No matter how many prominent Rutgers supporters told him that he needed to make a change, no matter how many times a well-meaning colleague tried to point out that man he hired to coach the football team was in over his head, Pat Hobbs was defiant.
It didn't matter that the athletic director was on an island. It didn't matter that the Scarlet Knights had lost to Kansas, Buffalo and Illinois by a combined 91 points, or that they had thrown for eight yards and five interceptions in an ugly loss to Maryland, or that they had inspired thousands of fans to toss their tickets into the trash rather than show up late this season.