three games as Rutgers football coach and fined $50,000 following a university-led investigation into rules violations and amid a recent string of off-field transgressions involving players on his team.
Rutgers has so far dismissed 3 of their starting 4 DBs, including BOTH starting CBs as well as suspending the only player of any note on their team in Leonte Caroo.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
If Penn St continues to not impress will James Franklin be let go? Will Schiano be courted by both Penn St (his reputed dream job) and Rutgers (return to GLORY!, i.e. 7-5 back to back years)? Ralph Friedgen is on the staff at Rutgers as the OC and could be a viable candidate-- if he wasn't already tied to Flood's coaching staff (think Tom Bradley at Penn St after Joe Pa's ouster).
September 16th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
Friedgen retired and weighs more than Pluto, so no.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
Maryland fans were chanting for Ralph Friedgen while losing by 21 to a MAC school at home last week.
I think there is a possibility the 3 Easternmost schools are looking for new HCs after 2015.
Other than Will Likely returning punts, Maryland is an absolute joke.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
We should probably beat them before we talk too much..........
September 16th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^
We have. 3 times.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
this year. The PSU sanctions and legacy of Sandusky make it difficult to coach there, so I think he gets 2-3 more years of screwing up to get fired.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
It's only Franklin's second year, so he's safe for now. But he could be on the clock in a year or two.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
The playoff selection committee will have to take this into consideration.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:10 PM ^
September 16th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
I'm still fucking pissed that we lost to RU and Maryland last year.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^
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September 16th, 2015 at 4:09 PM ^
#Nuttgers pic.twitter.com/98q8gK0k5e
— OLIVER 3STACKS (@edsbs) September 16, 2015September 16th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
September 16th, 2015 at 4:17 PM ^
I hope Michigan beats them, badly, every single time we play until they're kicked out of the conference.
Isn't there another school that could have given us the NY media market? UConn?
September 16th, 2015 at 4:21 PM ^
Syracuse?
September 16th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
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September 16th, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
So probably not.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^
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September 16th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^
John Jay College
September 16th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
Simply put, the notion that the B1G gained any substantial NY media exposure by adding Rutgers is incorrect.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:17 PM ^
it Floods.
September 16th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
The best part of the report is when he told the professor to meet him in public, but not to wear any Rutgers gear or insignia so no one would be able to recognize us having this conversation....
September 16th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
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September 16th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^
Wow. What else could go wrong for Rutgers?!
September 16th, 2015 at 4:51 PM ^
(1) He drove down to Princeton in order to meet with the professor, while making sure that he was wearing plain clothes (e.g., nothing that identified him with Rutgers and made it more likely people could identify him) for said meeting.
(2) People tried to give him the "stop sign" multiple times during the process. Yet, he still plowed ahead, straight through the "stop signs."
(3) As another poster noted, he made sure to use his personal e-mail as opposed to his Rutgers' e-mail, to minimize the likelihood of him being caught. (that didn't work)
Reckless and dumb. IMO, he's VERY lucky he still has a job right now.
September 16th, 2015 at 5:16 PM ^
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September 16th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^
Why wouldn't Rutgers fire Flood and save the buyout money for when they fire him at the end of the season? They could use that saved money to hire a real coach.
September 16th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^
How mixed everyone's opinions on football are at RU. I'm currently a student there, typing this from the library and I can tell you all that the student body's opinions on our football program are as diverse as the school itself.
Many complain that we have a football program at all; some complain about the program's expenditures, and others complain that the atheletes do not deserve to be here because football is the only reason they're here.
Many of the ones who do support the team and go to football games, know next to nothing about Big 10 football or college football itself. The majority attend the games just as an excuse to get hammered early in the morning, and they leave by the end of the 3rd quarter. Very few have the understanding of college football that we do.
September 16th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^
Interacting with Rutgers fans quite a bit, one thing that is fascinating: there is a rather significant portion of RU fans who thinks their athletic peers are IVY AND PATRIOT LEAGUE schools. Like Lafayette and Lehigh!
If you objectively look at Rutgers --- public research-intensive university, AAU school --- RU's "peers" are schools like Penn State, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan State, Virginia, et cetera. Not private, elite schools like Lafayette, Lehigh and Princeton.
In one way, RU is a good fit for the B1G (peer school to many already-B1G schools). In another way, inviting RU to the B1G is like inviting other-planet aliens.
September 16th, 2015 at 8:25 PM ^
September 16th, 2015 at 8:47 PM ^
"elite", yes, that wording was not exact and precise. Princeton is elite, Lehigh & Lafayette are a tier below that. The latter two are "safety schools" for kids who don't get into the Ivy Leagues.
But --- there are of course further tiers. Penn State and Rutgers and Maryland are perfectly good schools and you can get a wonderful education at each of them, but they are also "safety schools" for those upper-middle class kids in PA, NJ and MD who get rejected by Lafayette and Lehigh and the like.
Anyway, my original point remains: Rutgers peers are not in the Patriot League. They are in the B1G.
September 17th, 2015 at 6:33 AM ^
September 16th, 2015 at 6:44 PM ^
I remember thinking "Poor Kyle Flood" having to follow Jim Harbaugh at B1G Media Day. Hardly a soul stuck around to listen to him, having followed Jim out to the lobby. The facilitator kept asking "Any more questions for Coach Flood?" Crickets.
Most of his questions were about The Harbaugh anyway.
September 16th, 2015 at 6:54 PM ^
Greg Schiano is available.
September 16th, 2015 at 7:42 PM ^
Can we just suspend Rutgers from the B1G, for all the games, maybe? Seriously.
September 16th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
I'm betting Flood is gone after this year, and their AD, Hermann, may not be too far behind. That school, in terms of its athletics, has been a walking disgrace since it came to the conference, and they need someone who can go in and clean up that mess.
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September 17th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^
Must say after having endured the Dave Brandon clownshow last year it is a welcome change to sit back on the deck of the SS Harbaugh and watch the misfortunes of others