New York City’s college football team loses again

The Autumn of 2008 is becoming just like the movie “Groundhog’s Day.”  Saturday afternoon comes along, you mow the lawn…rake the leaves…put SNY on the tv…watch New York City’s college football team lose another game…and wait for former Scarlet Knight quarterback Ray Lucas to bash the current R-U q-b Mike Teel.  It’s the “feel good” story of the year.  But that’s exactly what happened again Saturday afternoon…the latest episode being the 13-10 Big East loss at Cincinnati…dropping the Knights to 1-5…their worst start since 2002, head coach Greg Schiano’s second year on the Banks of the Old Raritan…or should I say on the Banks of the East River.  Anyway, I digress.  The big thing here is that Teel’s inability to put together a complete game and the running game’s lack of firepower has placed Rutgers on the precipice of not making a bowl game for the first time in four years.  You certainly can’t pin any blame on the defense, which has played tough on the road for the second straight week.  The question now is “Does Schiano ride out the season to nowhere with Teel at the helm OR does he plan for 2009…even when next season’s quarterback may not even be in uniform?”  I doubt that will happen with Homecoming against Connecticut coming up next Saturday at noon.  We’ll find out more in Schiano’s news conferences coming up in the next two days.  By the way, in the meantime, has anyone seen Tiquan Underwood?  An APB may be in order.  But that’s another story for another day.