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Watch: Third time is the charm for Rutgers football, take 7-0 lead with a ‘tush push’

Rutgers football got an early lead over Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl.

BRONX, N.Y. — Rutgers football got on the board early in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, a one-yard ‘tush push’ by quarterback Gavin Wimsatt good enough for a 7-0 lead over Miami.

The 13-play, 75-yard drive on the game’s opening possession was vintage stuff from Rutgers. Taking 8:06 off the clock, the drive featured 11 rushing plays for 59 yards.

Rutgers ran the ball hard and physically, controlling the line of scrimmage on the drive.

For Wimsatt, it was his tenth rushing touchdown of the season. He came into the season without a rushing touchdown.

It was the third time in the goal line situation that Rutgers trotted out the ‘tush push’ formation. It turned out to be the charm as the Scarlet Knights got the ball across the goal line for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead over Miami with 6:54 left in the first quarter.

 

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Rutgers came into the Pinstripe Bowl 6-6 (3-5 Big Ten). They lost their last four regular season games.

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Five players to watch for the Scarlet Knights

Heading into the Pinstripe Bowl, multiple Scarlet Knights will make an impact as Rutgers football takes on the Miami Hurricanes.

Heading into the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday, Rutgers football is hoping to have several breakout performances against Miami.

It was a good season for the Scarlet Knights in their fourth year of a rebuild under head coach Greg Schiano. They finished 6-6 (3-5 Big Ten) with their best regular season record since 2014.

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A total of  13 players were recognized in the All-Big Ten voting, the second-highest total for the program behind the 14 honored in 2020. According to the ESPN College Football Power Index, Rutgers’ 2023 strength of schedule is ranked No. 2 nationally.

Nearly all of the 13 players given all-Big Ten honors return for Rutgers and will play in the Pinstripe Bowl.

With the Scarlet Knights making their third appearance in the Pinstripe Bowl, below are the five players to watch for Rutgers.

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ESPN FPI: Rutgers football is the underdog against Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl

Rutgers football isn’t favored by ESPN FPI in Thursday’s Pinstripe Bowl.

Rutgers football, eligible for a bowl game for the first time since 2014, is not favored in Thursday’s Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl according to ESPN FPI.

Miami is favored at 66.5 percent to win the Pinstripe Bowl (2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN), which is played annually at Yankee Stadium.

Rutgers is 6-6 (3-5 Big Ten), a solid season for a still rebuilding team. In mid-October, Rutgers became bowl-eligible with their win at Indiana. Since then, they’ve lost four straight games.

Three of those four losses came against ranked opponents.

Miami comes into the game 7-5 with three losses in their last four games. Their final game of the season, at Boston College, saw Miami put together a strong 45-20 performance.

In the second week of the season, Miami beat then No. 23 Texas A&M. The Aggies were one of four ranked teams that Miami played this year.

Those other three games, all Miami losses, came by a combined 24 points.

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Two years ago, Rutgers stepped in to pinch-hit for Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl (the Aggies were unable to play due to COVID-19). Rutgers only had a few days notice to participate in that game.

Head coach Greg Schiano on Wednesday said that this Pinstripe Bowl experience, with a full ramp-up to bowl week, has been a great experience for the program.

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“Well, it’s been completely different. I mean, we had eight days to mobilize a team, get them back on campus, get some semblance of a walk-through and then get on a plane, which was almost impossible to find back then because it was kind of like the second wave of COVID, so you couldn’t get flight crews, you couldn’t get planes,” Schiano said on a Wednesday conference call.

“In retrospect, who knows if that was the best decision. I just love playing. I love competing. So we had a chance to go play one more that year, and we did it.

“This year, totally different. It was our traditional bowl, the way we prepare, the way that we develop. All the events and all the things that we do here that make bowl games a reward. Night and day. Now we have a great opportunity to play a really good Miami team at Yankee Stadium. We’re really fired up to do that.”

Pinstripe Bowl: From battered, bruised and beat-up, Rutgers football is ready, rested and recuperated for Miami

Rutgers football is in a good spot health-wise for Thursday’s Pinstripe Bowl.

After a difficult and physical final month of the regular season, Rutgers football was hurting. The still-rebuilding Scarlet Knights, who have an emerging two-deep but are still a roster that is taking shape, very much limped into their final two games of the regular season.

Time heals most wounds, however, as Rutgers football heads into Thursday’s Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Miami (2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN).

It is no wonder that Rutgers football ended the season worn down, given that they had the second-toughest schedule in college football. Three of their last four games of the season were against teams currently ranked in the USA TODAY LBM Coaches Poll.

