He was signed to a two year extension in the offseason and athletic director Pat Hobbs certainly sees the value in Campanile. Hope was dead with Ash in charge.ĭo you see interim coach Nunzio Campinale as a long term solution/coach of the future? The decision was absolutely the right one, as Rutgers has lost 16 straight games to power five opponents and the recruiting class is currently ranked 89th in the country. I honestly thought they might fire him after losing this week to Maryland, but the administration made the call after the 52-0 embarrassment at Michigan instead. It was very typical occurrence during Ash’s tenure and enough was enough. I called for Ash’s firing, as did most, after the 30-16 loss to Boston College, which was a game Rutgers had control of but committed 11 penalties and 2 turnovers, costing them the outcome. It didn’t surprise me based on the fact that all hope was lost for significant improvement to occur this season, which was the metric that athletic director Pat Hobbs set after last year’s 1-11 campaign.

We also answered a few of his questions too, and that will be up shortly on the site.ĭid the Chris Ash firing surprise you? What was your reaction to the news? We talked with Aaron Breitman of Rutger’s SB Nation site On the Banks to get some inside info on the team ahead of Saturday’s contest. The matchup may serve as the perfect opportunity for the Terps to get back on track after a 59-0 beating they took to No. Maryland football’s first Big Ten road game is tomorrow, and it will face a Rutgers squad that fired its head coach early this week and has only won one game this season.

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