Here’s what Greg Schiano said about UCLA as Rutgers football looks to get season back on track

PISCATAWAY – Greg Schiano and the Rutgers football have been busy since the Scarlet Knights’ blowout loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.

There was a lot that needed to be fixed.

“It’s been kind of a tough 45 or so hours since the game,” coach Greg Schiano said Monday as he reflected on his team’s 42-7 loss to the Badgers. “But as I said Saturday, I’ll say it again that was unacceptable. Our performance, my coaching, and really, tried to look at everything we possibly could all the way till about midnight last night and moved on to UCLA.”

Rutgers will host the Bruins on Saturday at SHI Stadium (noon, FS1) looking to snap its two-game losing streak, but for that to happen it’s going to have to get back to being productive on offense, regain its form on defense and eliminate the type of mistakes that piled up against Wisconsin.

After a game in which the Scarlet Knights only had 271 total yards of offense but surrendered 549 on defense, the coaching staff had plenty to dissect and re-evaluate.

Oct 5, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano reacts during the second quarter against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images

“What basically the findings are is there’s no one major thing,” Schiano said. “It’s a bunch of little things. Details of execution. Details of coaching. And when you have a lot of change like we have in the last three weeks, you really got to double down on the details to make sure that everybody is on the same page, everybody is doing things with the same precision, and we did not do a good job and I did not do a good enough job of guaranteeing that happens.”

How confident is Schiano that it can be fixed?

“We have got a great group of players here,” Schiano said. “They are steadfastly committed to what…

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Publish date : 2024-10-14 19:40:50

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