The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are not known for being a great football program, but their futility on Saturday went above and beyond what they’re usually known for.
Rutgers attempted 17 passes against the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday and completed just two of them for a grand total of eight yards. Five of them were intercepted between starter Artur Sitkowski and backup Giovanni Rescigno, whose lone attempt was picked.
Naturally, Twitter was left aghast by Rutgers’ passing futility.
I keep looking at this, jaw slightly slack, speechless… pic.twitter.com/yAoxGXR0Ba
— AG (@AndyGlockner) October 13, 2018
The Rutgers pass offense is putting up a crisp -10.8 adjusted net yards per attempt. pic.twitter.com/Ki3MLGKVQ2
— Jeff (BPredict) (@BPredict) October 13, 2018
Rutgers football is like modern American politics. You constantly think "it can't possibly get worse", and are always wrong. https://t.co/5Xpu5BeFhm
— Jeff (BPredict) (@BPredict) October 13, 2018
Rutgers season tickets https://t.co/rt9T7FHDyc
— Adam S. Pumpkins-Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) October 13, 2018
. @ESPNStatsInfo just sent this out .. Had to read it twice:
Rutgers quarterbacks today
Completions to Rutgers: 2
Completions to Maryland: 5— Heather Dinich (@CFBHeather) October 13, 2018
Rutgers is a health code violation at this point. It's not safe
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) October 13, 2018
If you’re wondering, that means 8.47% of the passes Sitkowski has thrown this season have been picked off.
Eight Point Four Seven Percent.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 13, 2018
Thanks to Art Sitkowski, Eli Manning isn't the worst Quarterback in New Jersey. #RFootball #GiantsPride
— Andrew Marren (@AndrewMarren) October 13, 2018
It turns out there’s a reason behind Rutgers football being little more than a punchline. You almost have to feel sorry for the kid.
