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Howard University bison from the FCS good evening everybody Chris Carlin alongside former Scarlet Knight quarterback and NFL quarterback Mike teal and ruter Hall of Famer Eric l Grant Anthony fusil down on the field we'll hear from him in just a little bit as we get ready to open the 2024 season and it has been one that has been anticipated for sure especially off of the end of last year with Rutter's win in the Pinstripe Bowl over Miami the needle is pointing North and everybody is feeling good about where this program is Eric and this is exactly where the program wanted to get to kosana has a lot of senior leadership on this team on the offense and defensive side and it's all about that culture building for four years now he's been instilling that culture in these guys they've been building up their bodies getting ready for a season like this and obviously everyone looks at the schedule you say you know what have a chance Mike I'm not going to compare the two but there was a lot of anticipation going into 2005 and 2006 and Coach this week talked about avoiding the poison don't drink the poison we've heard that from Nick Sabin a lot and now we hear it from coach shano so take me inside the locker room with the mentality there when you know you have a chance to do something pretty special yeah I think even more so nowadays with social media everywhere the kids go they get blasted whether it's on X whether it's on Instagram they see Kirk hstry talking about Ruckers football they see the Big 10 preseason rankings so on and so forth so keeping it within the walls of the program keeping it within the locker room and making sure that more so now than ever they chop every single day uh I think it goes back to though 16 guys since coach xano first got back here on the roster 32 players in the program for the last three years a lot of good leadership on the team this year we heard from K manangi who of course led the Big 10 in rushing a season ago with 1,200 62 yards asked him this week what has you excited and he said we're getting the band back together everybody's here everybody's stayed and and for the most part this is a very similar team to a year ago with one notable exception at quarterback aan cak menis a transfer from Minnesota where he was recruited by Rutter's offensive coordinator Kirk shiraka we will get a chance to see him under Center Gavin whimit was just a little bit short in the quarterback battle back in the spring coach let him know right away gave him an opportunity to make his mind up and Gavin decided to return home to the University of Kentucky meanwhile we had a chance to catch up with the coach this week and I asked him what he has seen from his team through training camp well I've seen a lot you know we've had a couple bumps and bruises they've worked incredibly hard they've also worked smart so I'm really excited about tonight I'm really excited about the opportunity we have to go and play a game we've been we've been hitting each other for a long time this summer this seemed like a Long Camp I don't know if it was any longer but boy it seem long but it uh it's one that I think that we got better in every area and we needed to but now now they count so here we go as you're getting to know your team how quickly do you get a sense of the traits that you're looking for well I think I got a these first couple games you're going to find out you know we have some young guys playing tonight that we didn't originally think we're going to play but because of injury they're they're going so um right we're going to find out a lot we're going to find out a lot about how we handle pressure of game day we're going to find out about what what exactly it is that we need to be able to get better at do we have to CH you know move some guys positions we we're going to find out a lot in in these first two games and then we got to make adjustments fans who are getting into know a calak Manis a little bit give them a scouting report and what makes him such a good fit for your program well he's he's number one a great leader great person a very accurate passer he he computes the information he distributes the ball where he needs to go and accurately so I'm excited to see him play tonight I'm sure he's a little bit antsy you know uh no matter if you played or not it's a new place for him and but he'll settle down after that first snap and and I'm excited to see him play defensively what do you expect the identity of the group to be well we're going to have some young guys like coach haris simc and his staff have done a great job preparing them we're going to have to help them through it it's not going to be smooth this team is really good offensively they're well coached they have a great scheme and they have some really good athletes so not exactly the one daa opponent you'd want to schedule but that you play what you what you got and we got to go out there and stop him we know what what the job is we got to go tackle well that's always a challenge in the first game finally is this the most exciting moment of the year for a head coach you love the process but now you're here yeah I mean look I do love the process but game day is what I live for right those those game days are the best and uh we're finally on it so let's go get it well let's get to it the keys to the game they are brought to you by infinity infinity is the official luxury vehicle sponsor of ruter Athletics EXP experiencing an Infinity lineup at your local retailer today so Mike let's start with aan cak Manis in his career over a couple of years at the University of Minnesota 17 starts 23 career games completion percentage of 53% 2784 yards 17 touchdowns 13 interceptions but you watch him through camp and the one thing that certainly jumps out is his accuracy so Mike um while those numbers from the last couple of years may not indicate you will normally want to get that number over 60 what are you looking for here from aan tonight in his first start with ruter I think for Athan is is just play the game Let The Game come to you don't force anything you did a great job in the spring winning the quarterback battle it's been your team since training camp you're a captain of this team go out and let the game come come to you and make the plays when they're there we'd like to see him press the ball down the field a little bit but take the completions underneath and make sure the offense is staying on the field and the one that jumps out some new weapons Dair Miller transfer from Monmouth an FCS All-American last year led the FCS in receiving yards with 1,93 and catches with 906 100 yard games he's a dynamic player wanted to see if it could translate to the big league so to speak and he gets that chance here and we'll also see guys like Chris Long return and some familiar names along the lines of Christian Dremel and Kenny Fletcher who made the trans uh transition before the bowl game from defensive line to tight end well he has developed very well at the position and he will start there for ruter tonight Eric let's go to the defensive side the heartbreaking news was losing muhamad teray for the year a guy that has really been an outstanding player for the Scarlet Knights moved to the Mike linebacker spot uh last season Eric defensively what are you expecting from this team that took major steps last year yeah it's definitely a tough loss when you lose Mohamad ter it's hard to replace a guy like that but this team especially coming out of jump coacho had just mentioned it in the interview is tackling early in the season you got to be able to fine tune in on your tackling by playing another opponent and also making sure that you're not missing too many tackles and and having everyone swarm into their defense but the one thing I really want to see out of this defense is causing Havoc Havoc what I mean by getting pressure on the quarterback getting those tackles for losses getting those pass breakups it's not always with the interception or fumble recovery cuz that will come as you cause the Havoc just make the offense uncomfortable every chance you get and they had the senior leadership on this defense to do it and then finally on special teams we saw last year in the bowl game what ruter does they block kicks 71 block kicks under Greg shano including 41 punts eight over the last two years what are we looking for on special teams Eric ah well you definitely want to see more of that you know that they're coming at one point of the game they're going to have that pump block or that field goal block coming for you and that's what the scar Knight specialized on and also you got to play the field position game and make team Drive the entire field when you're on defense and try to get those short Fields when you're on offense and ruter has a new pter and Jacob Anderson a freshman from East Melbourne Australia and by way of pro kick Australia and Adam corack recommendation and hard to believe that you could go wrong with that as the future Ruckers Hall of Famer continues to play up in Canada we'll get to today's coin toss in just a moment brought to you by Jag Physical Therapy Jag physical therapy is the official in network Physical Therapy provider for ruter University athletics for more information on their services visit Jag pt.com ruter comes out of the tunnel in the southeast East End Zone in their home Scarlet jerseys with white numbers and lettering white pants with Scarlet helmets with the white block r on each side the traditional look to start the season here in 2024 Howard has yet to come out of the tunnel as they now start to emerge and the Bison will come out as they uh captains get set to meet at Midfield and it does include Muhammad ter who is out there wearing his jersey towards ACL and unfortunately will miss the season for Ruckers but nonetheless Scarlet Knight defense looking to do some special things this year and that Ruckers offense with some real veteran leadership especially up front because you see a lot of guys who have been here galinski in the middle wena asamoa and Brian felter the guards hen Pierce Tyler needam the tackles you've got TSH white who's played a lot of football as has Reggie Sutton back for his seventh year an incredible story of a devastating knee injury a few years back came back last year and nobody knew if he would even be able to play football again there was a time when they didn't know if he'd be able to walk again that's how bad the injury got and what happened he ends up starting the last seven games last season for ruter at right tackle and they also have a transfer in from Ohio University named shedric rhods junr from MCD Georgia and he's a guy that adds a lot of depth there as well so ruers has plenty of depth up front Howard has won the toss they have elected to defer until the second half so ruers will get the football first we have a big 10 officiating crew led by David Seagle howed in their visiting white jerseys with navy blue numbers silver pants and silver helmets with the logo on the side on each side for the Bison getting ready for the start of Labor Day weekend can't think of a better way to get going it's in a lot of ways it's been a long what seven and a half eight months and in a lot of ways it's been a very short eight nine months to get ready for this season but man it's exciting to get going again for a team that has a lot of expectations this year absolutely when you come out that Tuttle For the First Time of the Season it's just that little extra juice that that's so every game before every game you get those butterflies but the first after you work your butt off all offseason you go into the off season with a good feeling in your mouth after getting a bowl win and then you get excited for the rest of your the rest of you know the r of the offseason with your guys coming back everyone that pretty much returned I mean there's no better feeling in this right now before kickoff let's head downstairs for the first time this season Anthony fusil admiring the student section foch yeah Christopher they've come out strong you know Thursday here Labor Day weekend as kids are on campus and they're loud proud and uh I'm sure coacho is very happy to see them show up with their support So Howard will kick off from our right to left back deep for ruter