PISCATAWAY -- His voice was so hoarse that it sounded like Patrick Hobbs had spent the previous four hours screaming -- which, given how the final minutes of the latest Rutgers football victory had unfolded, is a safe bet.
The athletic director was standing in a quiet hallway inside the Hale Center after the Scarlet Knights defeated Maryland 31-14 for their third Big Ten victory this season. He was trying to put into words the transformation that has taken place in the past 35 days for this football program.
Rutgers lost 56-0 to Ohio State on this same field on Sept.