UConn Blows Out Rutgers 40-22 at Rentschler Field Today and Chance of BCS Bid Vanishes

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights were blown out by the University of Connecticut today 40-22 on the road and their chances of a BCS Bowl bid have fizzled. Rutgers needed to win their last game of the season today, a Big East Conference game. Uconn came out blazing, scoring 21 points in the 1st half off of 3 Rutgers turnovers and took a commanding 24-3 lead into half time. The Scarlet Knights seemed completely out of it from the beginning and never got into the game. Rutgers finished their season with an 8-4 record, 4-3 in Conference and their changes of sharing a First Place finish in the Big East vanished. Starting QB Chas Dodd was brutal and was benched prior to the start the 4th quarter. Freshman QB Gary Nova came in and threw 2 TDs to Brandon Coleman. This was not the same team I saw last Saturday at home vs. Cincinnati where they won 20-3 on Senior Day. The Scarlet Knights will play in a Bowl Game, just not of the calibre in which they were hoping.