Ben black freshman from Charlotte North Carolina Mard Creek High School he is a dynamic player saw him in practice a couple of weeks ago young receiver and to n practice made a diving catch in the corner of the end zone also back with him is Christian Dremel a little bit further standing at the 12 yd line and set to kick off for the Howard vion is Dylan West marches it off to his right getting ready in Piscataway an early evening Affair as we approach Labor Day weekend in the 2024 season is underway end overend kick fielded at the nine by Ben black takes it out across to 20 bounces off a tackle to the 27 yd line where he is Gang tackled and we will see the Ruckers offense for the first time this season we gave it the offensive line a moment ago Kyle manangi led the Big 10 in rushing a season ago averaging over five yards a carry 1262 yards nearly 40% of all of his yards last season came in the fourth quarter remarkable numbers for the young man from rosand New Jersey and our partner former player at dong Bosco prep aan cak Manis starts at quarterback four Ruckers at receiver Dair Miller Ian Strong and Chris Long back from injury a season ago cak managed to throw on first down guns at left hits caught by strong will have a first down out to the ruer sideline and shoved Out of Bounds at the 38 yd line by Terrence Holland it's a gain of 11 yards for Ian Strong who a year ago had his first career catch in the opener against Northwestern and it went for a touchdown ruter gets to the line of scrimmage quickly it's a fourman front here for Howard ball on the left hash it'll be diir Miller in a slot right with strong out wide right first Carry of the year it's Kyan unai dancing right just rri up in the open field and he knows he had a lot of green grass in front of him but takes it out to the 50 and will have another Ruckers first down officially at the 49 really good start for the Ruckers offense on that last play there Athan Kelly Mattis really reading the defensive end giving the ball to Kyle manangi on the Zone read and Kyle really one Defender away from going all the way long and Miller will go to the left to the right it's Ann strong tight to the formation tight and right is Kenny Fletcher with mananga off the left hip of cak Manis fourman front for Howard first first and 10 ruter their own 49 cak manag to throw looks right now turns looks left nothing there rolling left and he will just throw it out of bounds incomplete Terrence Holland the linebacker was in pursuit of ccmis at the 48 yd line Noah miles Reggie Reed on the defensive line for Howard with Emerson Martin and Jamal Stewart inside Carson Hinton cam Dyson and Holland the linebackers Corners Robert Jones and Joseph tabay and Kenny Gallop a preseason FCS allamerican a terrific player the Mak preseason Defensive Player of the Year at safety along with Xavier Rubio second and 10 Ruckers from their own 49 here is manang straight up the middle churning it out for about three and a half to four yards at the 47 yd line of the Howard bison a gain of four it's going to leave Ruckers with a third and six interesting play call here now for offense coordinator Kirk Saka on the first third down of the game and they're going to go hurry up here CC Manis takes the snap looking firing over the middle in and out of the hands of Ian Strong it was a bullet right on target but strong looked up field too quickly between the hashes at the 35 and I was wondering what they were going to do on the third and six cuz that's where the buckers offense has to get better complete on Third and six but right there you trust Ian St to make that catch n out of 10 times unfortunately he didn't make it on that time but that was a great play design it cleared out though the middle of the field just got to make the play now here is Jacob Anderson to punt freshman from Australia and a timeout taken by Ruckers as Greg sheno saw something that he did not like time out Ruckers their first of the half and we will take it with them Scarlet Knights and the Howard bison scoreless with 1305 to go in quarter number one of the 2024 season on the RWJ barnabus Health Ruckers Sports Network brace yourselves ruter fans for a season of thrilling touchdowns and delicious victories with every win you'll receive a free medium McDonald's french fries available the next day when you spend $1 or more on the app it's time to show your Rutter's pride and root on your favorite team because every time the Scarlet Knights bring home a victory you bring home the prize offer valid through 121 2024 at participating 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the football for the first time today Chris Carlin former ruter quarterback Mike teal ruter Hall of Famer Eric LR and downstairs our buddy foch what's up Mike how do you handle that as a you know firsttime quarterback now you're trying to make an impression on your team you're a captain and you're young receiver at of St Anthony's high school he strong drops that ball how do you handle as a quarterback go up to him Pat him on the back say I'm coming right back to you on the next third down you're going to get the next one simple as that really good job though so far of getting through his progressions and finding the open receiver and then throwing the ball away when nothing was there Jacob Anderson to punt for the first time freshman from East Melbourne Australia back deep Richie for the Howard bison just two minutes gone by here in the opening quarter ruter puning from the Howard 47 yd line back at the 38 Anderson awaiting the football gets a good snap little hesitation high end overend kick angled to the right Fair caught at the 10 yd line by ilz so a good start there for Jacob Anderson to pin Howard back deep for the Bison up front Cameron May Darius Fox Jonas Chenal Tim Artis and Christian Forbes left to right on the offensive line Casey Hawthorne a terrific receiver black college football player of the year watch list the first team all M last year Wayne Dennis Isaiah Williams El roza all the receivers Jared Hunter and Eden James are the running backs two Dynamic players J James the son of former NFL back ederen James and in motion on first down it's ilza they will hand it off it's Hunter who gets the call back to the line of scrimmage and met immediately by one of the newest Scarlet Knights Malcolm Ray a senior transfer from Florida State maybe maybe a gain of a half yard that's what you want to see from the defense right away you know play their holes get making sure they're pressing their hip right there on the defense and you see Three Hats SW to the ball to make the tackle Jan groggins is the quarterback red shirt sophomore from Las Vegas Nevada takes the shotgun Snap On Second and long rolls right dumps it right caught across the 10 yd line tight end makes the catch that's Ryan odita out to the 15 it's going to be third down and five he's taken down right at the 15 it's a gain of four for Howard bison last year averaged 29 points per game it were and six in FCS play four and one in the mid Eastern Athletic Conference they are coached by Larry Scott is currently in his fifth season in Washington two receivers to the left here is scroggin keeping it himself as he fakes the hand off and picks up the first down DJ jabal jab excuse me took him to the ground at the 25 yd line but he picked up eight yards and a good run for scrogin who last season in limited play 12 carries for 84 yard that was a good play design right there where they caught him in a little bit of a blitz side and then quarterback kept it and made up the hole with the lead blocker first down from the 23 of Howard here is an end around to the near side Aaron Lewis right on top of the 25 yd line of Casey Hawthorne who came around to the left side near side and taken down right on the hash marks at the 26 the rers defense led by Aaron Lewis the senior from Williamstown New Jersey Jordan Thompson on the other end Keon Hamilton and the aention Malcolm Ray inside no tyrm Powell tonight as he continues to work his way back from Tor Achilles in the off season after he dealt with the wrist injury but he should be back soon he was listed as questionable here scroggin to throw locks it out to the right and it's incomplete it was intended for the tight end and odita but once again Aaron Lewis with good pressure third down and seven coming up hey Mike do we just see eye form play action pass out of this offense I was not exped to see that at all little ey formation power football play action throw it deep down the field I was not expecting to see that I think we've seen that 10 years pair of receivers lined up to the left two to the right right as well strin in the shotgun send hunter in motion takes the snap runs it himself Cuts left 30 3540 first down out to the 45 yd line finally chased down by Abram Wright the linebacker but a gain of 18 for scroggin who is converted twice in the ground on third down as Howard tries to hurry it up get to the line of scrimmage they go trips right scroggin quick throw right aazza makes a catch to 40 pushing it outside to the 45 yd line and out of bounds on the ruter sideline at the 47 no score 5 minutes gone by here in the opening quarter between ruter and Howard as the Bison have made their way out near Midfield yeah Howard twice now in critical situations in the game in this first drive for them using the quarterback getting that extra guy not having to account for for the Ruckers defense gain of three second down seven ball on the right Hash ruter a fourman front scroggin quick throw left Aza makes to K taken down immediately for a loss of two yards by Shaquan Loy the free safety out of Newark New Jersey two time all big 10 and that's where I was talking about tacklers right in the open field Chris if he misses that tackle to Big how might pick up a first down on that play but being able to get him down on the ground is go allows you for a Oney loss on that play great job by Squad loyal other starters for ruter at corner The Familiar Robert longer beam outstanding young man who was turned into a great Corner after transitioning from receiver and Eric Rogers along with Desmond OS in at safety kaj Sanders got the start tonight at the nickel spot and a timeout taken by Howard as the play clock was winding down toward zero there first of the half 902 left opening quarter ruers and Howard scoreless third down and seven coming up for the Bison near Midfield on the RWJ Barn of his ruer Sports network from learfield babes what are you doing what I'm just mowing the lawn no it's blazing hot 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picked out of the air by Eric Rogers Off to the Races to the 30 to the 20 to the 10 down the sideline and scores the ruers touchdown Eric Rogers takes it back for the Rooker score and the Scarlet Knights start 2024 with a bang on defense oh that's just right press man coverage right there and he gets a receiver off of his route and was able to get him on the ground and then catch that ball great JB by him off the line of scrimmage and then take it to the house with the lead boxes in front of you that's what it's all about hitting your head on the goal post on defense baby 53 yd return for Eric Rogers Scarlet Knights cornerback with his third career interception but the two previous came when he was at Northern Illinois so he's got his first ruter interception and it goes for a touchdown Jay Patel is on for the point after with Jacob Anderson to hold Patel an outstanding season last year for ruter 15 of 18 on field goals he was third Team all big 10 snap spot kick is up and straight down the turnpike seven to nothing ruter 850 to go in quarter number one and the first ruter touchdown tonight brought to you by Steakhouse 85 the official Steakhouse of ruter Athletics let's go downstairs to foch Christopher unfortunately on that interception quarterback Robert Longo beam got caught up in a wash and uh he's taken into the tent right now and they're checking out his lower hopefully he's okay that would be a big loss Robert longerbeam has been just outstanding at corner for ruers over the last couple of years three interceptions in his career over 41 games but 29 passes broken up yeah try to see if we can see it here on the replay but um we see Eric Rogers Great lead blockers in front of him too got to give the guys credit the lead