Nor was the ACC, and they pretty much stunk there too.
Maryland won more ACC football titles than any school not named FSU and Clemson. It was no Ohio State or Bama, but several ACC schools had football programs less successful than UMD's. I guess the internet's fact check feature is down.
A Rutgers fan knocking anybody's record is pretty laughable when you consider that Rutgers actually went 25 years without a winning season.
I don't want to get into this because I love the Rutgers / Uconn hate.
Hate is a good thing in college football.
Nobody hates like Northeasterners
I'm calling a truce.
Just take a break for awhile
Has any one heard from my favorite Rutgers fan
Nicky Newark ?
Okay everyone could resume flaming now.
Some sports do not register....particularly Olympic sports......for example...does anyone really care that UNC won the men's and the women's Lax this year or that UNC has won 21 National Championships in Women's Soccer?
If it isn't football or men's basketball, it falls way back on the register.
Just because football and basketball make the lion's share of the money, it doesn't mean that there is zero interest for other sports outside of the Florida Pan Handle or hills of North Carolina. While you may only care about football and baseball, I'm not clear how with nearly 2500 posts on this board it hasn't occurred to you that people living predominantly in The Northeast have varied interests from yours. I attended the Women's Lax Final Four, and despite my team losing, enjoyed the experience greatly. I caught the Men's Final on TV and enjoyed that as well. Enjoy what you want, but don't assume everyone shares your opinion. Especially on this board.
I agree...North Carolina folks love soccer (as I stated their women's team is to soccer what UConn's Women's team is to basketball). And Boston folks love their hockey. I am a beach volleyball fan (although many games are not yet streamed).
I also watched the men's final in LAX...as I have previously posted, I enjoyed that match immensely...a stupendous finish.
But yes, we southerners love our football.
Now...since you emphatically state that people in the northeast have interests different from mine, I also find it somewhat interesting that northeastern folks sometimes rail against those people from another region who have different interests and thus may not be as appreciative of some programs. That rail goes in two directions.
We all have other sports interests. But, again as I stated, those interests do, absolutely fall way back on the register to football and basketball...whether that gets your knickers in a wad or not. That is just a statement of fact and not judgmental at all
In this century, they won 1 in 2001. Virginia Tech has 4. The last one before that was 1985. Stinks may have been too strong, but they aren't a football power by any measure.
On a national scale...I'd say that was a fact.
On a national scale, I'd say that most sports fans don't even know that UNC won those two NC's.
Folks know who won the football NC and basketball NC.
In some regions some folks may know who was the LAX champs...my bets are that many on this board did not....
And talking sports dynasties...who is going to jump in with the women's soccer run by North Carolina? A few, grant you.
It is just a fact that the olympic sports have interest, but an interest that is specialized at this point and time....a niche market of sorts.
Jest educatin'.
We've been playing football for about 20 minutes and we're already better than you...but that was a low hurdle.
As for athletic departments top to bottom, well, title banners aren't exactly a line item in your budget.
Say, what was the greatest moment in Rutgers' athletics? Was it being named Maryland's plus one? Must be - can't remember anything of note on an athletic field.