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WFAN's Mike Francesa ripped Rutgers football and basketball during a rant on Monday afternoon.

(Noah K. Murray -The Star Ledger)

WFAN's Mike Francesa ripped Rutgers' football program (along with a shoutout to the basketball squad) on Monday afternoon, telling a caller the Scarlet Knights are going to be an embarrassment in the Big Ten.

"I honestly think Rutgers -- I hate to say it -- in terms of basketball and football, they really don't belong in the Big Ten," he said. "I'm not trying to get on them, I'm really not. But they have not shown, they never could beat the best the Big East had to offer. They could never beat West Virginia. How are they supposed to go compete with the top of the Big Ten?"

Some more highlights:

• He asked a caller how many games the Scarlet Knights will win in the conference -- Francesa said if they won two, "it would surprise me."

• When he found out that parking passes for one Rutgers game (against Penn State) cost $500 on StubHub, he replied: "Who in their right mind would pay $500 to see Rutgers play football, no less $500 to park?"

• "Here's the scarier part," he later added. "They're worse in basketball...the last we saw of them, they were getting beat by 90 by [Rick] Pitino...alright, 75." When he was told he should come to a game, Francesa said, "No thank you. Really, I don't need to travel all that way to see Rutgers play basketball."

• He received an eBay printout from his producer for a parking pass that will cost $750: "Listen, if some dummy's willing to pay you $750, I'm surprised you won't run it over to their house. ... That's just to park the car. Do they at least throw in like an oil change? Or a lube job? Rotate the tires? Something!"