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The Touchdown club will be holding a meeting on Thursday, October 10th at 7:00PM. The doors open at 6:00PM. Those who want to join are welcome.
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One-time standout linebacker Shawn Williams and team trainer Andrew “abe ” Sivess will become the latest inductees into the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame, it was announced today by Director of Athletics Robert E. Mulcahy. The pair will be honored at halftime when the Scarlet Knights hosts West Virginia on Saturday, October 12 at Rutgers Stadium.
Rutgers Announces Football Hall of Fame Inductees

Football

An 0-2 start, complete with losses to Division I-AA Villanova and Mid-America Athletic Conference also-ran Buffalo, created a sense of panic in the "State of Rutgers," as Rutgers coach Greg Schiano likes to refer to New Jersey and the state school's fan and recruiting base.
Years of disenchantment with a middling program -- the team has not had awinning campaign since 1992 and went to its only bowl game, the Garden State Bowl, in 1978 -- boiled to the surface in the form of boos and jeers at home games. There was a change at quarterback, brooding self-evaluation and countless same answers to the same question: "Yes, we will get this thing turned around."
A bit of optimism in the air as Rutgers gets rejuvenated

If there's one coaching belief that Greg Schiano clings to more than any other, it's this: Good defense starts with good run defense.
Maybe that explains why no one at Rutgers feels the need any longer to start running for cover when the Knights resume play following a bye this weekend.
Defense holding its ground

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Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham isn't much on mushy reunions; in fact he's not much on any outward display of emotion. But talking about Saturday's game against his former team, Stanford, has nearly turned him into Dick Vermeil.
Willingham emotional facing former team

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