Life After Rice: Rutgers Gets Cooked

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — So much for the chances of an undefeated season for the Rutgers football team.

And so much for that high-scoring affair the Scarlet Knights and Fresno State were supposed to showcase on ESPN.

The Bulldogs traveled some 3,000 miles to hand Rutgers a 24-7 loss in its season opener before 42,508 mostly red-clad fans at the newly refurbished, yet still-under-construction Rutgers Stadium.

“Some days you have a bad day,” Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said. “We just didn’t play very well today. We didn’t coach very well today. We didn’t do any of the things you need to do to win.”

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Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.