When Greg Schiano arrived for his second stint at the helm in Piscataway, expectations for the trajectory of the Rutgers football program took off in a way they hadn’t since he left — understandably.
The Wyckoff native, after all, is responsible for the golden era of the Scarlet Knights’ on-field performance. Five wins in six consecutive bowl appearances capped a renaissance that, at its height, had fans wondering how high their team would be ranked in a given AP Poll instead of wondering if voters had seen the team at all.
A pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign that saw considerable improvement in the on-field product, combined with serious momentum on the recruiting trail, will no doubt have postseason hopes debated at tailgates in early September.