OT: Wow, Rutgers kicked out of Big Ten (or is it a joke)?

[stamfordhusky]

- NJ actually has a strong history of good recruits, many of whom (in the Joe Pa days) went to Penn State. They rarely went to Rutgers. But having a school in the NY metropolitan area isn't bad for the conference, recruiting wise.

As to Rutgers itself, they did hire a quality football coach - a coordinator from tOSU - so the issue is what he can build going forward. One of the many knocks on Kyle Flood was that he couldn't recruit, and Rutgers is now paying that price. Rutgers is investing in the infrastructure, training facilities, etc. that other schools have had for years, so . . .

New Jersey has always been a very strong football state. Back in 1966 (?), their all-state backfield included Joe Theisman, Franco Harris, Jack Tatum, and Lydell Mitchell. When Theisman graduated, his replacement at QB was Drew Pearson. Moving forward to today, Jabrill Peppers of Michigan, who is already one of the best players in the nation, is also fro NJ.

Rutgers could be a sleeping giant in football if they could get a good head coach and hold onto him for a decade. We'll see if Ashe can do the job.

 

[meyers7]

The Ruth Chris Steakhouse in Michigan offered a promotion tied to the Michigan/Rutgers football game. They offered to reduce everyone's bill by 1% for every point Michigan beat Rutgers by. So if the won by 20, the bill would be reduced by 20%. They won by 78!

There was a undisclosed caveat that limited the reduction to 50%, which was not disclosed in the original promotion. Here is the story:

Ruth's Chris shot itself in the foot with a football promotion that was too good to be true

50% off is still a really good deal.

 

[wire chief]

I was a Rutgers student in '60/'61. At the time we were not big time, playing the Ivy League and places like Lehigh and Lafayette. And we had an exciting undefeated season in football then. I regret they moved to Div 1.