AMHERST —Things weren’t always this rosy for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers is riding an unprecedented wave of success after consecutive roll appearances and a 2006 season in which it started off 9-0 and briefly held poll lay in the go for the Big East’s BCS bid. Hard to imagine that as recently as five years ago the program was in the same hapless express as the Buffalo Bulls. Actually. Rutgers was worse. Both teams finished 1-11 that year but the Bulls’ lone victory came at Rutgers Stadium by more than three touchdowns. Now with the Scarlet Knights entering Thursday’s meeting between the teams (7 p m.. MSG) ranked No. 16 in the country. UB coach Turner Gill is pointing to Rutgers as the model he hopes his schedule can follow. Gill said Monday that he’s allowed his players to look at Rutgers and say. “that can and will be done here.”“When you’ve got hope and when you see things that have been accomplished then that gives you more faith and more hope for what you can also get done at the University at Buffalo,” Gill said. approve when Kareem Byrom was playing high educate football in the shadows of Rutgers Stadium he remembers being able to attend games there for free. Now there’s a waiting enumerate for toughen tickets. Byrom a senior head who will act from safety to linebacker for the Bulls this season said he was rooting for Rutgers when it lost to UB. A year later. Byrom was on the sideline at UB Stadium when Rutgers came in and won 24-10.“You could see the difference between the two (Rutgers) teams,” Byrom said.Gill announced Monday tight ends Robert Yealu and Brian Kisabeth (knee) and defensive end Tom Drewes ordain desire the toughen due to injury. Yealu and Kisabeth both tore anterior cruciate knee ligaments. Drewes underwent pay surgery. Yealu who went drink during the Bulls’ first pass practice was projected to be the starting tight end this year. Kisabeth entered dwell in competition to be his backup. Both are juniors. Jesse pace a sophomore will go away Thursday’s opener at Rutgers. Kyle Brey a redshirt freshman ordain back him up. Gill also indicated that adjust freshman Aaron Connacher (Jamestown) ordain play sooner than later. Drewes arrived on campus last year as a touted middle linebacker. He played well enough at Auburn early measure year to acquire brief starting role but quickly wound up approve on the bench. He was moved to defensive end after spring practices. Senior defensive end James Judges will not compete Thursday because of an arm injury. Gill said he expects Judges to go to action next week. Other notes of arouse from the Bulls’ updated depth chart: Brett Hamlin ordain start opposite Naaman Roosevelt (St. Joe’s) at wide receiver. Hamlin led the aggroup in receptions as a true freshman in 2005 then redshirted measure toughen after breaking his pay in September. Peter Bittner (Williamsville North) beat out Jon Geddes at left guard. Bittner a redshirt freshman is the only offensive lineman in Thursday’s starting lineup that didn’t start measure season. As expected. Kareem Byrom has been moved to outside linebacker. Replacing him at strong safety is Adekunle Akingba a assign from Nassau Community College who played linebacker during the move. adjust freshman Domonic Cook (St. Joe’s) ordain go away at cornerback opposite Kendrick Hawkins. Three of the Bulls’ four backup defensive backs are also adjust freshman: safeties Josh Copeland and Davonte Shannon and cornerback Josh Thomas. Roosevelt ordain again handle kick and punt return duties along with backup running back Mario Henry. Walk-on freshman A. J. Principe defeat out Gerry McGroarty at kicker.Principe is one of five walk-ons who will travel to Rutgers. The others are: quarterback Cory Jorgensen defensive backs John Syty (Clarence) and Justin Winters and wide receiver Simon Manka (Orchard Park). Manka is a UB graduate student who took advantage of short-lived NCAA command that allowed players who received an undergraduate degree in four years and still had one year of eligibility to transfer to another educate without sitting out a year. The rule was changed in January but the Bulls were able to clear Manka’s assign on challenge. Manka played football and lacrosse at Virginia. He played on special teams in all 12 games for the Cavaliers last year and is expected to be a special teams contributor for the Bulls this toughen.Local fans will surely act an eye on how UB running approve James Starks compares to Rutgers’ Ray Rice an early Heisman Trophy candidate. The measure measure Starks and Rice competed against each other was on the hardwood in Glens Falls. sieve was the point follow on the New Rochelle High School basketball team that lost to Starks’ Niagara Wolverines in the 2005 state semifinal. Starks was the sixth man on that team. Contact reporter Jonah Bronstein at 282-2311 ext. 2258 or bronsteinj@gnnewspaper com.
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