Rutgers experts Keith Sargeant and James Kratch discuss the latest news and hot topics surrounding the team. With host Steve Politi.
The Rebuilding Rutgers podcast is an absolute must-listen for any fan of Rutgers Athletics, especially during the football season. In fact, it would be fantastic if they expanded their coverage to include basketball as well. This podcast serves as the go-to resource for all things Rutgers, providing both written and spoken content that covers everything from the good, the bad, and sometimes even the ugly aspects of the university's athletics program. It's a great way to stay up-to-date on current stories surrounding RU football, and what sets this podcast apart is how candid and honest the hosts are in delivering their analysis.
One of the best aspects of The Rebuilding Rutgers podcast is its comprehensive coverage of all things related to Rutgers Athletics. Whether you're looking for game recaps, player interviews, or in-depth analysis on various topics within the program, this podcast has you covered. The hosts bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to each episode, making it easy to trust their perspective and insights. Additionally, they provide a balanced view of not only the successes but also the challenges faced by Rutgers Athletics, allowing fans to have a more well-rounded understanding of their favorite teams.
Furthermore, what makes this podcast stand out is how unfiltered and straightforward the hosts are in their delivery. They don't shy away from sharing their opinions or criticizing when necessary. This approach gives listeners an authentic experience with no sugar-coating or bias involved. Whether you agree or disagree with their viewpoints, you can appreciate that they tell it like it is without holding back.
However, no review would be complete without acknowledging potential areas for improvement. One aspect that could be improved upon is diversifying the content beyond just football. While they do an excellent job covering football-related topics thoroughly, expanding their coverage to include other sports such as basketball would undoubtedly enhance listener engagement and offer a more holistic view of Rutgers Athletics as a whole.
In conclusion, The Rebuilding Rutgers podcast is an invaluable resource for fans of the university's athletics program. With its comprehensive coverage, honest analysis, and a knack for telling it like it is, this podcast is a must-listen every week during the football season. While there is room for improvement in expanding their content to include other sports, the overall quality and dedication of the hosts make this podcast a go-to source for all things Rutgers Athletics.
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Scarlet Knights' meeting with Norfolk State, which is led by head coach Michael Vick. We also say so long to one of our longtime hosts. Read our reporting at NJ.com/Rutgers, join our Discord community (discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW) to interact with us and other Scarlet Knight fans and follow us on Twitter (@RutgersRant) for the latest updates on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the win over Miami of Ohio, discuss whether the Scarlet Knights showed enough improvement defensively to dispel the concerns surrounding them and project how good the offense could be with quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, stud receiver Ian Strong and their strong supporting cast. Read our reporting at NJ.com/Rutgers, join our Discord community (discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW) to interact with us and other Scarlet Knight fans and follow us on Twitter (@RutgersRant) for the latest updates on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview this Saturday's contest against Miami of Ohio, what we want to see from the Scarlet Knights on both sides of the ball and how the RedHawks looked in their season-opening loss to Wisconsin in Madison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' too-close-for-comfort 34-31 win over Ohio to start the 2025 season. Should head coach Greg Schiano and company be more encouraged by the offense or concerned about the defense? Also: How was Keli Zinn's first Rutgers football game day as athletic director? Read our reporting at NJ.com/Rutgers, join our Discord community (discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW) to interact with us and other Scarlet Knight fans and follow us on Twitter (@RutgersRant) for the latest updates on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the football program's 2025 season. We also touch on athletic director Keli Zinn's meeting with local media on Monday. Read our reporting at NJ.com/Rutgers, join our Discord community (discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW) to interact with us and other Scarlet Knight fans and follow us on Twitter (@RutgersRant) for the latest updates on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss Keli Zinn's official introduction as Rutgers' next athletic director, what she shared in her first press conference and what her priorities should be as she begins the job. Read our coverage of Rutgers athletics at NJ.com/Rutgers, and discuss the Scarlet Knights with us and other Rutgers fans by signing up for our Discord: discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the school (finally) hiring an athletic director and to preview training camp. Read our coverage of Rutgers athletics at NJ.com/Rutgers, and discuss the Scarlet Knights with us and other Rutgers fans by signing up for our Discord: http://discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the latest developments in the athletic director search and recap Big Ten media day. Read our reporting at NJ.com/Rutgers, join our Discord community (discord.gg/fbVDPPA3uW) to interact with us and other Scarlet Knight fans and follow us on Twitter (@RutgersRant) for the latest updates on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss former Scarlet Knights Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey being picked in the top five of the 2025 NBA Draft and what it means for the program going forward. We also touch on the ongoing search for the school's next athletic director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the school's search for an athletic director, its hiring of a president and the football program's big recruiting weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the school launching its search for its newest athletic director, the basketball team's latest addition and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the football team's spring game and discuss the men's basketball team's transfer portal additions so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss how the basketball program has navigated the first two weeks of the transfer portal window, discuss their first addition in Darren Buchanan, catch up on spring football, look into lacrosse's big-time upset over Maryland and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss where things stand for the Scarlet Knights in the (very) early days of the basketball transfer portal, preview the football team's upcoming spring camp and break down head coach Schiano's thoughts on how Rutgers is approaching on the modern era of college sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant looks back on the 2024-25 season and looks ahead to the future of the Scarlet Knights and Steve Pikiell. Where do they go from here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Big Ten Tournament and the path ahead for the Scarlet Knights as they hope to make a miracle run and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' road defeats to Purdue and Michigan and head coach Steve Pikiell's uncharacteristic postgame behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the men's basketball team winning back-to-back games and interim AD Ryan Pisarri breaking his months-long silence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the Scarlet Knights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' loss to Maryland on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant reacts to the football team returning Robb Smith as defensive coordinator and basketball earning a big win over Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the Scarlet Knights' loss to Michigan and look ahead to the final month of the regular season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' loss to Michigan State, the status of star freshman Dylan Harper and where they go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the men's basketball team's loss to Penn State, as well as the findings of the investigation into the gymnastics program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss how the Scarlet Knights looked against the Bruins, what it means ahead of a crucial four-game stretch outside of Piscataway and whether Monday's victory could springboard them a season-shifting run to close January. We also touch on football adding another stud defensive end in Ohio transfer Bradley Weaver, share our thoughts on the Scarlet Knights' current 10-man portal haul, discuss the latest on women's basketball star Kiyomi McMiller's saga and break down a near top-five upset from the wrestling program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The show is back to discuss where the Scarlet Knights stand after a two-game losing streak to Wisconsin and Indiana and ahead of a crucial two-game stretch against No. 20 Purdue and No. 22 UCLA, how much Dylan Harper's illness has impacted them and whether they will make a miraculous turnaround to reach the postseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' blowout win over Columbia and where they stand in the NCAA Tournament picture as Big Ten play restarts. We also touch on football updates and each give our hopes for Rutgers athletics during the 2025 calendar year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the Rate Bowl, discuss the Scarlet Knights' defensive issues, break down the reason for its offense's second-half struggles and put the 2024 season into perspective after it officially came to a close. We also tough on the men's basketball team's outlook for the rest of this winter after its loss to Princeton in Newark last weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Rate Bowl between the Scarlet Knights and Kansas State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey's contributions in a crucial win over Seton Hall, how the rest of the Scarlet Knights fared against the Pirates, the drama of the final moments at Jersey Mike's Arena and what it all means for the remainder of the season. We also catch up on what the football program has done in the transfer portal during the first week of its current 20-day window, dissecting the three additions they made, the three outgoing transfers they lost and what should be the priority entering the final two weeks of the window. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview basketball's rivalry game against Seton Hall and react to football's 2025 schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to break down the Scarlet Knights going to the Rate Bowl, their matchup with Kansas State and which of the seniors we think will play. We also touch on the men's basketball team's loss to Ohio State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant goes through the Rutgers football roster after national signing day and before the transfer portal window opens next week. Read more coverage at NJ.com/rutgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the Scarlet Knights' win over Michigan State to end its regular season, discuss the big picture of what this fall means and look ahead to their potential bowl destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant discusses Dylan Harper's dominance at the Players Era Festival and previews the football team's regular season finale against Michigan State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' stunning loss to No. 24 Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Scarlet Knights' Senior Day meeting with Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant discusses the Scarlet Knights' 31-17 win over Maryland, what it means for them to become bowl eligible and what they can do in the final two games of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Scarlet Knights' road trip to College Park, where they face Maryland on Saturday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the Scarlet Knights' 26-19 win over Minnesota, discuss what an improved defense means moving forward and predict how many wins they can earn in the final three games of the season. We also preview basketball's game against Saint Peter's and recap the women's soccer team's loss to UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the men's basketball team's encouraging start to the 2024-25 season and preview the football program's home game against a red-hot Minnesota team with a lot of familiar faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the 2024-25 men's basketball season. We share our expectations for five-star freshmen Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, our reasons for optimism and concern and our season predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to recap the Scarlet Knights' loss to USC, discuss where they stand at the bye week, give our take on what caused the October backslide and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant is back to preview the Scarlet Knights' trip to Los Angeles to face USC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rutgers Rant returns to recap the Scarlet Knights' 35-32 loss to UCLA on Saturday. We discuss the disastrous defensive performance against the Bruins, a much-improved offense and where Rutgers goes from here. We also touch on men's basketball's exhibition loss to St. John's, where five-star freshmen Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper shined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices