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Judoka

Judoka

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Rutgers is 8-4
Code: 
Thu, Sep 1	North Carolina Central	W 48-0	 (2-10 FCS team)
Sat, Sep 10	at North Carolina	L 22-24	 (7-5 ACC team)
Sat, Sep 24	Ohio	                W 38-26	 (9-4 MAC Team East Division Champs)
Sat, Oct 1	at Syracuse	        W 19-16	 (5-7, 1-6 Big East)
Sat, Oct 8	Pittsburgh	        W 34-10	 (6-6, 4-3 Big East)
Sat, Oct 15	Navy	                W 21-20	 (4-7)
Fri, Oct 21	at Louisville	        L 14-16	 (7-5, 5-2 Big East)
Sat, Oct 29	(25) West Virginia	L 31-41	 (9-3, 5-2 Big East)
Sat, Nov 5	South Florida	        W 20-17  (5-7, 1-6 Big East)
Sat, Nov 12	at Army	                W 27-12  (3-8)
Sat, Nov 19	Cincinnati	        W 20-3	 (9-3. 5-2 Big East)
Sat, Nov 26	at Connecticut		L 22-40  (5-7, 3-4 Big East)

Their "signature win" is against Cincy, which was their only win against a team with a winning record in a BCS conference

Passing:
Code: 
 	Name		G	QBRat	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Y/G	TD	Int	Long	Sack	YdsL	 
 	Gary Nova	9	118.2	220	113	51.4	1533	7.0	170.3	11	9	92	15	-122	 
 	Chas Dodd	8	115.0	228	129	56.6	1398	6.1	174.8	9	7	45	15	-96


Russhing:
Code: 
Name		G	Rush	Yds	Y/G	Avg	Lng	TD	 
Jawan Jamison	11	204	766	69.6	3.8	56	7	 
Jeremy Deering	10	47	169	16.9	3.6	19	0	 
Savon Huggins	9	56	146	16.2	2.6	26	5	 
Joe Martinek	12	20	119	9.9	6.0	21	0

I'll keep adding to this as I get it collated.
 
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Judoka said:
Rutgers is 8-4
I'll keep adding to this as I look. But I see no reason we won't be favored by 10+
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Sagarin's Predictor rankings, which come pretty close to the opening line for most games, would have Rutgers as one-point favorites at a neutral location. My guess would be that it'll start about Rutgers -2 or -3, given that it's going to be much more of a home game for Rutgers than it is for us.

But hey, it's not as though we're not used to being the underdog...
 
so more of a defensive team this year. They have a pro style balanced offense if they haven't changed(I haven't watched them at all this year). They did lose to UCONN who we beat while playing a poor game on offense. I'm guessing it will be a pretty competitive game, can't wait.
 
Rutgers offense:
Code: 
Team	 Pts/G	 Yds/G	 PassYds RushYds 1stD/G	 3rdM	 3rdD%	 4thM	 4thD%	 Pen  PenYds
Rutgers	 26.3	 336.5	 2940	 1098	 19.9	 72	 38.1	 9	 56.3	 83   546

Matching up against our total D of:
Code: 
Team	 Pts/G	 Yds/G	 PassYds RushYds Int IntTD
Iowa St. 29.6	 432.3	 2846	 2342	 11  1

Passing D:
Code: 
Team	 Att/G	 Comp/G	 Pct	 PassYds Y/G	 TD   Int 
Iowa St. 33.4	 19.0	 56.9	 2846	 237.2	 16   11

And rushing D:
Code: 
 Team	 Rush	 RushYds  Avg	 Rush/G	 Y/G	 TD		
Iowa St. 512	 2342	  4.6	 42.7	 195.2	 21


There offensive yardage is almost 3/4 through the air. My guess is we play nickel for most if not all of the game. Their main weapon is this guy:
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Mohamed Sanu, who has 109 receptions for 1144 yards. He has gone over 100 yards recieving in 7 games this season. If LJ can shut him down they don't have many other offensive options.

On the ground the go to this guy:
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Jawan Jamison, who has 204 carries for 706 yards this season. He had a breakout game against Cincy for 200 yards.
 
Testing123 said:
Sagarin's Predictor rankings, which come pretty close to the opening line for most games, would have Rutgers as one-point favorites at a neutral location. My guess would be that it'll start about Rutgers -2 or -3, given that it's going to be much more of a home game for Rutgers than it is for us.

But hey, it's not as though we're not used to being the underdog...
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Good point. Here are the predictor ratings

Rutgers : 75.45
Iowa State: 74.33

Massey gives us the edge though
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It'll be close. I like the match up. Line should be pretty close with either being favored by 1.5 or so.

Even though it's essentially a road game, I like our chances.
 
im glad they are a passing team. i was worried they were a running team. advantage: ISU pass defense
 
LJ on Sanu is going to be the key matchup of the game. Weather could play a factor as well, with the game being late December in New York. A snow game plays to our favor.
 
Rutgers rush D was last in the Big East, but only allowed about 145 a game. Its not bad. Only faced about 37 carries a game on average though...that's not a huge number.

Rutgers were tops in big east with Pass defense only allowing about 170 a game and had about 17 INT. Teams only attempted about 26 passes a game vs them. Not a high total, but that's a lot of picks.

Based off their totals and the other B.E. teams, there's not a lot of offense going on in that conference. Offensively its WVU and S. Florida and then everyone else. The 2nd most YPG in the Big East would rank 8th in the Big 12....1 yard ahead of ISU.
 
methinks that we should run jet tempo in them with a lot of read option and pistol/diamond, get a bunch of carries against them lj will shut down senu and then just let knott and co take care of the rest
 
They have already played a game this year at Yankee Stadium, so that will be a big advantage and they will probably practice for the bowl at Rutgers.

I think we could end up being bigger underdogs than we think because a lot of East coast people will bet Rutgers.
 
FD Cyclone said:
Rutgers rush D was last in the Big East, but only allowed about 145 a game. Its not bad. Only faced about 37 carries a game on average though...that's not a huge number.

Rutgers were tops in big east with Pass defense only allowing about 170 a game and had about 17 INT. Teams only attempted about 26 passes a game vs them. Not a high total, but that's a lot of picks.

Based off their totals and the other B.E. teams, there's not a lot of offense going on in that conference. Offensively its WVU and S. Florida and then everyone else. The 2nd most YPG in the Big East would rank 8th in the Big 12....1 yard ahead of ISU.
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Yeah, I hadn't had a chance to dive into how many (if any) decent offenses/defenses they had faced, but given that the Big East is the lowest ranked of all the BCS conferences by every computer, and that Rutgers faced a total of one ranked team all season, I figure the stats are going to scew in a way to make them look better than they actually are. But Sagarin and Massey both say it'll be pretty close, so maybe not.
 
JRE1975 said:
They have already played a game this year at Yankee Stadium, so that will be a big advantage and they will probably practice for the bowl at Rutgers.
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I hadn't considered that, where will the team have their final bowl practices? Some high school field on Long Island or something?
 
Judoka said:
I hadn't considered that, where will the team have their final bowl practices? Some high school field on Long Island or something?
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I know that last year KSU practiced at the Giants' practice facility... they also held a walkthrough in a hotel ballroom.
 
Maybe Rutgers will be showcasing themselves for the Big 12 in this game? I read today from SBnation I believe that there was some speculation of UCONN and Rutgers to the Big 12 strictly for population. If Rutgers helps to earn a decent TV rating for the game maybe the Big 12 says come on over. TV rating will be tough though. Hopefully a lot of people take off work on Dec 30. I have it off to stay home with the 3 kids, we do not have daycare available that day.
 
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