Rutgers is 9-0?!?

Im sure everyone knows it by now, but my beloved Scarlet Knights are undefeated. I was lucky enough to be sitting in the stands with disbelief as we rolled over Louisville. Its extremely exciting to be doing well at this point. Im not ALL that suprised though. At the beginning of the season i got into a slighty heated debate with my friend, who is a Georgia fan. I am from Florida so I, by nature, hate Georgia. But whatever, we were talking about Rutgers as we tailgated before the home opener against Illinois. I said something about how I was excited about the game and he said something to the effect of "I would be more excited if we were watching a real Division I football game". I got slighty offended and said that Rutgers, in case he missed last season went way above and beyond expectation and did really well in the Big East and i expect them to build on that and do better. He then made fun of how weak the Big East was. I casually reminded him that a Big East team (West Virginia) thrashed his Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl last season. Before the conversation was over I made a couple bold and foolish predictions. I said that 1: "Rutgers will be undefeated when they play Louisville Nov. 9" and 2: "Rutgers will probably be ranked higher than Georgia when the season's over". Yeah, i was just talking trash, and i honestly didnt think these statements would come true, but somehow they did. Sitting here Nov. 14th, about a week after a huge conference win over Louisville, Rutgers is 9-0 and ranked #7 in the country in the AP poll, and #6 in the BCS rankings. And Georgia is not ranked inside the Top 25. I may have been the only believer in the country that Rutgers would be fighting (keyword "fighting") for the national championship.

About that, West Virginia (a Big East team) was #3 when they lost to a #5 Louisville team 44-34 on Nov.2. Then Louisville (also a Big East team) moved up in the polls to #3, and lost to #15 Rutgers 28-25. Both WV and U of L were just waiting for the Michigan-Ohio State game so that they would have a bid to the National Championship game. But when Rutgers (another Big East team) beat Louisville, they moved to #7 and barely have a fighting shot at the National Championship game. Im not saying they deserve it, by any means, but if Louisville and West Virginia were in if they won out, and Rutgers beats both of those teams, shouldn't Rutgers deserve to play in the National Championship game? The game against WV isn't until December 2, but if they manage to beat Cincinnati on the road on Saturday, and win at home against Syracuse the following week, and still have enough gas in the tank to beat the Mountaineers in Morgantown, they will have beaten two teams that were top 3 teams at some point this season and were well on their way to one of the sidelines in Glendale in January. That is a stinking good argument for why Rutgers deserves a chance, just one chance (think Braveheart) to prove them selves. Rutgers may not be as good as a Michigan or Ohio State, but they did destroy Illinois 33-0 in Piscataway in early September, the same Illinois team that gave the Buckeyes a nailbiter just last saturday. Ohio State held on to win 17-10, but never-the-less Rutgers defense dominated a team that gave Ohio State trouble. The Scarlet Knights will have to prove it on the field of course, but im just saying they deserve a shot. Nobody gave West Virginia a shot last season and they proved themselves by upsetting Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Just keep an eye on Piscataway.