Our staff reacts to Rutgers’ 20-14 victory over Illinois on Sunday.
Andrew Cangiano:
Wow, did Rutgers need that game. The Scarlet Knights weren’t perfect, but they made the three critical plays in the fourth quarter needed to seal the 20-14 win.
- The first was a fourth down completion by true freshman Gavin Wimsatt, who on his first collegiate snap showed poise in delivering a strike to Bo Melton to keep the drive alive. Rutgers would go on to score the go ahead touchdown on a 15 yard scamper by Noah Vedral.
- The second was a great open field tackle by KessawnAbraham on fourth and one to stop Chase Brown from picking up a first down that would have put Illinois in position to score the winning touchdown.