Rutgers football announced the addition of FCS school Monmouth to the 2020 schedule on Thursday afternoon. With the non-conference schedule now complete for the next three seasons, and two games scheduled for the three years after that, some significant trends are starting to emerge under the direction of head coach Chris Ash and athletic director Pat Hobbs. Here are four thoughts I have on the current non-conference scheduling philosophy of Rutgers that is starting to take shape.
As with this upcoming season’s men’s basketball schedule, the football team is starting to schedule more regional non-conference games as well.