Below The Beltway

C. Vivian Stringer, the coach of the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team, has become only the third women’s coach with 800 career wins:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The 800-win club has a new member: C. Vivian Stringer.
Stringer joined Pat Summitt and Jody Conradt as the only women’s basketball coaches to win 800 games as No. 4 […]

I can’t say that I’m surprised by today’s announcement that Rutgers’ Running Back Ray Rice is leaving the school and entering the NFL draft:
Ray Rice’s most productive game in a Rutgers uniform will apparently also be his last.
Three days after Rice ran for a school-record 280 yards in a 52-30 victory over Ball State in […]

In the end, the International Bowl wasn’t even a contest, and mostly that was because of one guy named Ray Rice:
TORONTO (AP) - Ray Rice ran over, around and through Ball State in the International Bowl, giving Rutgers the second bowl win in its long history.
Rice had four touchdowns and 280 yards, including a career-long […]

Well that was fast.
ESPN is reporting that Greg Schiano has decided not to pursue the coaching job at the University of Michigan:
Two days after flirting with the Michigan job, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has decided he will stay in New Jersey.
Jason Baum, Rutgers’ assistant athletic director for football media and public relations, said the school […]

The Newark Star-Ledger is reporting this morning that Rutgers University football coach Greg Schiano met with University of Michigan’s Athletic Director and may be in line to replace Lloyd Carr:
Rutgers University football coach Greg Schiano met with Univerity of Michigan athletic director Bill Martin “for quite a while” Wednesday in New York City to discuss […]

Despite a slightly disappointing season, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are headed to their third consecutive bowl appearance:
The Rutgers University football team will face Ball State in the International Bowl next month.
The Mid-American Conference team accepted an invitation from the game on Saturday, celebrating its first postseason bowl appearance in 11 years.
The Cardinals will face Rutgers […]

It was a disappointing end to a season that didn’t quite live up to last year:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Art Carmody filled the one hole in his resume just in time to salvage Louisville’s disappointing season.
The record-setting kicker drilled a 33-yard field goal with 20 seconds left to lift the Cardinals to a 41-38 victory […]

This hasn’t exactly been like the Cinderella season the Scarlet Knights had last year, but it’s still been pretty good and, today, Rutgers beat Pittsburgh 20-16:
Devin McCourty intercepted a Pat Bostick pass in the end zone to clinch a 20-16 victory against Pittsburgh, fighting off a late drive that got within six yards of a […]

After two consecutive losses to Big East rivals, Rutgers headed up to West Point and rolled over Army:
WEST POI NT, N.Y. (AP) -Rutgers’ game plan was simple. Give the ball to Ray Rice and watch him work his magic.
Rice ran for a school-record 243 yards and scored twice, and the Scarlet Knights played keepaway […]

Unlike last year, things are not going the Scarlet Knights’ way this year, and it’s showing:
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Rutgers’ entire season was pretty much symbolized by last night’s performance against Connecticut.
There’s nothing special about it at all.
Start with a blocked punt. Throw in a 97-yard kickoff returned allowed. Then cap it off with a […]