After Rutgers ‘ hard-fought 42-35 loss to No.12 USC on Saturday, head coach Greg Schiano took the rostrum after the sport to reply questions from the media. One such query was why they determined to return to Dylan Lonergan at quarterback after he missed a sport as a result of harm.
“I believe, you recognize, we got here out of coaching camp, which was an enormous physique of labor, and it wasn’t simply coaching camp. It was January right through the tip of camp, and we determined that Dylan was the starter. Then he received injured, and AJ went and performed at BC, and I believed he did an excellent job, but it surely wasn’t like these performances have been a lot completely different.
So to me, it was so long as he was wholesome, we have been going to return to who we initially determined. And I’ve full confidence in AJ. Dylan received bumped at one level within the sport, and I wasn’t positive if he was going to have the ability to return in. And I don’t have any emotions like, oh, boy, I really like Dylan, however I additionally love AJ. I believe they’re each good quarterbacks,“ stated Schiano as a part of his reply to the query.
The second a part of his reply addresses the turnover points.
“We’ve simply received to cease turning the ball over. You understand, now we’re at 10 in three video games, and we turned the ball over 11 occasions your entire 12 months final 12 months. We’re simply not a crew that’s made; we will’t try this and win. So you could say, effectively, then why don’t you cease it? We’ve received to get it discovered. I hear you loud and clear,” stated Schiano.
“However once more, one of many interceptions got here in that grouping, so we simply can not flip the ball over. You’ll be able to inform it’s getting maddening to me, however we’ll repair it. We’ll,” stated Schiano throughout his response to a different query relating to the broad receiver play.
These are very typical Schiano media responses to a scenario like this; nevertheless, the query of “when will or not it’s discovered?” by no means goes away. USC scored 14 factors off of Rutgers interceptions, seven of them approaching a 99-yard pick-six. Had these not occurred, we may very well be taking a look at a really completely different results of that sport. Similar factor with the loss to Boston Faculty, the place the Knights solely misplaced by seven regardless of throwing 4 interceptions.
Regardless of the turnovers, Rutgers as a crew did play higher on Saturday, which prompted questions relating to what would have occurred within the first two video games if they’d performed the identical means they did vs USC. Schiano stated he believes they’d have gained these video games if they’d, however they didn’t. This additional brings into query why they didn’t have the crew extra able to play at the beginning of the season, as they left two winnable video games on the desk as a result of they weren’t.
The total press convention may be considered .