The Rutgers Scarlet Knights made an awesome performance in their last six games with the win over Louisville Cardinals as the highest point with the final result at 63-14. Mike Teel, the team's starting quarterback, may have earned himself a slot in this year All-America team. This placed them in a three-way tie with the teams from Pittsburgh and West Virginia. With that they got an invite from the PapaJohns.com Bowl to go to Alabama even if that may have fallen short of their target.

Despite that achievement, there were still questions of what could have been. The Scarlet Knights had a very powerful set of players which was why it was very hard to take in the fact that they started the season dismally with a measly 1-5.

It took winning over Pittsburgh and South Florida as turning point for them and made them put their acts together. The next thing that showcased their talents was the game with University of Louisville where the Cardinals trailed 49-0 at half-time. That performance showed the whole country how dominant they can be and how cohesive they are. They were not quitters. They fight until the end.

But in retrospect, could they have done more if they started the season right? Would things have come out as they are?

People were speculating. If they started the season with wins, would they have gone on to the higher tiers like the BCS? If they played as superbly as in the last few games, would have they been able to triumph over their fierce rival, the Bearcats and end up with the Championship in the Big East?

If they won more games, would have they been invited to the bigger and more significant bowls instead of that of PapaJohns.com?

There were a lot of intense as well as seemingly bleak moments with the Rutgers Scarlet Knight. There were doubts whether they can make it the in three positions in the Big East despite their powerful line-up. There were even those who thought that they could not even make a pivotal game which would turn the tides in their favor. Who would think that they can still come back from 1-5 start?

They had a good finish at second place after starting so poorly and maybe that is truly remarkable but if they have the potentials and the capacity exhibited by the Scarlet Knight players, then have not really lived up to it. The vast difference in their games at the start and the ones leading to season's end showed the very big gap which should be noted especially by the members of the team themselves and the coaching staff. There would always be the lingering queries on what really happened at the start and the series of what could have happened if they started the season with a blast.

But then again the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on their latter games were way beyond remarkable, they were downright amazing.