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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Postgame notes and quotes

There's a lot of notable information and quotes about this game, a lot of which will be in tomorrow's paper.

Here are some highlights:

Rutgers had 537 yards of total offense, the third most in the Greg Schiano era.

The Knights topped 50 points for the second time under Schiano. Both times, they did it against teams from the MEAC -- the other was a 56-7 win last year over Howard.

Mike Teel completed one of his first seven passes and seven of his next eight to finish 8-for-15.

Jabu Lovelace out-gained Ray Rice 78-72 in rushing yards on four fewer carries.

Norfolk State finished with 10 rushing yards. At half time, the Spartans had -18.

Now for a couple of quotes I couldn't fit in the paper...

NSU coach Pete Adrian on the game: "We knew going in that we would have a difficult time with (Underwood) and (Britt). That those were the two guys that really scared us. They just have outstanding speed and they are big-time receivers. I think with Teel really growing as a quarterback that is probably the biggest improvement I saw in the Rutgers team from film. We absolutely have no one on our football team that can cover either one of those guys. The kids were trying hard and they were too big and too fast. That broke the game wide open."

Mike Teel: "We were not executing in the first quarter and we just weren't doing what we need to do. But once the second quarter came, we began to execute and it showed how explosive our offense can be. We prepare so much for our games and expect to do well if we take advantage of the opportunities we have. ... We still have a long way to go. It's nice to be 3-0, but we still want to continue to improve and keep on working. If we just continue to work hard and work on the little things, that will be good. This team is confident, but we know we still have a lot of work left to do."

Tiquan Underwood on the bye week: "During our bye week, we'll work on improving, to get ready for our next challenge against Maryland. Maryland is a tough team and we need to come out strong. We'll prepare just as we do for every game and give 100 percent."

Schiano on the timing of the bye week: "I think it probably comes at a good time. It's a chance to get some guys mended up. It was good to get a lot of those young guys in for some substantial playing time. We got every guy on our depth chart that we planned into the game."

That's it for me. Enjoy the rest of your football weekend and I'll check in on Monday for some thoughts on the Big East coaches teleconference.

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