Rutgers, State Univ of New Jersey NCAA News

Ask Paul Reduzzi what stands out the most about Joe Martinek, and the former Hopatcong High School football coach is torn between three things.

South Florida quarterback B.J. Daniels will be trouble for the Rutgers defense because of his exceptional running and throwing ability.

In the midst of a jubilant locker room following Rutgers' 28-24 win over Connecticut on Saturday, Devin McCourty sat motionless on the floor.

The head coach was game-planning for the next play. The strongside linebacker was praying on the sideline.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - In the jubilant locker room following Rutgers' 28-24 win at Connecticut Saturday, Devin McCourty sat motionless on the floor.

Rutgers true freshman quarterback talks about his 81-yard pass to WR Tim Brown that won the game for the Scarlet Knight on Saturday vs.

Connecticut came into last Saturday's game with Rutgers as the lone unbeaten team in the country against the spread.

Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres was scheduled to have season-ending surgery on his non-throwing shoulder Sunday morning, coach Randy Edsall said after UConn's 28-24 loss to Rutgers on Saturday.

It used to be the biggest tipoff in the UConn football team's playbook. Forget reading what the guards did, any Big East linebacker worth his salt knew that if Marcus Easley was in the game for the Huskies, they had definitely called a running play.

Rutgers linebacker Antonio Lowery has a pretty good idea why games against Connecticut have been so close in recent years.

Tim Brown scored on an 81-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give Rutgers an improbable 28-24 win over Connecticut, handing the Huskies their second straight emotional defeat following the death of cornerback Jasper Howard.

The skinny kid no one knew stepped to the line and took off in a sprint. Seconds later, he approached Donald Forbes and told him the time he had just run in the 40-yard dash.

The UConn football team has lost three games this season by a combined nine points.

Heading into this weekend's game against his home state's top dogs, Rutgers wide receiver Mark Harrison is coming off the best game of his career.

Asked to sum up the importance of the running game for an offense still struggling to find an identity, Kordell Young looked up to the sky to prove his point.

Slowly but surely, James Beatty has been pressing on the accelerator. He's still getting a feel for the Rutgers men's basketball offense, one that's been stuck in neutral for a while.

Rutgers ranks second nationally in turnover margin, and tops the Big East in total defense.

About an hour after Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall spoke at the memorial service inside New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Tim Brown sat alongside a bank of windows on the suite level in Rutgers Stadium, trying to describe in hushed tones the emotions that no words could accurately convey.

Keith Carlos never would have had a chance to suit up for the Purdue University football team if he did not make the right move off the field first.

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano likes to say his Scarlet Knights are a 'work in progress.' And for much of Friday evening, their performance against Army was about as advanced as a kindergartener's finger painting.