But after a month off and a dozen bowl practices, Rutgers is rested, recuperated and ready according to head coach Greg Schiano.

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“The guys that were bumped up, and a lot of it was just overuse, right? Over the course of the season. I think the way we do our bowl preparation allowed those guys to get really a few good weeks of healing in before they really put the pedal down in our preparation for the University of Miami,” Schiano said on Wednesday’s conference call ahead of the Pinstripe Bowl.

“I think we’re definitely in a much better place physically than we were on that back part of the season, and I can feeling the excitement from those guys because they weren’t really playing at the level they’re capable, and that’s frustrating for them. To be able to go out and play at full power, full speed I think will be exciting for them.”

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Rutgers is bowl-eligible for the first time since 2014 (their first season in the Big Ten). They finished the regular season 6-6 (3-5 Big Ten) and achieved bowl eligibility with a mid-October win over Indiana.

Red day for the New York Stock Exchange: Rutgers football rings in the bell as stocks finish in the black

Rutgers football rings in the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Rutgers football participated in the ringing of the bell for the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, this ahead of tomorrow’s Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.

The DOW was up 28.84 mid-afternoon. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 were up slightly.

Rutgers was joined by representatives from Miami (including head coach Mario Cristobal, defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor and quarterback Emory Williams). Rutgers was represented by offensive lineman Tyler Needham and linebacker Tyreem Powell.

The ringing of the bell was another moment during bowl week for Rutgers and Miami. On Tuesday, the two teams visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at World Trade Center Plaza.

The memorial and museum are on the site of the former World Trade Center, affectionately known as the ‘Twin Towers’ to many in the New York City and tristate region.

 

Powell suffered a season-ending injury during the win at Indiana. He was on track for a career-high in tackles. Through eight games, Powell had 52 total tackles this fall.

For the ringing of the bell on Thursday, both teams were joined by Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl executive director Mark Holtzman as well as Bad Boy Mowers CFO Robert McIntire and bad Boy Mowers controller Nate Dewitt.

Pinstripe Bowl Gallery: Rutgers football, Miami visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

Rutgers football visited the 9?11 Memorial and Museum on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Rutgers football and Miami toured the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, taking time to remember those who lost their lives in the most devastating terrorist attack in American history.

The trip to One World Observatory and then visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is part of the lead-up to Thursday’s Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. The visit’s purpose was to connect both programs involved in the game with the history of New York City.

Rutgers, the closest Power Five program to New York City, has visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on several other occasions.

The purpose of the memorial and museum is to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001:

“As a monument to human dignity, courage, and sacrifice, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum honors the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, recognizes the courage of those who survived, and salutes those who risked their lives to help others.”

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Every year, Rutgers honors the victims of the World Trade Center attacks. This year, head coach Greg Schiano spoke to the impact of that day and how he remembers learning about the terror attacks during his first stint as head coach at Rutgers.

“It’s very personal. I lost neighbors from when I grew up in North Jersey. Yeah, it was very personal,” Schiano said this past September.

“We were meeting. It was — we were meeting aon third down. I remember I was up at the board, drawing on the board and one of the assistants came in and said a small plane hit one of the towers, and then as we know, 10 minutes later or whatever it was, when everybody started to realize it wasn’t a small plane and the second plane hit.

“And we had a coach on the staff whose wife was working in New York, so he was scrambling, couldn’t get ahold of her. We had two players whose parents worked in the World Trade Center and by the grace of God didn’t go to work that day. We had a bunch of people who had, obviously, connections. It was scary.”

On Wednesday, the teams participated in the ringing of the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Rutgers football is expecting a lot of red for the Pinstripe Bowl: ‘It’s going to be a home game’

Rutgers football is expecting a big turnout for the Pinstripe Bowl this week.

It should be a strong turnout on Thursday for Rutgers football in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. In fact, there is some buzz among the team that the game against Miami at Yankee Stadium will look and feel like a Rutgers home game.

This is the first time that Rutgers has outright been bowl-eligible since 2014, giving a certain sense of anticipation for this game. The return to bowl eligibility after a 6-6 (3-5 Big Ten) season is no small accomplishment for a rebuilding team.

Especially considering they played the second-toughest schedule in the nation.

With the Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx, New York) being the closest bowl game geographically,  there should be a certain advantage for Rutgers in this game. Scarlet Knights fans won’t have to travel far for this game.

