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LINCOLN - One more offseason. One more preseason. One more football season. And one more postseason. All with a new commissioner, and an eye toward a larger future in the league. One more trip around the sun with this iteration of Big Ten football. And one more year with divisional schedules. One more year, for certain, of a Big Ten title game. The…

The Michigan Wolverines have posted a historic 25-3 record over the last two seasons and will look to keep that momentum rolling with an experienced and talented team in 2023. While professional declarations will not be finalized until next Sunday, Team 144 is expected to return a minimum of 15 starters, with optimistic projections ranging as high…

Where: SHI Stadium in Piscataway, NJ Kick-off: Saturday, November 19 at 3:30 PM ET Weather: 41 degrees, sunny with a 3% chance of rain, 11 mph winds TV: BTN with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Jake Butt (color), and Rick Pizzo (sideline) Radio: Radio: RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network (WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM, Fox Sports New Jersey 93.5…

Monday marks a new recruiting landmark for college football programs. The transfer portal has officially reopened allowing college players to release themselves from their national letters of intent and transfer to new schools. Meanwhile, programs must keep their high school recruits committed as other schools try to purge them down the stretch,…

It's tough to know when to take a team seriously, when to treat it as a true contender. Several teams climb up the polls each season, but nearly every College Football Playoff ultimately ends up with the usual suspects. Only one team in the playoff era, LSU in the 2019 season, has crashed the party and come out on top. I've been slow to see…

LINCOLN - The Big Ten's current TV contract has paid out roughly $50 million per school in recent non-COVID years. The new contract, which starts next year, could eventually pay out $100 million. Could some of that money be used to buy some damn offense in this league? Some coordinators? Some better playbooks? A few how-to guides on how to recruit…

The Maryland Terrapins (6-5) face a Big Ten matchup versus the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-7). The Scarlet Knights (+435 on the moneyline to win) and the Terrapins (-14.5) take to the field on November 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET on BTN. A total of 49 points has been set for the game by oddsmakers. This article references betting data updated as of…

Everything is on the line in the final week of Big Ten regular-season football. Ohio State and Michigan will play for the Big Ten East title. In the Big Ten West, Iowa and Purdue are tied for first at 5-3 in conference play, and Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin are one game behind at 4-4. Nine Big Ten teams are already bowl eligible, and Michigan…

Free College Football Picks For Today 11/21/2022 South Carolina at Clemson-South Carolina moved to 7-4 with their 63-38 home win to Tennessee. Gamecocks gained 608 yards with 155 rushing on 37 carries. On defense, they allowed over five yards per rush to the Volunteers with 355 passing on 50 attempts. Spencer Rattler completed season hights 81.1%…

Penn State and Pitt both trounced their opponents by 30 points on Saturday, and they're favored again to win this week - though oddsmakers think the margins will be a little tighter. Temple, meanwhile, almost pulled off a stunning upset over Houston, only to succumb by 7 points in the final minute. They're a big underdog again against No. 22…

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - James Franklin picked up his 100th career coaching victory by seeing No. 11 Penn State make big plays in every phase of the game. Sean Clifford ran for a touchdown and threw for another and the Nittany Lions scored twice on fumble returns and once on a kickoff return in beating Rutgers 55-10 Saturday. Freshman Nick Singleton…

Week 11 was our best of the season (5-1), and we were a fourth-and-29 touchdown pass by Rutgers (of all teams) from having a clean sheet. That ups our season record to 38-24 (61.3 percent) with only two weeks left. All seven Big Ten games in Week 12 have tangible meaning to one, if not both, teams. A playoff spot, a division title, or a bowl bid…

Any chance of maintaining bowl eligibility starts with a major upset Saturday when Penn State arrives in Piscataway, heavily favored to keep adding to its dominant history. Rutgers (4-6, 1-5) must win its final two games to get to 6-6. Penn State (8-2, 5-2) stands in the way as a major road block between the Scarlet Knights and their hopes of…

It's dress rehearsal week for No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan as the Big Ten East rivals make their final preparations for their all-important showdown next week. The Buckeyes travel to Maryland as 27.5-point favorites while the Wolverines host Illinois as 18-point favorites in a game that, unfortunately, has lost some of its luster over the…

Penn State's James Franklin pursues career win No. 100 in his 12 seasons as a head coach when the Nittany Lions visit Rutgers on Saturday. But the real question is whether Penn State will record consecutive shutouts for the first time under Franklin. Will it happen? To the prediction. When: 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday Where: SHI Stadium, Piscataway,…

