As Tom Petty wails, “The waiting is the hardest part”. For Rutgers football, the wait is finally over. After being hired ten and a half months ago, Greg Schiano’s second tenure as head coach kicks off this Saturday at Michigan State at noon ET on BTN.
His return united the Rutgers fan base in a way I’ve never seen before and it was a beautiful thing.
After enduring the previous five seasons under former coaches Kyle Flood and Chris Ash which produced a dismal 13-47 record, including just 3-21 the past two years, as well as multiple scandals, player arrests, and offensive futility, hope was reborn with Schiano coming home.