It is roughly an hour drive from SHI Stadium to Yankee Stadium,  and with much of the Rutgers football fanbase in north Jersey, that trip could be even less. Trips on NJ Transit and the PATH offer fans mass transportation options if they don’t want to drive.

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All of which means that there are really no excuses for Rutgers fans to not turn out for what is essentially an eighth home game this season.

“I think it’s just overall excitement. I think it’s going to be a big and great turnout for a lot of ‘Rutgers Nation’ to come out, and it’s going to be like a home game,” running back Kyle Monangai said last week during a press conference for the Pinstripe Bowl.

“It’s real close for us, and hopefully — I think we’re the away team, but it’s going to feel like a home game for us, definitely.”

Even though it is a baseball stadium, there is a certain allure in playing at Yankee Stadium. Arguably the most high-profile sporting venue in New York City, the stadium has a long history of college and professional football dating back to the original venue (which was finished in 1923).

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Defensive tackle Mayan Ahanotu said that he is looking forward to the whole experience of playing in New York City, especially during the holidays.

“That’s awesome. It’s definitely going to be a thrill just being able to be there around Christmastime and all the New York lights and everything like that,” Ahanotu said.

“It’s going to be a really fun time.”

Current ticket prices for Rutgers vs. Miami in Baby Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

There are still some prime tickets available on SeatGeek for the Pinstripe Bowl.

After a promising start to the regular season, Rutgers struggled down the stretch. The Scarlet Knights lost their last four games and finished the regular season with a 6-6 record. With one game left in the 2024 campaign, they will be looking to return to the win column against Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.

The game represents a chance for Rutgers to reach new heights. They haven’t appeared in a bowl in over ten years. If head coach Greg Schiano and his team emerge victorious, they will cross off a significant item on their bucket list.

Tickets are still available for those looking to make a trip to Yankee Stadium. With the game eight days away, tickets on SeatGeek can still be found for less than $ 100.

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As of Thursday, ticket prices, including fees, ranged from $ 59 to $ 342. Tickets in the 100 section range from $ 152 to $324.

While gameday is over a week away, anticipation is building by the hour. Rutgers still has plenty to prove and stars such as Kyle Monangai and Gavin Wimsatt are hungry for a bowl win. If they can replicate their regular season success, there is a good chance that will happen.

Kickoff for the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl is set for 2:15 PM ET on December 28.

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Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Five things to know about Miami

As we inch closer to the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, here are the five facts about the Miami Hurricanes as they take on Rutgers.

Rutgers football and Miami will head to New York in late December to participate in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights appeared two prior in the Pinstripe Bowl, taking on Iowa State in 2011 and Notre Dame in 2013. As for Miami, it will be the second appearance for the Hurricanes in the Pinstripe Bowl, losing their first appearance in 2018 to Wisconsin, 35-3.

The bowl game with mark the thirteenth time Rutgers will have played at Yankee Stadium, dating back to 1926.

As for the Hurricanes, Miami finished the 2023 season with a 7-5 record and 9th in the Atlantic Coastal Conference. Miami has won one of their previous four games heading into their bowl game with the Scarlet Knights.

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The Hurricanes have appeared in 43 bowl games, recording 19 bowl wins in program history. The last time Miami won a bowl game was in 2016, defeating West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl. 

As we inch closer to the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, below are five things to know about the Miami Hurricanes.

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Rutgers tailgate and pre-game party set for the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

For Rutgers fans, Billy’s Sports Bar will be the place to be before the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

While the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl is still weeks away, Rutgers fans can already start planning out their pregame festivities. For some, that may include a stop at Billy’s Sports Bar for the official Rutgers Tailgate and Pep Rally on December 28.

The event will be open to the public and hosted by Rutgers Alumni & Rutgers Foundation. However, anyone interested in participating must be at least 21 years old. Doors will open at 10 a.m., just one hour before the festivities begin.

Fans will be treated to appearances from the Marching Scarlet Knights, Rutgers cheer and dance teams, Sir Henry and other special guests. The afternoon will also include performances from the original Springsteen tribute band and New Jersey’s own The BStreetband.

 

Additionally, Rutgers faithful will be able to show their support through giveaways from The Rutgers Boardwalk that will include “Beat Miami” buttons and shakers. Kickoff is set for 2:15 p.m.

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For Rutgers, this game, in a way, represents a milestone for the program as it is their first bowl game in years. Miami is favored heading into this game after finishing the regular season with a 7-5 record.

However, the Scarlet Knights will be looking to play spoilers and enter this matchup highly motivated. They will need big games from Gavin Wimsatt and Kyle Monangai on offense to pull out a win.