Kyle Monangai does not claim to be a prophet, but the star Rutgers running back had some prophetic words for his backfield partner before he made arguably the biggest play of his young career. With the Scarlet Knights facing a crucial third-and-four in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s massive matchup with Washington,

On third-and-10 from the Rutgers 37, he hit Chris Long for a 19-yard pass. On second-and-9 from the Washington 43, Kaliakmanis kept it and ran 13 yards for a first down. Then on third-and-9 from the Huskies 29 he threw to Dymere Miller for a 12-yard pass to again keep the drive going.

Rutgers was unbeaten and favored coming in and they showed the Huskies life in their new conference won’t be easy, defeating Washington, 21-18. Rutgers beats Washington and starts the season 4-0 for the first time since 2012 🔥 The game came down to a last-second Washington field goal attempt from better than 50 yards that had the distance but was off target.