Rutgers, State Univ of New Jersey NCAA News

Nov 19, 2011; Piscataway, NJ, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights wide receiver Mohamed Sanu during the first half against the Cincinnati Bearcats at High Point Solutions Stadium.

That's according to Mark Blaudschun in the Boston Globe. He stops short of calling Jeff Commissiong the new defensive line coach, but since Rivals stamped his picture on their front page yesterday, it's pretty safe to assume that hire will happen.

That was the word going around yesterday, and Dinkins has already made no secret of the hiring .

As he dug deeper into Greg Schiano's background, Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik delved beyond the football field and into the classrooms at Rutgers University.

Rutgers has a new RB coach, with Ben Sirmans reportedly jumping off the sinking ship at Boston College that is Frank Spaziani's regime to rejoin offensive coordinator Dave Brock at Rutgers.

The point is that it's tricky business to project draft picks. Particularly before free agency when NFL coaches are hanging out at Spyglass.

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Kickoffs in college football could look dramatically different in 2012. Citing safety concerns, the NCAA Football Rules Committee recommended today to move kickoffs and touchbacks up 5 yards each in hopes of fewer returns.

Up today: Duron Harmon , S, Rutgers. 2011 stats: 49 tackles, 2.5 for loss, five interceptions, one pass breakup, two quarterback hurries.

Now that we've turned our focus from the season that just ended to the one that's just begun, the first order of business is this month's NFL combine, where players from across the nation will gather to work out for scouts in an attempt to bolster their stock in April's NFL draft.

There's been nothing on that from the Rutgers side though . It's not like last fall, when Temple and Villanova were promising recruits that they would join the Big East.

Listen Norcross, you want to sell South Jersey on a merger, we get it. But to claim that "hundreds of millions" are being spent on Rutgers football is an outright lie.

Rutgers' Mohamed Sanu runs past Syracuse's back Jeremi Wilkes and Marquis Spruill at the Carrier Dome last season.

This is Rivalry Week in college basketball, and ESPN2 won't need to manufacture any drama when it airs Seton Hall at Rutgers tonight in prime time.

Kyle Flood's quest to reunite every coach who remotely has ties to Hofstra continues, as former Syracuse/Clemson/Bethune-Cookman OC Rob Spence is reportedly the new WR coach at Rutgers.

The latest chapter in one of the more underrated rivalries in all of college basketball will be written tonight in Piscataway.

Yesterday, we took a look at some potential rookies who could step in and replace DeSean Jackson should the two sides fail to agree on a new deal .

The fingerprints of their basketball upbringing have left their mark on each of them.

The New England Patriots have reportedly re-signed wide receiver Tiquan Underwood , a former Rutgers Scarlet Knights player, for the 2012 season .

Less than 28 hours until game time. Both teams need this one. Jordan Theodore went on a rant about winning this game will help him get girls, or something.