Ohio State had tuned up Rutgers 58-0 the week before, so it’s not exactly like anybody was wondering, “Hey, maybe this is a 61-58 type game,” or, “hey, Rutgers might find a way to get 80 points in the next two minutes if they just get.
I wasn’t on the sidelines with anybody, but the 200 or so recruits on hand (one of whom was Michigan target Isaiah Wilson) probably knew this was turning into a memorable evening in all the wrong ways. But if you lose a game so badly that people in the media start wondering whether your university belongs in that conference - well, that’s a bad weekend for recruiting. I don’t think anyone’s kept track of the worst recruiting weekends in history, and I’m sure there are some doozies. Rutgers is good for comedy material, and bad at other things.