blocks up front and then both takes to the touchdown yes you got to hope the best for longer being he set up for a huge year and Kos Sanders The Freshman right there leading the away sprung him at the last minute for the touchdown that's a good way for a freshman to make an early impression welcome to college football K Sanders Sanders from Bergen Catholic played both running back and defensive back in high school where he won three state championships set to kick off for Ruckers is Jack scolan freshman from Ley Ireland puts it in the air kicks it deep end over end it will go into the end zone for a Touchback and that's why he's here so Howard will get the football back ruter the 53 yd interception return for a touchdown hey get on the board for the first time this year that is the 63rd non-offensive touchdown under Greg shano hey Chris I got a feel for my def Defenders right now cuz you get a pick six then you run down on kickoff and then you got to go right back out there and play game without the TV timeout it is a little tough I'm about going to say especially for us dine in that run that I kick off Bo mascow or Bo Masco excuse me has taken the spot of Robert longerbeam at corner sophomore from CMI Florida we saw him in the pinstrip bow last year on first down here's a hand off it is Eden James who has a good chunk of yardage straight up the middle as he Sid tip the first tackle and between the hashes picks up 11 yards the Sun a former NFL running back Edan James who REO coached scap briefly at Miami when Edan James was there he was a teamate of mine with the Seahawks back in 2009 what a great guy Edan was or is let's go to foch Quick Chris Robert longer being back on the sidelines with his teammates that's good news excellent twins left first and 10 for Howard from their own 30 six yd line seven to nothing Ruckers play action scrogin setting up the screen juggled and caught by James at the 35 taken down across the 40 right in front of the Howard sideline by Timmy hin Peter he does pick up six yards on the play yeah that's right there you see the Howard offense knows that the scar kns hting their ears back and they're coming with pressure so they try to dump a little screen off to try to slow them down keep them on their heels second down and four four for Howard at their own 42 ball spotted on the left hash two tight ends in the game or Howard both Ryan odita and Montrell Walker straight up the middle nothing doing for James this time maybe a yard gang tackled at the 43 it's going to leave Howard with a third down and call it three now to game an extra yard there on the spot big longer just came back into the game [Music] he did that's an excellent new so third down and a long two James will now split out wide left so five wides all together trips to the right rutr hinting at a blitz and a penalty flag flies and maybe a false start coming here our referee today big 10 crew David seagull B start offense number 50 5y penalty third down Jamal Hines in at right tackle for Howard and that changes the dynamic quite a bit from a third and two to a third and seven it'll be interesting what Howard does so far three third Downs for Howard they've been in an empty formation all three times looks like they're going to empty again so definitely something they identified on film studying Ruckers from last year they like empty on third down against the Ruckers Defense 6 and a half remaining first seven to nothing ruers on top of Howard third and seven scroggin drops to throw lofs it up down the left sideline incomplete it was intended for Casey hawor at the 45 yd line of ruers and longer beam right there step for step great job by the star defense right there SCU had that pressure was coming he just try to throw the ball up on to a f to the sideline his man and no man and a lot of times for the offense empty formation simplifies this for the defense they're going to do one of two things they're either going to play zone coverage or they're going to play man-to-man coverage it's really clean to see trying to simplify it for their quarterback to start this game Jaden green is on to punt for Howard Christian Dremel back deep ruter eight on the line let's see if they get 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System to learn more visit rwjbh.org let's be healthy together this is Eric Rogers and you're listening to Ruckers for board Eric Rogers with the first pick six for ruter since 2020 Provident Bank proud to welcome the Rucker Scarlet Knights football fans to The Provident Bank Stadium Club proident Bank commitment you can count on since 1839 seven to nothing ruter on top they get the football for the second time tonight here in the opener at SHI Stadium Chris Carlin along with former ruter quarterback Mike Teel ruers Hall of Famer Eric lra and Anthony fusilia will hear from in a moment about some of the new rules in college football involving technology Athan cak Manis in his second series at quarterback with a pair of receivers to the left including diir Miller in a slot CC Manis will hand it off as he rides it into the belly of Kyle manangi straight up the middle a gain of only two on the tackle is Reggie Reid for Howard foch ruter this year in all of college footall football going a little bit more NFL yeah they go obviously they'll be able to talk to them in their helmets but after this play I'm going to tell you about some different technology here's cak Manis in the shotgun second down and eight from the 19 yd line hand off here's manangi stretch play right slides through a tackler 30 35 and out to the 36 yd line finally taken down by Kenny Gallop the safety but a 16 yd pickup for KY Mana F go ahead well you know what Chris we stay around long enough like you and I we'll see things we've never thought we'd see you know they called that Timeout on special teams so what did they do they brought the Special Teams unit over they got an iPad now and they showed the play on the iPad to the Special Teams unit and then draw it out so everybody knew what exactly was going on that's something you can do in the NFL they have brought that now to college football as well as quarterback communication here's a quick throw left and a gain of nine as cak Manis connects with Dair Miller they will give him the first down and forward progress to the 45 as Miller has his first catch as a Scarlet Knight senior from Coatsville Pennsylvania and a transfer from down the road at Monmouth where he had a terrific career so you've got the quarterback to coach communication and also one defensive player with communication as well most of the time the middle linebacker and his food shed now it's not just you know the old facts papers that you see on the sideline before it was now off right off of the tablets here's cak Manis to throw fires it over the middle incomplete intended for Ian Strong let him just a little bit too much at the 35 of Howard is second and 10 coming up and just one more thing on the on the helmet communication it's the coach speaking to the quarterback the quarterback has no communication back to the sideline but what the coach is able to do before he gives the play call to the quarterback on the field he can give you reminder hey watch for the safety here hey watch for the defensive lineman here and then call the play and then they go out and execute so definitely an advantage for a quarterback to get a tip from the coach on the sideline they cut it off with 15 on the play clock like they do in the league as well second down and 10 manangi with a cutback run not a whole lot there maybe a gain of a half yard on to the left side out to the ruter 45 yd line third and N coming up 44 left opening quarter ruter seven and and Howard nothing show V and Kyle managa on that second down play I don't know if you saw but they did a play action and Kyle managa saw the Blitz and linebacker coming back off the edge and peeled back to able to pick up the Blitz and linebacker I don't know how hard that is to do that that running back position going one way then peeling back another way to pick up the protection Kenny Fletcher Ian Strong diir Miller all wide right shotgun Sam Brown in the back field for the first time tonight here is ccmis firing over the middle it's caught Fletcher has got his first career reception and it'll go for a first down at the 44 yd line they needed nine and Fletcher picks up 10 that's the old chains plays third nine tell the receiver to run 10 yards put his foot in the ground quarterback puts it right on him really impressed so far with C makis really just doing a good job getting through his progression putting the ball in spots where his receivers can catch it really good start to the game for him Kenny in the opener last year against Northwestern had a strip sack and now he's got his first career catch after the position mov to tight end diir Miller in a slot right manangi has the fake as they fire it down low to the left do cak Manis incomplete intended for Chris Long who played in just one game last year in the opener and was injured for the rest of the season he couldn't find a way to hold on to that football and it's a second and 10 coming up from the 44 of Howard and Chris we're seeing from cic Manis what we talked about pregame the accuracy the balls are where they need to be he's got one throw away one drop and then one ball that was really covered up so really good job of being accurate to start the game strong splits out to the left side manang guy in the back field they fake the hand off CC manace will run it himself and he Dives forward across the 40 near the 35 yard line and a gain of nine on the run for aan kak Manis Rutter's new quarterback transfer from Minnesota and that's a little bit underrated part of his game I was going to say I wonder how much they're going to show of him pulling that ball and being a Pi up almost the first down with his legs but we see he has ability to do it third and one manangi to the left off the hip of calak Manis inside hand off yeah that's what you do it's manangi first down to the 30 no question about where that one was going Kyle manangi up the middle behind the offensive line for a first down Mike when you look at Kyle and how he has developed I mean so many people use the word develop and we don't always fully understand the context of what it means that's a guy who has developed in this system over the last few years to being a great player complete football player can do everything doesn't need to come off the field can be on there on first down and third down first down ruter at the 30 Sam Brown takes his spot for the moment Brown has the carry on a cut back run broke the first tackle tried to lower the boom and got forward progress to the 26 yd line between the hashes a gain of four where he has G tackled with two minutes left in the opening quarter seven nothing ruter and the Scarlet Knights driving 11th play of the drive coming up I was going to say it's just methodically moving down the field it hasn't been a big play yet but methodically picking up the down to 5 yards here n yards here three yards here buckers two for two and converting third Downs on this drive CCM is barking out instructions after checking with the sideline to the offensive line second down seven Sam Brown lined up to his left cak Manis will hand it off it's brown who is Twisted to the ground at the 24 yd line on the defensive line Kyle Davis freshman for Howard made the stop gain of about three leaves Ruckers with a third and four with under a minute left in the opening quarter you know it's something I wrote down in my notes pregame was Ruckers going to and how were they going to create explosive plays the 13 14 play drives those are hard to sustain in college football try to create some explosive plays down the field so far the Howard defense has done a really good job of making Ruckers work for everything they've got on the offensive side of the ball Ruckers with six offensive linemen in the game here third down at four manangi the carry Straight Up the middle he's going to be a little bit short at the 21 yd line and there's not much of a decision here but they are going to let the clock run down on 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special guest that's right Chris and Steve piger just said you're the best we're going to talk to coach later about