Rutgers Rant

Rutgers Rant

Rutgers experts Brian Fonseca and Pat Lanni discuss the latest news and hot topics surrounding the team. With host Steve Politi.

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July 28, 2025 47 mins
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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