Forget touchdown talk about letdown. For two quarters, the Knights put on their armor for battle, never letting the Irish get out of striking distance. In just four quick minutes, they did what Rutgers teams before them had failed to do not only score against the Irish but actually hold a lead in the game. But for all the emotion tied to the Knights last home game, they could only play over their heads for so long. But they made the plays when they had to make them.
Good teams find a way to do that.
But for the Knights, great turned to good and good turned to mediocre. And before the last seconds ticked off the clock and almost every single Rutgers fan evacuated the stadium, mediocre turned to downright bad. When a team cannot even keep their fans in the stadium on the seniors' farewell game and the head coach's final game, it is glaring evidence of a program gone awry. Not even the Rutgers' student section, which in the first two quarters displayed half-naked men in freezing temperatures baring the cold as their counterparts bore the heat on the field, could be convinced that their team was worthy of their attention for a minute passed the opening drive of the fourth quarter. Talk about letdown.