that comment but first of all coach football very excited starting the season I've heard that you're trying to get the season started earlier than November 6 against Wagner any truth to that let's go let's move it up we'll start tomorrow you got a great class coming in obviously Ace B Dylan Hopper and a lot of veterans back tell me about this team you know it's been really exciting they're awesome kids first and foremost we got a good cohesiveness a blend of old and new and Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper are exciting talented guys and and looking forward to many exciting days at the rack we can't wait coach all the best this season thank you so much I'll send it back up to your best friend there Chris Carlin I'll tell you what he has done a fantastic job since coming to ruter and the excitement that has been around this program over the last couple of years leading up to this year with these two freshmen and a bunch of other terrific young players coming in it's promising to be a good Good Year fourth down and one Kyle manangi the call and he gets stopped short can he Gallop the safety a preseason FCS All-American blitzin made the tackle at the 21 yd line so ruter turns it over on Downs unable to convert in that spot so we watch the replay and he made a nice play coming in as did the defensive back Xavier Rubio yeah they everyone knew what was coming at that time knew kaga was going to get the ball so they sold out on the blitz and they were able to get up on the back field on that play so it will be first down for Howard from their own 21 yd line seven to nothing ruter on top their early second quarter in Piscataway as the season has begun Jon scrogin so far four out of seven for 14 yards on first down he'll hand it off and it's shut down in the back field all kinds of scarlet back there immediately Desman OS Aaron Lewis Kean Griffin Moses Walker all there and a loss of two yeah this defense they came out ready to cause Havoc as I mentioned and getting multiple guys to the ball making a tackle that's exactly what you want for your defense scrin will go with trips to the right side as he checks with the sideline Jared Hunter is back in at running back pre-season Mak offensive player of the year rush for 630 yards last season scrogin pulls it down he's going to run 20 2530 Scroggins has a first down again another big run out to the 35 yard line gain of 16 for scroggin on the ground so far three carries and 42 yards 26 yards excuse me might want to slide a little bit on that that next time the 35 so first down for Howard at their own 35 ruter seven Howard nothing Eric Rogers with a 53 yd interception return for a touchdown for the Scarlet Knights in the first quarter two receivers to the right strin hands it off Hunter dancing in the back field and ruers would not let go DJ jab making the tackle to Junior from Quebec knifed in and made the stop that's a great tackle right there because Jay's could have broke that off and got a lot of yards but he was able to wrap and roll those legs and that's one of the teacher techniques that you have when you go through the tackling Circle officially no game second down 10 Howard from their own 35 play action scroggin out of the shotgun to throw Loft sck to the right side catch is made at the 38 yd line and taken down immediately Shaquan loyal came up and made the stop on the receiver I'm not going to lie we don't have a number for right now Howard there were a bunch of number changes before the game and apparently that's one that didn't make it to us welcome to the first game of the year they give it to Isaiah Williams who was wearing 81 and now he's wearing zero so it's a third down and seven for Howard after that gain of three by Williams at the 38 yd line he'll go with four receivers a pair to each side now Hunter the running back will split out to the left play clock 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so he hopes to come back next year Tyne poell is not playing tonight but he's not too far away seemly seemingly precautionary for Ru a senior from vinand New Jersey who had a torn Achilles in the off season here's the third and seven scroggin trying to set up a screen and he had pressure in his face immediately from Jordan Walker and fired it into the ground at the 30 yd line incomplete yeah they tried to run that little screen they do that that the manto man coverage and look like it then you try to run that middle screen where the receiver comes back across the middle tries to get some of the alignment behind him but the scar I has read that perfectly Jaden green is on to punt Christian Dremel is back deep for ruter again eight on the line for ruter two out flank the receivers who will run downfield to cover the kick good helmet High snap he boots it away they almost got home there is a ball high shorter kick that will bounce at the 41 yd line and that's where Howard will down it boy 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through the second quarter calak Manis in the shotgun he's got Sam Brown off his left hip in the back field second down and six from the ruter 44 Brown takes the hand off cut back run across the 45 and let's see if they give him forward progress near the 46 looks like they won't a of only a yard I think he got short changed on that one by the official but Brown has one so it's a third and five coming up and lter checking with the sideline Scarlet Knights so far 92 yards of total offense 73 for Howard twins right including Christian Dremel in a slot ruers leading receiver a season ago and the shotgun cak Manis surveying the Howard defense fiveman front hinting at a blitz waiting for the snap takes it from zalinskis fires it over the middle broken up fine play by the corner right on the back of Chris Long Robert Jones on top of him and swatted it away yeah tight man coverage there for Howard really only place that quarterback and go with the ball is low and inside good throw just again 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will be Howard football after the 40-yd punt and no return Howard so far 73 yds a total offense and it feels like a lot of it has come the legs of Jan scrogin their quarterback and that's because well more than half of it has 42 yards on three carries so far for scr yeah when you say that they had 73 total yards on like that has to tail most of the quarterback because they really haven't got the ground game going and obviously not through the air as well but scas has been the one that they've been able to find success with so far in their offense brilin Smith in a slot right for Howard two receivers to The Far Side of the field on the left as well shotgun set Eden James in the backfield will take the hand off he'll dance left and he'll be met for a loss it may give him forward progress to the line of scrimmage and the aformentioned DJ jab making the stop right at the 15 no game as you would expect the Ruckers defensive line controlling that line of scrimmage get that knock knock back allowing the linebackers to flow through and cover their gaps and make the plays in the back field same formation with four wides now ilza comes in motion they fake the end round and Rutter's not biting as Jabo May right there at the line of scrimmage to take Scoggin down no game really good tackle there by jab because if he doesn't make that tackle scroggin has some room up the middle against the Rucker defense great job there getting the quarterback on the ground so a third and 10 Inc coming for Howard under 10 minutes remaining here in the first half and Piscataway ERS lead seven to nothing Eric Rogers with a pick six 53 yd return back in the first quarter Scroggins takes the snap he will drop the throw setting up the screen left James makes the catch 13 out across the 15 to the 18 but a gain of only three ruter right there and guess who chabal that was his Series right there for the Scarlet Knights is all over the place even on a play before he came out of backside Blitz to tackle scroggin and then sitting there making sure he's reading his coverages and still SW on the ball making a play on defense like you just said Chris that was dome's Series so DJ jab with three tackles first name of Dariel but now wants to go by DJ saw him the other day as foch was chatting with him about his upbringing in Canada fourth down here they are to punt they booted away and overend kick it will bounce sideways and Howard will down it at the 45 yd line of ruter off the punt from Jadon green 37 yd butt no return 846 to go first half 7 nothing ruter on top on the RWJ Barnabas Health Ruckers Sports Network did you know Ruckers business school has the number one public MBA in the Northeast according to the financial times Ruckers business school also offers highly ranked online masters programs in accounting marketing and Supply Chain management earning an MBA or MERS from Rutter's business school is more affordable than attending a private business school the knowledge gained and 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athleticism that day for Greg shano give a young man a scholarship in three hours it's pretty impressive that's tremendous story foch that young man from Quebec and Canada's been pretty good to ruers over the years first down Scarlet Knights from their own 45 it is Kyle manai bouncing outside left 50 40 35 inside the 30 cutting back at the 20 and tripped up down at the 18 yd line Carson Hinton prevented the touchdown but Kyle man guy picking up where he left off now over 2,000 career yards the 16th player in program history to do that a 39 yd run well mik we said they needed a big play I guess who came to out the ground for us they need that little spark just to get this offense going first down out at the 16 yd line and a slot right diir Miller manangi off the right hip of Athan cak Manis surveying the defense takes the snap hands it off it's manangi twisted to the ground at the line of scrimmage Xavier Rubio the free safety came up and made the tackle he stopped manangi earlier on a fourth and one yeah the Howard defense is really getting her safties involved in the Run game making it tough on the Rucker offense because they have an unblocked guy so the quarterback is reading the defensive end and defensive end is telling the quarterback to keep the ball or give the ball but then there's an extra Defender and that safety that's there for the quarterback who's the extra Runner when you're running quarterback run freshman receiver Ben black in the game wide left ccmis fires over the middle it's caught diir Miller down at the seven yd line has got a gain of nine and ruter will have third and short and they'll hurry it up to the line of scrimmage mananga next to cak Manis and Rutter at a false start that's a killer they gave him the first down though Chris so that was at least good they changed that up late he did get there you're right Eric got get into a SI well that is unfortunate first penalty of the night against ruers the previous ruling of a completed catch is under further review we'll review the play what about the penalty flag they haven't addressed that yet Ruckers I mean the referees are in the beginning of the season I gu too well this close shave instant replay brought to you by barbasol shaving cream feel great starts with a great shave and great shape starts with barbasol thick and Rich moisturizing lather start your day off right with barbasol Chris I got a question if they throw a flag on the offense can they still review the play before well in theory they didn't have a play so if they buzzed it down that means that that flag gets picked up so the false start wouldn't count but they are checking as to whether or not d Miller made that catch and Mike I have not seen a replay yet I see one on the big board right now he's kind of juggling it goes down to his knees I don't see where the problem is here we go after further review the receiver completed the catch and was down with the ball short of the line of game it'll be third down and one at the seven yd line they since the play was under review there is no foul or penalty for a false start third and one and that's what I thought it might have been for was the spot not for the catch it looked like the catch was clean luckily there for Ruckers I'd take third and one with Kyle manungi compared to losing five