It's choppin' time 🪓

Let's talk Howard Bison

Welcome to Knights of the Raritan, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Rutgers University’s collective Knights of the Raritan.

In today’s content:
- Opponents have been set 🤼
- Let’s look at Howard 🏈
+ So much more 💪

🤼 The Big Ten has announced its future opponents for the upcoming 2024-25 wrestling season

🏐 Volleyball will see action this weekend against Miami, North Texas, and Colorado

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⚔️ WEEK ONE PRESSER: HOWARD

We’re back (finally). We timestamped a few things from Coach Schiano’s presser to know before the Howard game:

  • “We translated to game preparation last week” (0:10)

  • Some new faces will be taking the field to start the season (0:30)

  • What’s the expectation of the program…… using mile markers? (4:30)

  • Why the optimism? (6:41)

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: HOWARD

We take a peak at what the Bison bring to the field tomorrow in a few short bullet-points:

  • The Bison are seeking their third-straight MEAC title

  • Two student-athletes were selected to the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

  • This is the second-straight season where Howard has played a Big Ten team (Northwestern in ‘23)

  • The Bison concluded the 2023 campaign with a 30-26 loss to No. 5 Florida A&M in the Cricket Celebration Bowl

Check out The Knight Report today, the No. 1 insider scoop on everything Rutgers Athletics!

⚽ August 28 // Women’s Soccer hosts Lehigh in Piscataway at 7:00 pm ET

🏈 August 29 // Football opens the season with Howard at SHI Stadium on the Big Ten Network at 6:00 pm ET