Rutgers is playing meaningful football in November. That is how coach Greg Schiano framed the Scarlet Knights' (4-5, 1-5) trip to East Lansing this weekend, where they will take on Michigan State (4-5, 2-4) at Spartan Stadium on Saturday. Both teams still have slim hopes of reaching a bowl game, each needing two wins in their final three games of…

It's the penultimate week of the 2022 college football season. Can you believe we only have two football Saturdays remaining for most teams? Many will be playing their final home game this week. Where did the season go? While nothing has changed atop the Big Ten East, the West Division opened up with an upset by the Purdue Boilermakers over the…

When Georgia punter Brett Thorson lined up to boot the ball away with 19 seconds left in the first half Saturday, anyone holding a ticket on the Bulldogs and the under was halfway to the window ready to cash. Georgia was anywhere from an 8½- to 9½-point favorite on the first-half line and owned a 17-6 lead over Mississippi State. What could go…

EAST LANSING, Mich. - With three games remaining, Rutgers is running out of chances to capture bowl eligibility. Perhaps a game against a Michigan State team that's had an up-and-down season could be what the Scarlet Knights need. Rutgers will take on Michigan State here at Spartan Stadium at noon (Big Ten Network), hoping to win its fifth game of…

Where: Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. TV: ABC. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1), WWJ-AM (950), WTKA-AM (1050). Betting line: Wolverines by 30. Game notes: If the success of J.J. McCarthy for Michigan is the example of what can go right in an early season QB competition, the Scarlet Knights are the opposite. Noah Vedral (at his third school, after stints with…

Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Michigan State Spartans 11/12/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will meet with the Michigan State Spartans in NCAAF action in Spartan Stadium, MI, on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 12:00 PM ET. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are now 4-5 on the year going into this match. The Scarlet Knights lost…

Logan Diggs and Audric Estime each rushed for over 100 yards and Notre Dame got touchdowns from all three aspects of its team Saturday night as it routed No. 4 Clemson 35-14 in South Bend, Ind. Diggs collected a game-high 114 yards on 17 carries, while Estime rushed for 104 yards on 18 attempts, including a 2-yard touchdown 23 seconds into the…

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Greg Schiano has been coaching Rutgers long enough to know recent results against any team are not an indicator of what's going to happen in the next meeting. So while the Scarlet Knights (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten) have dropped their last two games against No. 4 Michigan by a combined 13 points, it's wishful thinking to assume it's…

No. 5 Michigan (8-0) will travel east to Piscataway to take on Rutgers on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Big Ten Network. The Scarlet Knights (4-4) got off to a fast start this season going 3-0. But Rutgers lost the next four out of five games. The lone win for Rutgers in Big Ten play came against Indiana. The maize and blue have dominated this…

Michigan hits the road after being ranked No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday, will they make a statement on the road against Rutgers? The Wolverines have been rarely challenged this season and are laying nearly four touchdowns in Piscataway, New Jersey, against a stingy Rutgers defense, can they hold up their end of the…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to MLive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. Michigan football moved to 8-0 this past Saturday with a 29-7 win over the Michigan State Spartans, and our experts cashed their early prediction for that…

Michigan football is looking ahead to Rutgers after beating Michigan State and here is a look at the odds, as well as a prediction against the spread. It's been a wild few days following Michigan football's win over Michigan State last weekend. There have already been suspensions and more should be coming, as well as arrests. At the same…

Star running back Blake Corum and the Michigan Wolverines (8-0) meet the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-4) on Saturday at 7:30 PM ET at SHI Stadium. The Wolverines beat the Michigan State Spartans 29-7 in their most recent outing. The Scarlet Knights' last game was a 31-0 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Against the Spartans, J.J. McCarthy led the…

Oct. 25, 2022: Heading into a Week 9 home matchup with Rutgers, Minnesota has its back against the wall in a true "must-win" situation. -> Follow @ Tony Liebert on Twitter Date: Sat., Oct. 29 TV channel: BTN Time of kickoff: 1:30 p.m. (CST) Broadcast team: n/a (play-by-play) & n/a (color) Betting line: Minnesota (-14.5) V. Rutgers, o/u: (41…

Despite the sport's best attempts to distract us with a summer of talk about transfer portal, realignment, NIL and governance-oh, and some College Football Playoff expansion thrown in for good measure-we have made it to Week 1. It can be difficult at times to remember why we love the sport, but a fun Thursday night to whet the palate should have…

Rutgers (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten) at No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, 1-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (BTN) Line: Ohio State by 40 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Ohio State leads 8-0. WHAT'S AT STAKE? Ohio State steamrolled Wisconsin last week in its initial Big Ten test. Rutgers, despite its 3-1 start, shouldn't be a monumental struggle for the…

In two weeks, the Big Ten has gone from having five ranked teams to three: Wisconsin fell out of the rankings after Week 2 and this week, Michigan State was dropped after a poor showing at Washington (39-28 final). The three teams that remain in the top 25, though - (3) Ohio State, (4) Michigan, and (14) Penn State - looked great in Week 3 matchups…

Get ready for some Friday night Big Ten football when Rutgers hosts Nebraska in a classic Big Ten rivalry. OK, so maybe that is a slight exaggeration of the level of excitement one should have for a Nebraska vs. Rutgers matchup, but this does have a chance to be a fun Friday night game to keep you entertained into the fourth quarter. Nebraska (2-3,…

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Iowa (2-1) at Rutgers (3-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT (FS1) Line: Iowa by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Iowa leads 2-0 Coming off a 16-14 win over Temple, Rutgers is looking for its first 4-0 start since 2012. To get it, the Scarlet Knights must break a 19-game losing streak at home against Big Ten Conference…

Coming off its rout of Wisconsin on Saturday night, Ohio State could be afforded an opportunity to rest some banged-up starters this week. It plays Rutgers on Saturday. Though the Scarlet Knights inched closer to.500 last fall and have shown signs of progress since Greg Schiano returned in 2020, they've been near the bottom of the Big Ten for…

PISCATAWAY - Rutgers maintains a "24-hour rule." The Scarlet Knights have 24 hours to celebrate a win or lament a loss, but after that it's time to move on and begin preparing for the next opponent. And by now, the preparation for the toughest team on the schedule has begun: Ohio State. The Scarlet Knights will take on the No. 3 Buckeyes on…

Each week, the First Look column will be our first taste of what Ohio State will face the following week. We hope this gives you some riveting reading each week. Here is our First Look at Rutgers: FIRST LOOK: RUTGERS AT OHIO STATE * Opponent: Rutgers * Date, Time, TV: Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network * Location: Ohio Stadium * 2022…

In two weeks, the Big Ten has gone from having five ranked teams to three: Wisconsin fell out of the rankings after Week 2 and this week, Michigan State was dropped after a poor showing at Washington (39-28 final). The three teams that remain in the top 25, though - (3) Ohio State, (4) Michigan, and (14) Penn State - looked great in Week 3 matchups…

Rutgers is undefeated but hasn't faced competition quite at Iowa's level in the early goings this season. Hawkeyes quarterback Spencer Petras will be able to exploit a thin Scarlet Knights secondary en route to eclipsing his passing yards total. The Iowa Hawkeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights kick off their respective Big Ten conference schedules…

Days after Rutgers' offense struggled mightily in a win over Temple thanks in part to a run-heavy gameplan, Greg Schiano insinuated there could be some changes coming this week. The head coach said Wednesday that he thinks the Scarlet Knights (3-0) will "open (the offense) up some" in their Big Ten opener against Iowa, adding that they've "been…

PISCATAWAY - Wesley Bailey's had a tough time getting to sleep this week. Much like the rest of his teammates, the Rutgers defensive end is anxiously waiting for the chance to step onto the SHI Stadium Saturday night, in primetime, and open up the Big Ten slate against Iowa with a "Scarlet Out" in the stands. "I'm beyond excited," Bailey said. "The…

Here's an early look at College Football Week 3 spreads, along with my projections. We'll run through major injuries that are affecting spreads and hit on games you might want to consider betting early in the week due to expected line movement. In the box below are my adjusted spreads for this weekend's games. ATL stands for "Adjusted Thor Line."…

Don't look now, but Northwestern's Ryan Hilinski is the top quarterback in the Big Ten. Actually, do look now. That distinction is unlikely to continue beyond next weekend, and Hilinski deserves his minute of glory. His play was the most significant revelation to come from the 3 B1G teams who were in action Week 0. Hilinski passed for 314 yards,…

Long before Gerry DiNardo became an analyst recognized across Big Ten country, before he was a head coach at Indiana and two SEC schools, he was an All-American offensive lineman on a national championship-winning Notre Dame team who went on to coach the offensive line at Colorado and Eastern Michigan. The 69-year-old Brooklyn native's fruitful…