yards inside the 10 do me a favor just listen to me I'm listening you know how much time I spent in the last month reading the rule book do you know what it's like trying to read a rule book no I don't cuz I get angry my God my page four third down and one ruers looking like they're lining up in a tush push formation as C ni Manis takes the snap he will push the pile forward and should have the first down inside the 6yd line normally I'd suggest we come up with some sort of rupor name for it but come on I don't think we need to do that I'm surprised they didn't change the rule in all of football to continue to allow that tush push play that's been so popular on third and fourth and shorts just made the trip up I 95 to just that away now first down and goal at the six for ruers they lead seven to nothing six and a half left first half over Howard and strong diir Miller tied to the formation left tight end is Kenny Fletcher play clock down at four ciak Manis in the shotgun mananga in the backfield Kyle takes the hand off side steps one tackler he fires it up the middle and he gets down inside the two yd line they'll spot him down at the one Gallop made the tackle to prevent the touchdown his vision is incredible mik the way that it's supposed to hit one way puts his foot in the ground and boom he's right around the edge and following looked like he was following Kelly Manis to the for the End Zone then he cut it up yeah and again the unblocked players that Ruckers can't account for in the Box for Howard making it difficult but you see Kyle starting to get a little bit of his Groove making that first guy Miss where he didn't earlier in the game sixth play of the drive coming up spotted just outside the one on second and goal manangi in the back field to the right of cak Manis takes the hand off and he is stopped short at the line of scrimmage maybe lost a half yard once again it's that safety Gallop coming up and making the stop they talked about him pregame how good he was last year in the preseason accolades and he's shown so far today that those accolades are are going to be true this year for him really fine young football player so Mike you're calling the play here on Third and goal at the two what do you got I got two two downs to get it you're running the football in with Kyle n Guai what the play is you I'd go to your best play spread him out a little bit try to get one of those safeties out of the box but you've got two two downs to get this touchdown here for the Ruckers offense trips tight to the formation left cak man it's going to throw quick throw left Miller trying to get outside Das for the pylon touchdown Ruckers diir Miller with his first Ruckers touchdown and the Scarlet Knights extend their lead really nice job there by the offensive coordinator Kirk Shaka seeing the extra safety nine guys in the Box all it is is a receiver screen to the outside to Miller let him get the ball in space make one guy Miss and get in the end zone for a touchdown tell you what I got to give it to Howard there they they put up a tough fight out the goal line but Miller was able to get over there and dive in make the first tackle Miss and get the touchdown and Kelly merson's first touchdown on the banks of the old R those are the best touchdowns one yard completion let the reer do the rest J Patel's point after is up and good 14 to nothing Ruckers on top first touchdown pass of aan cak Manis is ruer career goes to Dair Miller the transfer from Monmouth down the road and the Scarlet Knights lead Howard 14 to nothing let's get to the second quarter game stats brought to you by shi's Data Center Solutions ruter now 148 yards of total offense aan cak Manis now six of 11 47 yards in a touchdown K manangi 12 carries 84 yards so far for Ruckers and the Scarlet Knights also with a defensive touchdown in the first half 53 yd interception return for a score by Eric Rogers Shi helping it pro solve what's next let's pause 10 seconds for station identification on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruer Sports Network Jack scolan The Freshman from Ireland to kick off for Ruckers from our right to left puts it in the Air Line Drive end overend kick fielded at the 2 ydd line taken out by Anthony rean a reserve running back for Howard across the 20 to the 23 on the left hash and that's where the Bison will take over on Downs 445 left here in the first half ruter 14 Howard nothing Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is a proud partner of ruter Athletics and wants you to live your healthiest life did you know that sleep is just as important as staying active not getting enough quality sleep raises the risk of many health issues so after hitting the field or the gym make sure you hit the hay too Jan Scroggins the quarterback for Howard Richard sophomore from Las Vegas 63 total yards for Howard he's going to line up in a slot left and now they will line up Hunter in the shotgun rather Henderson and a stoppage in play before the snap B start offense number 50 5y penalty first down they were trying to bring Casey Hawthorne into the back field to line up as a wildcat quarterback and Jamal hindes the right tackle moved and cost them five yards and an opportunity and some confusion of the ruers defense yeah they're trying to get him out off guard a little bit trying to mix it up trying to some offense for this Howard some positive yards but mess it up on the first play first and 15 a delayed hand off to Eden James and Timmy hindes Peter rides his back to the original line of scrimmage and an extra yard so a gain of six for the son of former NFL running back Eder and James on the black college football player of the year watch list second down and nine coming up 420 to go in the half ruter out of timeouts keep that in mind as well Howard's got two two receivers left scroggin in the shotgun takes the snap hands it off James beats Aaron Lewis in the back field and Lewis takes him to the ground two points on the take down yes exactly what you want to see from AR Lo coming off edge being able to get that tackle for loss and be able to now force a big third and long where how really has fou much success third and long and now with two sticks to the go about third and 11 it's a challenge for the offense that is the second tackle for loss tonight for Aaron Lewis third and 11 from the Howard 23 yd line Scroggins in his shotgun takes the snap flushed out right looking downfield throwing firing downfield a leaping grab out at the 49 yd line by Isaiah Williams for a Howard first down and 26 yards I always found early in the season those breakdown plays when the quarterback extends a play with his feet receivers try to get open down the field really difficult on the defense to make sure you cover up scroggin trying to hurry it up but quick throw out to the right for ilza run out of Bounds at the line of scrimmage by DJ jab no game I don't even think that was a pass officially it might have been a backward pass by about i' say about three Ines yeah definitely backward pass so that goes into book has a rush right there second down 10 Howard at the 49 of the Bison ruter 14 Howard nothing under three minutes to go here in the first half lights are on here at SHI Stadium Cloudy Skies cooler evening twins left one receiver right here's scroggin taking a deep shot downfield and it's incomplete intended for is Williams who made that play right down the right seam and a penalty flag is down in the back field a referee today David seagull getting some clarification here he is first the foul driving the passer Defense number 71 15yd penalty automatic first down on Aaron Lewis and seeing the first replay it's close he had gotten rid of the football kind of a jarring hit probably made it look worse than it was always is the hardest thing when you're running full speed at the quarterback and they let the ball go just a second before to pull up and not hit him it it's it's just it's almost impossible to do so now it's a first down for Howard at the ruter 36 two and a half left first half ball spotted right hash scroggin fakes the hand off keeps it himself runs off tackle left and is tripped up on the tackle for the Scarlet Knights jail Abdul rakman to the gain of five again Howard there having some success with strin running the football not necessarily throwing it but using his legs to get first downs and move the ball for positive yards on first down Howard lets the clock run down to the two-minute timeout that's right new rule in college football this year there is a timeout at the two-minute Mark of both the first and second half happen in college for the record it's not the two-minute warning it's the two-minute timeout what page of the rule book was that on Chris it all runs together we'll step aside on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruer Sports network from learfield are you looking for the best burrito in New Jersey look no further than bubo's burritos with over 40 locations in the Garden State and endless choices of proteins toppings and Mexican infusion flavors there's a perfect entree for anyone come in for the Vibes and stay for the food visit bubba.com ever dream of a three row SUV where everything for every passenger feels just right introducing the allnew Infiniti QX80 with available features like biometric cooling electronic air suspension and segment first individual audio that isolates sound right to the driver's seat discover every just right feature in the allnew QX80 at Infinity usa.com available features individual audio cannot buffer all interior sound see owner's manual for details a true teammate 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round to Isaiah Williams who will be stopped short of the first down once again by DJ jab he does pick up four it's going to be third down and one third down Howard has two timeouts left ruter has none there in the first half clock down to 140 scroggin out of the shotgun hands it off it's James up the middle side steps a tackler first down and more to the 15 and all the way down to the 10 yd line Eden James will pick up 16 yards on the play and Howard knocking on the door outside the 10 for the most part scar has have been good with tackling but that play Eden James made a lot of people miss and now they're in the friends of the goal line they're just outside the 10 scroggin in the shotgun will fake the hand off he'll run it himself to the outside right and be taken down by Shaquan loyal on the long quarterback stretch play at the four yd line he picks up seven the Howard offense giving the Ruckers defense a bunch of different looks both quarterback run running back run spreading them out running in between the tackle running off tackle really keeping the Rucker defense off balance on this drive 56 seconds left here is scroggin taking it himself after the fake down to the three yd line short of the first down it's going to be third down and one Howard with 45 seconds left is going to spend a time out they've got one remaining before this third down and one 30 seconds charge timeout Howard there second of the half joh scrin has seven carries for 54 yards today he is also seven of 11 for 47 yards passing so don't you have a timeout here again you try to rush us since five success on the ground so far and then you know obviously if you don't pick up or try to hurry back up I think they're going to go with another Rush here yeah I think either way I think it's four down territory for him you have a timeout to use you get whereas fourth down you have a chance to go for it punch it in the end zone but you'll still have time on the clock if you get the first down and the clock's running how would you like to be able to listen to us while synced up to your TV in the comfort of your own home go to symy game.com at symy game.com to find out how third and one at the three scroggin hands it off James up the middle is in for the Howard touchdown with 40 seconds left in the first half how with an impressive Drive of 10 plays and 77 yards so on for the extra point comes Howard's kicking team with Dylan West the two big plays on that was the scrambling for on a third down for that pass up the field and then the roughing the passer play that really brought them into Rucker's territory and then Howard just did the rest from there good snap spot because he had some open receivers down the field C Comm Manis had to get out of his hands quickly Duff The Freshman from Riverhead New York in St Anthony High School split out wide right with Miller in a slot right cak Manis takes the shotgun snap hands it off it's Sam Brown bouncing off tacklers up the middle continuing to churn the legs and Spins between the seams for a gain of four yards and it'll be third and six that's one guy that really looking forward to seeing KJ Duff out there with it tell is the number one player in the state of New York last year again some time early in his first career game 132 career catches St Anthony's alltime leading receiver average 20 yards a catch in his career third down six Duff split wide to the left with Miller ruers from their own 46 yd line cak Manis takes the snap hands it off it's brown up the middle to the 50 and he will be close to a first down at the 48 yd line of Howard Noah miles coming in to make the stop don't know if he quite got there it looks like the stick is a little bit short they're going to spot it a full yard short at the 49 of Howard and you would expect ruter to go for it here with 6 minutes left in the third quarter up 24-7 and they will bring a couple of extra offensive linemen in Taj White coming in so is Dante Chen looks like they're going to go for the tush push play cak Manis under Center brown right behind him Athan takes the snap gets a good push forward and has the first down inside the 48 yd line that play kills me every time still Chris see now it kills me every time chat suggests the are you Choo Cho like Matt I just gave you a compliment first day let's not ruin are you you're playing with a lead don't give it up oh man first down for ruter inside the 48 of Howard this formation for the Ruckers offense has given Howard trouble three receivers to the top of the field to the wide side of the field a lot of times running the running back back to the short side of the field Brown is off the left hip of cak Manis aan is the throw fires it to the left and it's incomplete diir Miller got hit right as the football arrived on top of them was the safety Xavier Rubio down at the 38 yd line now those are the ones as a quarterback you want to put right on the body of the receiver couldn't tell alive if it was a little off Target or just uh not a great catch by by Miller but either way got to make sure on first down you're completing that ball converting it because now you'd be set up for a second and short instead of second and long might have hurt some footsteps there maybe yeah it looked like the ball was right there just got to make the catch second down 10 inside the 48 of Howard play action rolling right cak Manis going to pull it down and run 4540 35 and steps Out of Bounds at the 32 yd line they'll give him forward progress to the 31 but another ruter first down and a gain of 17 on the Run by cak Manis who had a good run earlier for 11 yeah we haven't seen it a lot but it's been extremely effective and that's really what you want from the quarterback you want him to be able to keep the defense honest again you have some of the best running backs in the Big 10 in the back field as a running back use the quarterback's legs to keep the defense honest in passing situations and in zone reads with the running back Sam Brown the Junior from Philadelphia in the back field next to kak Manis on his left side first down at the Howard 31 ruter leading 24-7 here in the third quarter cak Manis to throw guns it left going back to make the catch at the 22 yd line is KJ his first career catch and it's aute he had to spin back around down on one knee to make that catch and pick up n and that's the ability he shows right there first catch of his career making a like you said sliding out his going backwards and bringing that in and sending it up with a second and short for the SC night offense they're going to hurry it up to the line of scrimmage here diir Miller in the slot right Duff now splits out wide right to the wide side of the field second and one Brown in the back field cak Manis takes a shotgun snap hands it off Brown up the middle dancing a bit picks up the first down to the 19 and spun to the ground Anthony fusil is down on the field let's check in with po Eric you mentioned KJ Duff out of St Anthony's the number one player in nework nework has been very good to the Scarlet Knights his teammate Ian Strong was the number one player the year before and then the year before that linebacker Moses Walker at arasmus s the off getting it done for the Scarlet Knights am I mistaken or certain coach on the staff named vone from St Anthony's High School the little pipeline coming from St Anthony good job by scottone is out coaching the tight ends first down ruter cak managed to throw throwing it down the left sideline incomplete Chris Long wanted a penalty flag for a little hold down at the one he won't get it Robert Jones with the coverage yeah tough tough one there for long looked like they kind of got tied up with each other I think it was probably a good no call but again good job giving the receiver a chance with the throw down the field to make the play 244 to go third quarter fans saw the replay didn't like the fact that they got tied up and the referees are calling something now after the play on Sportsman like conduct Ruckers head coach 15yd penalty will be second down I didn't see coach on the sideline yelling Sports of the game now here's what I want to know you don't see that very often but with the iPads this year did Coach bring the iPad over to show Coach that there was maybe some interference there I don't think he did but that's a no no you cannot do that near the official and show him hey look what you missed I'm all for it you can only point to the scoreboard but that will cost ruter 15 yards called on Greg sheno and it pushes it back to the 34 yd line and it's second down and 25 in the shotgun here's cak man's play action he's going to throw pressure coming throws out in the flat Sam Brown got it 30 25 20 15 10 5 touchdown Sam Brown goes untouched down the right sideline for 34 yards back him up and take the yards great job there by C Manis going through the progression Sam Brown leaking out in the flat getting to his third read giving him a nice catchable a ball in the flat able to turn up field and turn it into a touchdown for Ruckers wow Sam Brown only had two career catches before that play excuse me six career catches and only two all of last year before that play and that is his first receiving touchdown of his career and it goes for 34 yards and I know it was a pass to a flat but he had the defensive man barreling down right in his face and was so able to make that pass over the D to get to Sam Brown in the flat for a touchdown Jay Patel on for the point after snap spot kick is up and it is good ruers 31 and Howard s with 233 remaining in the third quarter the drive goes 10 plays 58 yds and 4 minutes 34 seconds off the clock and Scarlet Knights after struggling offensively for a lot of the first half have scored now on four consecutive drives and that's what you want to see from the scarl nights there Chris coming out after making some second half adjustments during halftime and be able to put together offense that's moving down the field methodical but putting points on the board and not taking negative Place hey fans when you're out of town and want to keep up with live college sports be sure to download the free Varsity Network app available for both Apple and Android listen to college sports live with the varsity Network app aan cak Manis his second touchdown pass tonight 12 of 2124 yards but a 12 and 21 probably a little bit deceiving like he's mostly been on Target and has had a couple of drops yeah it's not indicative to how he's played tonight he's had a couple throwaways he's had a couple drops more than anything he's taken what the defense has given him he's been decisive and accurate now one of the question marks I had coming into tonight was how was the accuracy going to be when it was live when it was was just his practice and so far tonight he's passed with flying colors and has done a great job leading the offense Jack scon who we thought might have gotten injured on the last kickoff for ruers is out there he will kick it deep it is a line drive kick and if he got injured we should all get injured because he kicked it back into the end zone for a Touchback let's go to Pooch yeah first Chris on uh Jack I'm not a doctor as you know but they were giving him a lot of fluids and he was stretching so that tells me something right there old yeah uh and also on aan you know he uh is a better athlete than people really realized he was a terrific pitcher in high school he was also a 100 meter hurdler at the county level a champion and at the state level he was a high jump Champion so a lot of people don't know but uh aan is a pretty damn good athlete and F Jersey Roots as well despite being from Antioch Illinois as they hand it off on first down to Jared Hunter runs to to the right side off tackle and we'll pick up six maybe seven yards but you were talking to him the other day he's got some Jersey roots with his family you can't be more Jersey than Athan his father and mother from the Oldbridge area they they met at bar in New Jersey and got and finally got married and then they finally moved out of the state but they love coming back home that's a story right there FS many stories have started that way second down carry for Hunter picks up a yard it just reminds me of the the governor last week I'm Governor Phil Murphy we're from New Jersey and you're not that that went that was awesome that really was it went viral everywhere I'm not a political guy but that was that was pretty great the best part is if you're from New Jersey you say bar you know exactly what he's talking about y third down and two 33 yd line of Howard ruter leads 31-7 here late third quarter scroggin DRS to throw dumps it over the middle it's caught first down reception is made by Casey Hawthorne across the 40 yd line on the left hash taken down at the 42 and a gain of 10 before Eric Rogers who had a pick six earlier in the game took him down sprog seems to be dropping back more letting those Crossing routes develop and let them find a hole if they're in zone they're finding a hole after man waiting for the GU to come open they' been really impressed with him too he's been making real good decisions and throwing accurate passes given his offense a chance to stay on the field twin receivers to each side less than a minute left in the third quarter scroggin delayed hand off it's Hunter dancing up the middle has got six more yards out to the 48 yd line they have run the football pretty well so far today 133 yards rushing and they will hurry it up quick throw to the left lza couldn't find the handle on that quick throw and it's an incomplete pass he picked it back up just in case it was going to get ruled a backward pass but it was not it was forward you know Chris you talk about how well they've run the ball today you get some of the younger Defenders getting thrown into the fire without having Powell out there without having té out there some young linebackers that in the beginning of training camp didn't think that they'd be starting in tonight's game know showing a little bit of their inexperience so it's a third down and four for Howard from their own 48 yd line third 317 ruter 27 seconds left here in the third quarter Jon scrogin to the shotgun Hunter to his right they fake the hand off scroggin trying to run it right tripped up and taken down it's Bo Masco from the cornerback spot a gain of only one so it's going to be a fourth down and three and Howard down by 24 has a decision to make that was a great read by Bo Masco on the outside over there so quarterback coming towards him and then making field tackle as Rockin who's been able to find some Shimmy Shake in there but that's a great play right there to get swe the legs out trip them up and only keep it to a one yard game so a fourth down coming up when we start the fourth quarter ruter 31 and Howard seven on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruter Sports network from 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but I you know what I'm done I'm sorry Chris that's all right first uh fourth down