Rutgers coach Kyle Flood said it was a 'sad day' for Rutgers after new Ray Rice video surfaces

Rutgers coach Kyle Flood condemned the actions of former Scarlet Knights running back Ray Rice after a video surfaced of Rice punching out his fiancée in elevator in an Atlantic City hotel.

TMZ.com posted the new video, which had not previously been released. A video of Rice dragging his unconscious fiancée, Janay Palmer, out of the hotel elevator in Atlantic City had been widely viewed since Feb. 15, but this was the first look at the ferocity with which Rice punched Palmer.

"The video I saw this morning was difficult to watch as a husband and a father. There is nothing that can justify what I saw on that video," Flood told ESPN New York.

"Family is family. But at Rutgers we hold ourselves to an extremely high standard. And we expect a lot of out of players. We expect a lot of our coaches and our staff members we have here in the Hale Center. And we expect a lot of our alumni and because of those expectations this is a sad day."

Rice, who is currently serving a two-game suspension from the NFL for his actions, had his contract with the Baltimore Ravens terminated Tuesday afternoon.

Rutgers edited Rice, the school's all-time leading rusher, from its pregame “Knights in the NFL” video and took down his photo throughout the stadium. The school would not comment on whether Rice's photos would be taken down from the football facility. It did say Rice, who rushed for 4,926 yards from 2005-07, would not be expunged from the school's record books.

For more Rutgers news, visit ScarletNation.com.

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