Episode 13: James Kratch

EP. 13 Rutgers Football Beat Writer Previews The Season

For lucky episode No. 13, The Scarlet Spotlight welcomes NJ Advance Media's James Kratch, the beat writer for Rutgers football and a host in the ever-crowded RU Athletics podcast landscape. Kratch details his New Jersey upbringing, his path to South Carolina for college and his journalism roots. He discusses covering high school sports, the New York Giants and Rutgers... spanning coaches from Steve Spurrier to Tom Coughlin to Chris Ash. Kratch gives his extensive opinions on multiple RU football position units and goes game-by-game through the schedule with Danny and Jon on the eve of Rutgers vs. Texas State in the 2018 season opener.