and they're going to go for it fourth down and three at the 49 of Howard scroggin in the shotgun takes the snap drops back to throw dumps it out to the right it's caught Hunter got it breaks a tackle first down and more shoved out of bounds on the near sideline by shaquin loyal but out of the back field Jarett Hunter picks up the first down and a good chunk of yardage it picks up 22 that will move the football to the 33 yd line of ruter 317 Scarlet Knights lead it here early in the fourth quarter [Music] J sha scroggin tonight 12 of 19 for 72 yards before that place so attack on 22 he drops to throw he steps up in the pocket he's going to pull it down try to run trying to get outside left out runs Desmond OS and Dives near the first down marker on the ruer sideline and it looks like he's got it I tell you what Spock has been he's been this show his whether if it's with his legs going through the air a little bit now he start to pick momentum he's giv the scar Knights little bit trouble on defense it's a gain of 11 on that run first down just outside the 22 of ruter in the slot right it's brillan Smith the receiver for Howard wide right Isaiah Williams scroggin now sends Hawthorne in motion to the near side takes the snap he'll drop to throw he's got time throwing for the End Zone incomplete nearly pulled down by the tight end Ryan odita but odita couldn't haul it in with his right arm Shaquan loyal and IG bosen there on the coverage he almost got it with his right arm that would have been a heck of a one-handed grab would have been a heck of a grab that was a heck of a throw too I was going to say that throw was put on the money yeah caj Sanders right there in coverage too really good job by the Freshman he's had a pretty nice debut freshman out of Newark and Bergen Catholic play clock is down to four Scroggins takes the snap he'll go with an inside handoff to Hunter and Hunter's going to pick up some yardage straight ahead to the 16 picks up about seven solid third and a long three maybe four coming up depending on where the football is spotted they need to get right down near the 13 yd line and Eric do you think because of the lack of film study week one the misdirection really causing an issue for the Ruckers defense it really is it's hard to get film on them in the all season and then scogin hands it off it's Hunter running right slides back inside short of the first down by about a yard another fourth down coming up and this is going to be fourth in about a yard I'm sorry Chris but yes it's hard the first game what you get the film you see what they're doing to make a justice but Howard did a great job preparing for the start on defense this game drin in the shotgun fourth down and one Hunter up the middle Hunter pushing trying to get there did he get there ruter says no official came in from the far side and it looked like he had him short of the 13 yd 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to turn over the football to the ruter offense here early in the fourth quarter and ruter up 317 on Howard proident Bank is proud to partner with ruter Athletics to support Scarlet Knights football and the ruter university family Provident Bank commitment you can count on since 1839 let's go down to foch Chris Jordan Walker defensive ends playing a lot tonight cuz Ba's out uh with an injury interesting he was a tight end when he came in here from rockchester rer now moved him over to the defensive end he showed a lot of ability during training camp he kept that 82 also wanted to keep that offensive identity I guess with the number right Ean cak Manis on first down will hand it off and it's anine no it's not it's Sam Brown I thought it was freshman Antoine Raymond maybe getting his first Carry but no it is Sam Brown who takes it up the middle for six yards it's good to see Sam Brown out there I have a feeling love a heavy dose of Sam uh for the remainder of this game but it's good to see him out there healthy and running the football Kyle Mani 19 carries 165 yards tying a career high tonight twins left Athan cak Manis with brown to his left KJ Duff The Freshman receiver wide right Brown gets the handoff slides back up the middle to the 25 yd line and a ruter first down in a gain of seven yeah this is the point of the game like fourth quarter where you start to see some new guys coming sprinkling some guys that can get some playing time especially now with the rules in three or four games you can you still can keep your red shirt four first down po mentioned Wesley Bailey out tonight as is Tyne Powell RoR hoping to have both back soon Sam Brown in the backfield takes the hand off of the right side this time and again straight up the middle and again four more yards just churning it out right now brown has got nine carries for 34 yds second and six coming up with 11 minutes left here in the fourth quarter and a 31-7 ruter lead Shi helps companies select deploy and manage Technology Solutions that solve what's next find out how by visiting shi.com Nathan cak Manis with brown to his left on second down and a long five Brown gets the call slides through a hole up the middle and and it's close to another first down he's got it to the 35 yd line as they're keeping it very simple right now churning him out right between the tackles and if you're the Rucker's offense that's exactly what you want to do you want to continue to get positive plays on first down four or five yards and again as Sam continues to run the ball here and the offensive line continues to lean on the tired Howard defense those four and fives are going to start to pop to become seven and eight and then eventually you get a big one we saw last year to Ruckers would hold the ball for8 nine minutes in the fourth quarter of those long drive to wear out those defenses there are freshman receivers in KJ Duff and Ben black Christian Dremel is also in lined up in a slot to the left and the 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Store and listen [Music] today not 49 to go fourth quarter ruers 31 Howard 7 hey are you are you ready to score big are you ready to save big at shopright grab deals on all your game day favorites because when you score big you save big exclusive Supermarket partner of the Rucker Scarlet night shop right check out happy let's get out s to fuch Chris Gano has used a transfer portal for a select few guys when he when he thinks he needs a position upgrade and right tackle Cedric RH Jr at Ohio University tonight has done his job I mean he's been really quiet as far as you know no penalties no mistakes and uh they're starting to run behind them play 38 games at Ohio over four years f 24 starts and actually broadcast his bowl game the Myrtle Beach Bowl this past year he played exceptionally well in that game when Ohio beat Georgia Southern meanwhile here's aan cak Manis sliding and getting hit as he started to slide but picks up a first down after he faked the handoff and he gets out to the 46 and picks up 11 much maybe not put ourselves in that spot again yeah that's our just go to that go towards the sideline slide up back towards the middle of the field where all the Defenders are five plays five rushes so far for Ruckers twins left one receiver to the right that receiver is Ben black brown in the backfield cak managed to throw throws to the left it is caught across the 50 it is hauled in by Ian Strong at the 47 yd line for ruter as he's wrapped up immediately picks up about 8 yds on first down they give him forward progress to the 46 someone might say you know why throw that ball late in the fourth quarter you know it's a 31 to S game it's getting live reps it's timing out on the field all these guys are playing together for the first time so I really like that play call continue to run your offense second down and two brown to the left of calak Manis Christian Dremel goes in motion to The Far Side Brown gets the call right up the middle once again between the guards and has the first down to the 42 yd line they haven't even run stretch plays on this drive at all it's been all between the tackles yeah North and South they're running just basic inside Zone they're letting the offensive line lean on the Howard defense and then Sam Brown is is looking like the Sam Brown of old where he's falling forward bouncing off Defenders for positive yards that's a dig with the scar night running backs all of them you can't just take them down with one guy it's multiple guys that got to bring them down first and 10 ruter at the Howard 42 Ben black Christian Dremel to the left now Dremel motions in the backfield out behind cak Manis here's a little tight end screen left for Victor kopa and he is shoved out of bounds inside the 35 officials are going to spot him all the way down at the 30 in a gain of 12 and a first down I thought maybe he stepped out a little bit short there but he did not Victor with his sixth career catch fre time academic all big 10 for the Scarlet Knights first down at the 30 yard line cak Manis tonight 14 of 23 144 yds two touchdowns Sam Brown once again with him in the back field in the shotgun now brown shifts over to the right side he will take the hand off he will run it up the middle he will slide through a hole and he will pick up six more yards and on the left hash at the 24 yd line on the defensive line Emerson Martin made the tackle but ruter just very methodically going down the field nine plays on this drive so far we know coach Shaka has his Run game scheme up but when he finds something that the defense is help a hard time with he will lead on it and lead on it until you stop it canny Fletcher lines up as it's tight end to the right side cak Manis again shifts Brown over to his right he will will fake the hand off and Athan will run it himself to the 20 yd line Looks like his forward progress picked up the first down before he was knocked down by Jam Stewart the defensive lineman depends on the spot here official From The Far Side had him right on the 20 and they will move the chains for a first down with 613 left Ruckers 31 and Howard seven yeah nothing really fancy here by the Ruckers offense they're they're running inside Zone they're letting the quarterback read the defensive end to keep it here and there and really just getting the ball in between the tackles to Sam Brown letting the offensive line lean on the Howard defensive line and get positive yards Sam Brown 12 carries 51 yards Brown will get the call here as he will run off tackle right Cuts back inside the 15 and he's got five more ruter tonight 38 carries 264 yds that's what you want right there that I run the offensive line in your running backs to keep on producing producing and late in the games just wear the team out second down and five clock down to 518 left in the fourth Brown to the right of cak Manis Dremel slot left and strong wide left butter keeping the same formations on this series Brown will get the call starts right cut back up the middle 10 five he is churning forward the leg still going all the way down to the three yd line that's the Sam Brown we saw as a freshman yeah he's running hard right now and you see when he goes with the hole if you reach out with your arm he's going to run right through it and then he lowers the p and after that he's waiting for the big fatties to come High to start pushing yeah he was so exciting as a freshman unfortunately just hasn't really been healthy up until this point but really looks good tonight definitely a great opportunity for him to get back into the game like situ ation get a bunch of carries and show that he's back to looking like he was when he was a freshman first and goal Dremel strong to the right cak Manis in the shotgun round to his left they fake the hand off they throw it left and it's caught TouchDown for Kenny Fletcher Kenny Fletcher transitioned to tight end before the pinstrip B and now he looks like a natural as he's got his first career touchdown cak vanish his third touchdown pass tonight Anderson will hold ruter 37 Howard seven and welcome to the 2024 Ruckers offense that's two passing touchdowns inside the 10 yd line past years it's Kyle manangi territory offensive line running back nice to see them spreading the ball around as they get tighter to the goal line going to make it a lot harder for them to be defended later on in the season Jay Patel from for