Penn St, Michigan, Ohio St ... yeah yeah yeah

[Pudge]

My Banker friend is taking MY clients to Rutgers football. Box (no room for the wives thought!!!).

Look at that schedule ... and weep.

I would be totally thrilled if one of my neighbors won the $10m Lottery MegaMillions. But, this is different. And I feel the same way for BC. For Syracuse. This isn't a Lottery. This was ... supposedly ... but astute choice and merit. That Rutgers Athletic Department can't seem to get anything right. Yeah ... we SHOULD have a chip on our shoulder. Everything about UConn has been a upward climb over huge obstacles. This is just more of that. We deserve to have that lottery ticket. (on Meritocracy of a hugely successful institution)

 

[noeynox]

I'm jealous of that schedule too, but these posts... They just bring their lovely fans over here to flame fest. If it was really about merit neither BYU or Cincinnati would be outside if this was strictly about football.

 

[ruthetiger]

This again. My goodness.

 

[pj]

Merit, in this case, is having a large state population. Rutgers has merit.

UConn has merit too. We'll be in the club sooner or later. Hopefully the same club Rutgers is in.

 

[Fishy]

We should have built our houses closer together, Hoboken-style.

Obviously, in such matters, population trumps athletic success. Or, as the case may be, it'll even mask a fair amount of athletic incompetence.

 

[Ha Who]

I'm not going to beat on Rutgers. We have all had to work for the bosses son or something similar. Life is not always logical or fair. You can only work on improving yourself which is 40,000/10,167/16,200along with brilliant athletic administration and an extreme sell job by Herbst. Show up in New Jersey and Yankee Stadium. waiting to jump on the bandwagon is the settling for the death sentence of the program. Unless you think 9 wins vs Central, Hofstra, etc is worthy of jumping on board

 

[Dooley]

Can we, as a fanbase, all take a pledge to not b1tch and moan about our local r1vals being in P5 conferences playing P5 schedules and, instead, worry about supporting UCONN athletics? We have 10K empty seats scheduled for Boise tomorrow and yet here we are complaining about Rutgers vs Penn State. Let's concentrate on filling the Rent first before we start/continue complaining.

 

[Pudge]

We should have built our houses closer together, Hoboken-style.

Obviously, in such matters, population trumps athletic success. Or, as the case may be, it'll even mask a fair amount of athletic incompetence.

I agree. I am aiming to do my part. Have the Shoreline from Greenwich to New Haven springing with Steel & Concrete 500 units a building. We will get to your Hoboken Connecticut like place.

 

[CL82]

You know, I never really got worked up over RU as a "rival" and I can't get get mad about their hitting the lottery. It is what it is. It's not like they screwed us over other than by having a population density that rivals India. I am jealous over the schedule though.

 

[Pudge]

You know, I never really got worked up over RU as a "rival" and I can't get get mad about their hitting the lottery. It is what it is. It's not like they screwed us over other than by having a population density that rival India. I am jealous over the schedule though.

Totally agree.

 

[HoopsFan21]

You know, I never really got worked up over RU as a "rival" and I can't get get mad about their hitting the lottery. It is what it is. It's not like they screwed us over other than by having a population density that rivals India. I am jealous over the schedule though.

Connecticut is the 4th most densely populated state behind New Jersey, Rhode Island which is a close 2nd, and Massachusetts. We're ahead of New York and Maryland.

 

[CL82]

Connecticut is the 4th most densely populated state behind New Jersey, Rhode Island which is a close 2nd, and Massachusetts. We're ahead of New York and Maryland.

Do you have a link? I guess I can believe it. Middlesex is very densely populated as in Bergan, but the Pine Barrens, Hunterdon and a lot of South Jersey much less so. Still, I think that North Jersey has as much or more population than Connecticut as a whole.

 

[Pat125]

Do you have a link? I guess I can believe it. Middles e x is very densely populated as in Bergan, but the Pine Barrens, Hunterdon and a lot of South Jersey much less so. Still, I think that North Jersey has as much or more population than Connecticut as a whole.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density

North Jersey has a population of more or less 6 million, depending on how you define North Jersey. We are pretty dense here in New Jersey, especially in the north, and the northeast, in particular.

 

[epark88]

North Jersey and South Jersey are two different animals altogether.

Up north are the main population bases: dense, NYC-centric, urban, industrial - the things most of us conjure up when we think of Jersey. But once you get past Exit 7A on the Turnpike, the vibe changes: open spaces, farmland, less people, Philly-centric. The folks in South Jersey don't like to be lumped in with the folks up north, and have a different accent, their own expressions and a totally unique attitude than their fellow northern residents.

In a nutshell: the folks up north will tell you 'I'm from Jersey'. The folks down south will tell you, 'I'm from South Jersey'...

 

[AZHuskiePop]

North Jersey and South Jersey are two different animals altogether.

Up north are the main population bases: dense, NYC-centric, urban, industrial - the things most of us conjure up when we think of Jersey. But once you get past Exit 7A on the Turnpike, the vibe changes: open spaces, farmland, less people, Philly-centric. The folks in South Jersey don't like to be lumped in with the folks up north, and have a different accent, their own expressions and a totally unique attitude than their fellow northern residents.

In a nutshell: the folks up north will tell you 'I'm from Jersey'. The folks down south will tell you, 'I'm from South Jersey'...

I have in-laws in Cherry- Hill . They are Philly oriented .
At sports Authority it's all Eagles and Phillies. NY teams are hated.
Is their a no mans land like in Ct ,where it's close to 50 /50 NY and Boston.

 

[Pat125]

North Jersey and South Jersey are two different animals altogether.

Up north are the main population bases: dense, NYC-centric, urban, industrial - the things most of us conjure up when we think of Jersey. But once you get past Exit 7A on the Turnpike, the vibe changes: open spaces, farmland, less people, Philly-centric. The folks in South Jersey don't like to be lumped in with the folks up north, and have a different accent, their own expressions and a totally unique attitude than their fellow northern residents.

In a nutshell: the folks up north will tell you 'I'm from Jersey'. The folks down south will tell you, 'I'm from South Jersey'...

Those from South Jersey even have a name for us when we invade their territory, particularly during the summer...Bennies.

Me personally, I never say I'm from Jersey. I'll say New Jersey, or Northern New Jersey, or better yet, 15 minutes from the city.