As it was last year, WSU's matchup with Rutgers appears to be a pivotal game for the Cougars. To their benefit, the Scarlet Knights are having to deal with a host of off-field problems, the biggest of which is an investigation into coach Kyle Flood's potentially improper contact with a professor that was revealed this morning.
Flood is being investigated for emailing the professor of presumed starting cornerback Nadir Barnwell, whose academic standing appears questionable. That, apparently, is a pretty big no-no in university circles! Before you pooh-pooh the potential fallout, that nj.