the point after for ruter low snap good spot put down by Jacob Anderson and the kick is up and good 38-7 ruter with the lead with 416 remaining here in the fourth quarter we step aside on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruer Sports network from learfield made in Kentucky built in New Jersey every purchase of Eric lr's Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey directly supports people living with paralysis Eric LR bourbon is made with Choice Heartland grown corn Limestone purified water and the freshest rye and barley available when you pick up a bottle of Eric L 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cannot buffer all interior sound see owner's manual for details live play byplay coverage of today's game is brought to you by RWJ Barnabas Health the official healthcare provider of ruter Athletics and New Jersey's most comprehensive academic Health System to learn more visit rwjbh.org let's be healthy together it's Kenny Fletcher and you're listening to Ruckers football fourth quarter game stats brought to you by shi's data center Solutions Kenny Fletcher four catches 31 yards his first career touchdown at tight end 387 Rooker Scarlet Knights 423 yards of total offense tonight against Howard aan cak Manis 15 of 24 147 yards three touchdowns and that is his fourth career game with three touchdown passes had three of them when he was at Minnesota so a good rupor debut for calak Manis Shi solve what's next Jack skolion set to kickoff for ruter 387 Scarlet Knights lead at 416 left here in the fourth quarter of the season opener scalon Line Drive kick to the left side rolling rolling to the sideline and Fielding it and stepping out of bounds is Richie ilza and that was a mistake on his part ruter tried to say they picked it up and ran it in but no ilza stepping out field his ball was touched while the player was inbound then stepped out of bounds first down that's what I thought happened which would have been a bad mistake on his part 10 seconds for station identification on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruer Sports Network Easy Pass change is good easy pass is better it's easy with Easy Pass visit easypass nj.com on the carry for the Howard bison the receiver Casey Hawthorne lined up as a running back and ran it to the left side picked up two yards let's go to Coach Eric you know this playing for coacho where can I help the team and you did it as a fullback you did in a d line well Kenny Fletcher went to coacho and said last season at the end Coach how can I get on the field and Greg said look we're pretty deep at the defensive end position but you want to try tight end we really love to have you over there and you know what Chris many many many years ago Greg took uh a defensive player and he uh made him a tight end LJ Smith he had a pretty good career in the NFL not too shabby not too shabby the more you could do the more value you bring to the team and now he's the starting tight end on second down and long handoff it is Eden James going absolutely nowhere zier and Aaron Lewis in again on the tackle for ruter Lewis has had a busy night with one and a half tackles for loss third down and 10 coming up J sha Scroggins 11 carry 76 yards tonight the quarterback for Howard 12 of 20 90 yards and an interception that was a pick six for Eric Rogers back in the first half five WIS out of the shotgun scroggin to throw lofting it up deep down the right sideline incomplete about two steps out of the reach of Hawthorne they on the coverage for Rucker zyen Williams so Ruckers getting some younger players an opportunity to play and looks like Howard's going to go for it here from now they will send in the punt team Johnny Shepard ruter backup quarterback warming up on the sideline according to foch Christian Dremel is back deep four ruter with 312 left 38-7 ruter on top High snap kick is booted Away by Jaden green knuckle ball fielded at the 45 is brought into Howard territory by Dremel to the 39 yd line little surprised he wanted to return it but not much Hang Time right there yeah there wasn't a lot of Hang Time at all with I thought he actually had a little bit more her towards the middle of the field but he took it toward the sideline craving New Jersey most mouthwatering burrito will look no further than bubo's burritos with over 40 locations in the Garden State and an endless choice of Mexican Fusion flavors there's an entree for anyone visit bub.com so a Johnny Shepard will be on for ruter as Athan cak manises ruer debut is done Shephard sophomore out of the Bron Iona Prep he was the first Power five quarterback out of Westchester in a long time 28 years to be exact and on first down he'll hand it off for Antoine Raymond The Freshman who nearly broke it for a touchdown on his first career carry the Freshman from Montreal again north of the Border has been good to Ruckers but Raymond picks up 14 yards on the carry with 240 left Johnny Shepard with Raymond to his right wholesale substitutions Mike Higgins in at tight end Fama Tay in there receiver and tripping up on the grass was Raymond he had a whole lot of running room to work with off the right side but he just couldn't find his feet and only picks up two to the 20 yd line and you see back to his first run they they were Hing G and he held that ball for a long time and that ball ran over the defender and then took it up to side so you can see the strength that he has as well clock running down near the 2-minute timeout and it has hit the two-minute Mark 38-7 Ruckers on top of Howard here in the season opener we step aside on the RWJ Barnabas Health ruter Sports Network 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stadium that is a noon kick and it's also a pretty big day for you Eric third down and five Shephard in the shotgun fak the hand off going to run it himself and a Johnny will be close to a first down at the 13 yd line but a bit short yeah we're having our 14th annual a walk to believe and we did a different to year usually we do it in June where everyone is off campus but we wanted to get the whole Ruckers Community involved so guess what we're going to be walking on that Boardwalk together all in unison before pregame right before the Scarlet Walk we're going to go into a tailgate right outside of the athletes Glenn and then we're all going to come into the stadium together then at halftime we're going to honor on the at the 50 yard line the top three fundraisers of teams and individuals as well now to be clear you got to walk the 5K on your own this is a symbolic end of the walk to believe correct we have been telling people since the spring game to do to 5K on your own your way whether you run walk or roll wherever you are and you sending us the videos you send it to the re foundation and we're all going to be playing the videos throughout today so it's going to be a special day a big celebration and excited for it anine Raymond remains at a running back it's fourth down and one ruter at the 13 they're going to run it with Raymond up the middle he didn't get it stopped short with a minute plus left and Howard will take over on Downs Caleb Gallop younger brother of Kenny Gallop made the tackle for Howard to turn ruter over on Downs with 113 left Scarlet Knights up 38-7 I've done it a few times well like I don't know 10 the dog has done it a few times although she's a little older now that's probably not going to happen speaking of a little older going to be a little older this week are you not yeah I am next Wednesday I finally it's to 34 34 34 I know I'm starting to get the white hairs down the beard and little bit in my head stop with that it's I don't see any white hairs in the beard yet just because it's not it's short right now let I was going to say you already getting the color Just For Men when it grows a little bit longer then you see that the Sprouts no play for Mr Gray here's scroggin to throw Deep Over the middle at the 30 yd line it is caught for a first down for Howard in a gain of 14 Aza made the catch for Howard that's his fourth catch of the night clock will run now after they move the sticks with a minute left Jon scroggin taking the snap dumping it left the it's incomplete Anthony rean the reserve running back had it in his hands and didn't hold on at the 30 yd line looks like they're trying to get a little two-minute practice here just trying to you know get some live footage of that going forward for the season second down 10 38-7 ruter four wide Scroggins takes a snap he steps up pressure coming going down he is sacked by Jordan Walker who foch was talking about earlier back at the 20 yd line first career sack for the Junior from Rochester and a timeout taken by Howard that is a loss of 10 yards on the play time out I think they just as you said were trying to run their two-minute offense and get a little extra practice in here and you can't blame him for that absolutely not I mean you'd have really had that opportunity probably first live but much so every time you get to practice a two-in Dr you want to get it out there especially your guys going into the seasons the first game so try to get a little practice of it Mike great this first outing for ruter tonight I think it was a slow start obviously coming to the game uh I I think just overall there might have been a little bit of thought that they just show up and kind of go through the motions and that's not what you do in college football more than anything it's probably really good that happen for him I guarantee it's not going to happen next week uh but took care of the football on offense uh got the Run game going and then in the second half we're able to get some of those chunk plays which you know we were talking about 43 seconds left scroggin fumbles the snap picks it backs up back up rolls to the right looking throwing completes it Isaiah Williams across the 31 yd line has the about 11 yards and a fourth down and nine coming up Williams the 32 now clock running with 30 seconds left some of the best plays for Howard have come where they kind of just s of scrambling around and make it plays down the field four wides once again fourth down and nine low snap scroggin picks it up he will throw to the right incomplete short of the intended receiver on the near sideline that was Isaiah Williams at the 45 yd line of ruter and the Scarlet Knights with 15 seconds left can come out take a snap take a knee and put this one in the cooler best formation of football used to hear Ray say it all the time for them it was called twoo tight Diamond what was it called for you Mike you remember it's a good question I've had so many different ones uh I think just victory yeah yeah mhm Victory formation y my favorite formation to call in the Huddle I'll tell you that much let's go celebrate as well just call it that Johnny Shepard is in the shotgun looks like they will run a play and they will with Antoine Raymond handing it off sliding through tacklers bouncing outside to the 20 he's to the 10 as he breaks another tackle and has run out of Bounds at the 9 yd line with 7 seconds left one to get the extra playing time for these younger guys little surprised that they didn't take a knee but you want to get the experience because you're going to need everybody at some point I think Howard might have been a little surprised too a gain of 20 put ruers over 300 yards rushing on the night Shepard checking with the sideline ner Montgomery in at receiver Raymond up the middle to the five broke a tackle and he'll get in for the touchdown that was some tough running from the Freshman anine Raymond has his first career touchdown on the last play of the game tell you what that freshman runs hard tell you what he got his opportunity out there he's going to make the best of it well he just kept bouncing off tackles and so it rolls into the end zone and they will not kick the point after after 44-7 is your final score tonight as Ruckers knocks off Howard in the season opener we'll step aside have some final thoughts and the postgame show coming up with Mark baloes and Julian penx odri as well ruter 44 Howard 7 on the RWJ Barn of his health ruer Sports network from learfield New Jersey citizens ages 16 and over your community is actively seeking residence to serve as poll workers for the upcoming general election serving as a poll worker is