Rutgers Football Notebook
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The sun and warm temperatures seem to agree with the Rutgers football team.
"Practice was good," Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said after Friday's afternoon workout. "You could tell they did a lot of things (Wednesday), running around after practice, swimming and I'm sure going out on the town. The first night out is always fun for them. We'll start pulling things back, and they know as the game gets closer what it's going to take to prepare to win. Overall, it was a good practice.
"We had two good practices, but we'll start scaling back and practice will be shorter. We'll start to spend a little more time in the meeting room and less time on the field."
Friday was the sixth practice of eight days in which they will concentrate on Arizona State.
"There are a lot of things to be done," he said. "This is for the kids and the families. This isn't for the coaches. Coaches have a job to do."
DIDN'T HEAR YOU
Rutgers brought a lot of equipment out here, including its own noise. The routine of blasting music over speakers to simulate large crowds (42,000 will attend the game) continued Friday, with players communicating despite the blare of the Baja Men's "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
Between flying out the team, administrators and the band, Rutgers spent close to half a million dollars in plane fares. In addition to approximately $200,000 in returned unused tickets and the cost of renting an entire plush hotel, Rutgers will be happy if it breaks even. Between the $750,000 for playing in the game and an additional payout from shared Big East conference bowl revenue, the event should end up at around $1.2 million in both cost and profit.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The sun and warm temperatures seem to agree with the Rutgers football team.
"Practice was good," Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said after Friday's afternoon workout. "You could tell they did a lot of things (Wednesday), running around after practice, swimming and I'm sure going out on the town. The first night out is always fun for them. We'll start pulling things back, and they know as the game gets closer what it's going to take to prepare to win. Overall, it was a good practice.
"We had two good practices, but we'll start scaling back and practice will be shorter. We'll start to spend a little more time in the meeting room and less time on the field."
Friday was the sixth practice of eight days in which they will concentrate on Arizona State.
"There are a lot of things to be done," he said. "This is for the kids and the families. This isn't for the coaches. Coaches have a job to do."
DIDN'T HEAR YOU
Rutgers brought a lot of equipment out here, including its own noise. The routine of blasting music over speakers to simulate large crowds (42,000 will attend the game) continued Friday, with players communicating despite the blare of the Baja Men's "Who Let The Dogs Out?"
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
Between flying out the team, administrators and the band, Rutgers spent close to half a million dollars in plane fares. In addition to approximately $200,000 in returned unused tickets and the cost of renting an entire plush hotel, Rutgers will be happy if it breaks even. Between the $750,000 for playing in the game and an additional payout from shared Big East conference bowl revenue, the event should end up at around $1.2 million in both cost and profit.
