Reviewing the 2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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In recent years, Rutgers football became known as a joke, going 13-47 over the previous six seasons. This past offseason, Greg Schiano returned to the school he led to six bowl games nearly a decade earlier. It only took one game for the difference to be apparent, as Rutgers opened the season with a 38-27 upset of Michigan State. In week two, Rutgers kept it competitive with Indiana most of the way, losing 37-21. Ohio State trounced the Scarlet Knights, though Rutgers did score three times in the fourth quarter of a 49-27 loss. Rutgers looked a little more like the Rutgers we knew in a 23-20 loss to Illinois, but bounced back with an entertaining triple overtime game against Michigan. The Wolverines emerged victorious 48-42 for their final victory of this season.
Snubbed! Big Ten says Rutgers LB Olakunle Fatukasi, conference leader in tackles, isn’t a First-Team talent
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Rutgers Olakunle Fatukasi leads the Big Ten with 99 tackles in eight games for the Scarlet Knights. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media
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Credit the media for getting one right.
As for the coaches in the Big Ten, well, consider their All-Big Ten defensive team a snub for the conference’s leading tackler.
Despite leading the Big Ten by a wide margin in tackles per game, Rutgers weak-side linebacker Olakunle Fatukasi landed on the conference’s second-team Wednesday in an unveiling of the All-Big Ten defensive selections.