The Scarlet Spotlight

The Scarlet Spotlight is happy to be joined by Gannett New Jersey's Jerry Carino, the NJ Hoops Haven, for his yearly appearance on the Rutgers men's basketball preview show. Jerry last joined the podcast after RU broke its 30-year NCAA Tournament drought in March. For Episode 96, Carino breaks down the 2021-2022 version of the Scarlet Knights, which return a sizable portion of their core, including Geo Baker and Ron Harper Jr. The Scarlet Knights open the season on Wednesday night against Lehigh. After the interview, Danny and Jon cover a plethora of Rutgers Athletics topics: field hockey's Big Ten title, field hockey and women's soccer getting No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, C. Vivian Stringer's leave of absence and more.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is happy to be joined by Rutgers field hockey head coach Meredith Civico for Episode 95 of the podcast. Civico, in her 10th year leading the program, is in the midst of a banner year at RU. The Scarlet Knights field hockey program is 15-3, Top 5 in the nation and hosting the Big Ten Tournament this week. Civico discusses her history with the sport in New Jersey, building the RU program and the statewide and international influence on this year's team. After the interview, Danny and Jon break down RU football's win at Illinois, preview Wisconsin visiting Piscataway and cover the other news and notes around Scarlet Knights athletics as the calendar turns to November 2021.

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It's a super-sized Episode 94 of The Scarlet Spotlight. First, Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale and All-American 184-pounder John Poznanski join the podcast. Goody and Poz preview the 2021-2022 season, and the return of fans to the RAC. Goodale highlights wrestle-off expectations, lineup and weight management and the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club. Poznanski discusses his goals for the year and Eric LeGrand's influence on Colonia natives. Then, RU men's basketball star Geo Baker returns to the show for his NIL deal preseason hit and breaks down every member of the roster heading into the Nov. 10 opener against Lehigh. Danny and Jon close the show with the topics of the week in Rutgers Athletics, including RU women's soccer's Big Ten title clinching win at Indiana, field hockey's Top 5 national ranking and football's upcoming game at Illinois.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is happy to be joined by Terry Shea for Episode 93 of the podcast. The head coach of Rutgers football from 1996-2000, Shea discusses at length what he would have done differently with another shot in Piscataway. He runs through his storied career in football, coaching at almost every level of the game, including the NFL. Shea covers memorable moments of late 90s Rutgers football. After the interview, Danny and Jon recap the loss to Michigan State, preview football's trip to Northwestern and cover the Olympic Sports news and notes.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is pumped for a super-sized Episode 92 of the podcast. The show starts with Rutgers running back Isaih Pacheco returning for the second interview of his NIL deal. Pacheco breaks down RU football's 3-2 start, discusses the running back room and provides insight into a week in the life of a college football player. Then, Rutgers Senior Associate Athletic Director for Facilities, Events & Operations, Matt Colagiovanni, comes on the show to talk about a wide variety of topics related to Rutgers facilities, pandemic response, hurricane emergency plans and stadium ingress. After the interviews, Danny and Jon set up the early October lay of the land for the Scarlet Knights' programs as football Homecoming against Michigan State approaches this weekend.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is excited to be joined by Rutgers men's basketball head coach Steve Pikiell for Episode 91 of the podcast. The sixth-year head coach looked back at the 2021 NCAA Tournament, which broke RU's 30-year drought. Pikiell also commented on roster turnover, previewed his full suite of newcomers and returnees, and covered the Geo Baker and Ron Harper Jr. NBA Draft processes. He also discussed his out-of-conference scheduling philosophy, the prospect of a full RAC in 2021-2022, player development, rotations, coaching staff changes and preparing for adversity in a new season. After the interview, Danny and Jon talk about Rutgers football's win at Syracuse to improve to 2-0, preview the Delaware game and touch on Greg Schiano's press conference comments. They also recap the week in RU Athletics, including women's soccer, men's soccer, women's volleyball, field hockey and more.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is excited to be joined by The Knights Brigade tailgate for Episode 90 of the podcast. In a special, tailgate party themed edition of the show, Danny and Jon talk with one of the more well-known tailgate groups at Rutgers football games. The Knights Brigade is situated in the Green Lot in Piscataway, and is made up of an interesting membership group from different backgrounds, but a common connection of a passion for Rutgers Athletics. Check out the interview for more on how they came together, food and drink menus, Rutgers football predictions and more. After the interview, Danny and Jon go through the RU football two-deep and Olympic Sports results as fall sports are underway, with this episode dropping on the morning of the Scarlet Knights' 2021 football season opener against Temple.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is happy to be joined by NJ Advance Media's Keith Sargeant and James Kratch for our Rutgers Athletics 2021-2022 Preview Podcast. Sarge and Kratch cover all things Rutgers football -- from camp coverage to Noah Vedral to position group strengths to a schedule breakdown. They provide opinions on NIL's effect on journalism, conference realignment and potential mask/vaccine mandates at Rutgers. Sarge and Kratch give insights into Steve Pikiell's roster construction, C. Vivian Stringer's recruiting, Scott Goodale's newest wrestling recruit and so much more in a wide-ranging roundtable with Danny and Jon.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is happy to be joined by former Rutgers men's basketball player Mike Williams for Episode 88 of the podcast. Williams discusses his upbringing in NYC basketball and his path to RU under Eddie Jordan. He touches on the transition to the Steve Pikiell era, the 2018 Big Ten men's basketball tournament at MSG and more about his mental health and hoops journey. After the interview, Danny and Jon cover news and notes around Rutgers football, a return of fans to the RAC and coaching hires in Olympic Sports.

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The Scarlet Spotlight is excited to be joined by Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown for Episode 87 of the podcast. Brown covers his childhood in Highland Park, time as a commuter student at Rutgers and post-graduation career choice at AT&T. He also touches on his path to CEO, the makeup of the Board of Governors at Rutgers (for which he was the chairman) and the toughest decisions that he's been a part of on the board. Brown plays word association with Rutgers ADs, discusses his Rutgers 2030 vision and describes how he ended up on the HBO series Entourage. In the Scarlet Six, Danny and Jon go over Rutgers mobile ticketing, men's hoops staff changes and Big Ten Football Media Day. Learn more and stay up to date at thescarletspotlight.com Email - [email protected] Join the Facebook Group - The Scarlet Spotlight Follow the show on Twitter - @scarletspotRU Instagram - @thescarletspotlight/ Follow Danny Breslauer on Twitter: @DannyBreslauer Follow Jon Newman on Twitter: @jonnew