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billybud said:
Rutgers adds to the academic prestige
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Uhh. Rutgers would add to the academic prestige of SEC. But that's about it. It definitely does NOT help the B10's academic standing.
 
vowelguy said:
Uhh. Rutgers would add to the academic prestige of SEC. But that's about it. It definitely does NOT help the B10's academic standing.
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In what way? Maybe not as a whole, but there certainly are several programs in which we are ranked very very highly in. To say that would preposterous. Uconn certainly does add to prestige academically as well, but that's just irresponsible.
 
ruthetiger said:
In what way? Maybe not as a whole, but there certainly are several programs in which we are ranked very very highly in. To say that would preposterous. Uconn certainly does add to prestige academically as well, but that's just irresponsible.
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Rutgers is not of higher quality than the median Big10 university. Thus it does not help the the B10's academic standing.
 
vowelguy said:
Rutgers is not of higher quality than the median Big10 university. Thus it does not help the the B10's academic standing.
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Again you say this, and again I ask you, in what way? What proof can you provide other than your own opinion?
 
ruthetiger said:
At the end of the day, it wasn't just baskrtball, and all other non revenue sports they were inspecting, they looked at the entire scope of things, being tv sets, potential, brand expansion, recruiting, demographics, and market.
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If I had a dollar for everytime someone talked about Rutgers' "potential" I would have... Uhh... Probably enough money to fix their basketball program they've quit on.
 
ruthetiger said:
Again you say this, and again I ask you, in what way? What proof can you provide other than your own opinion?
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For example, US News:

13) Northwestern
29) Michigan
42) Illinois
47) Wisconsin
48) Penn St
54) Ohio St
62) Purdue
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62) Maryland
70) Rutgers
71) Iowa
71) Minnesota
76) Indiana
85) Mich St
99) Nebraska
 
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Rutgers would help the American's academic profile. They should be required to return.
 
vowelguy said:
For example, US News:

13) Northwestern
29) Michigan
42) Illinois
47) Wisconsin
48) Penn St
54) Ohio St
62) Purdue
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62) Maryland
70) Rutgers
71) Iowa
71) Minnesota
76) Indiana
85) Mich St
99) Nebraska
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Is that the only publication you can site? I'm pretty sure there are others. Only one publication says this? What do other publications say, and what is the criteria for just USNWR? In USNWR, their rankings are on point, but why?
 
ruthetiger said:
Is that the only publication you can site? I'm pretty sure there are others. Only one publication says this? What do other publications say, and what is the criteria for just USNWR? In USNWR, their rankings are on point, but why?
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Rutgers is roughly in the middle of the B10 academically. It seems that would indicate they neither help nor hurt the conferences academic standing. That's all people are saying. Don't be so sensitive. You won the "we have a ton of cable boxes lottery". Settle down and enjoy it. Unfortunately all that money doesn't bring any improvement to the moribund athletic department.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Rutgers is roughly in the middle of the B10 academically. It seems that would indicate they neither help nor hurt the conferences academic standing. That's all people are saying. Don't be so sensitive. You won the "we have a ton of cable boxes lottery". Settle down and enjoy it. Unfortunately all that money doesn't bring any improvement to the moribund athletic department.
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Not sensitive about it at all. All I'm saying is that it's just one publication. Other than that you're Right to an extent. Who knows.
 
Rutgers is a good school. But they got in because they are the flagship university of a populous state, and just across the state's borders lie two of the nation's largest cities, the largest of which is virtually unclaimed for college sports.
 
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vowelguy said:
For example, US News:

13) Northwestern
29) Michigan
42) Illinois
47) Wisconsin
48) Penn St
54) Ohio St
62) Purdue
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62) Maryland
70) Rutgers
71) Iowa
71) Minnesota
76) Indiana
85) Mich St
99) Nebraska
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What was UConn's position on the US News' list?
 
ruthetiger said:
We won none! And that's indesputable, but it was Delaney's call, and that of the members of the conference who put it to a vote. The question is, was uconn factored into the mix or the equation? If you guys were, then the choice would've been simple. Take uconn and Rutgers, and not take UMd, or take UMd and uconn and that's it. However, that wasn't the case. At the end of the day, it wasn't just baskrtball, and all other non revenue sports they were inspecting, they looked at the entire scope of things, being tv sets, potential, brand expansion, recruiting, demographics, and market. Some of which you have, but for some reason, and I don't know why, you guys came up short.

When we all found out the BT was adding, some of us all thought it would be fuND, and perhaps you, but from people in the know, you guys weren't factored into the equation at all. As Delaney once siad, he's looking at the next 100 years, and not a quick fix.
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Hey Skippy, I don't duck*ing care! I simply pointed out that I thought the BiG made a mistake taking Rutgers over UCONN. You live on this board to constantly remind us that the BiG did in fact take Rutgers over UCONN. It's tired, it's old and I don't care why the BiG made the mistake that I think they made. It's a UCONN board, give it a rest.
 
ruthetiger said:
I'm sure basketball should've gotten you in hands down, but football drives the bus.
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For the record only 13 of out 19 national championships are in basketball.

As I'm sure you also realize, football didn't get Rutgers in the B1G, the fact that New Jersey is wedged between NYC and Philadelphia, along with the fact that portions of New Jersey have a population density that rivals, or perhaps trumps, New Dehli is what got you in. It's not much to hang your hat on but it did get you in the door. So congratulations on that!
 
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uconndogs said:
You are the first person to point that out.

Must have been all those conference championships and BCS bowls that got Rutgers in.
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Listen we are all bitter but I am trying real hard to not let it consume me.

RU will be fine football wise. They won't be OSU or even MSU but they may get to middle of the pack like Iowa but that will be good enough. And football is all that counts. It sucks but it is what it is.

As if the timing of our football plunge couldn't have been worse we also have the absolute most inept and pitiful PR/marketing in all of major college sports to help keep us down. pathetic they are.
 
You know... I've come to the conclusion that the fact that Rutgers is historically bad at well.. most every sport... was actually a selling point for the other B1G schools. They get on TV in the Northeast more often, kids can play a home game in front of all their friends once in a while, they get a crap ton of money... and they never really have to worry about losing against them.. in a recruiting battle or on the field.
 
UCONN13KC said:
Rutgers may be content to be awful and although it's a shame, it's RU style.
More frustrating is seeing all the P5 programs already grandfathered in. That is what really pisses me off about CR. What has Kansas State ever won? Mississippi State? Oregon State, Colorado...?
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Hey now, Oregon State won the first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. a college world series, and their women's teams are called the Lady Beavs.
 
Samoo said:
Hey now, Oregon State won the first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. a college world series, and their women's teams are called the Lady Beavs.
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Oregon won the first one, not Oregon State.
 
Samoo said:
Hey now, Oregon State won the first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. a college world series, and their women's teams are called the Lady Beavs.
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Not to be confused with the Men Beavs?
 
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TROLOLOLOLOL

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junglehusky said:
TROLOLOLOLOL

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My least favorite school in one of my least favorite places in the world.

I have an ad for Oregon Ducks posters. At least it's completely random.
 
Those are the summer classes for the volleyball team. The football team takes its classes at the gridiron and the pancake house.
 
UCONN13KC said:
"The State University of New Jersey - A day at the beach."
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Considering how many folks from Jersey basically move the the shore for the summer served by a lot of college kids working summer jobs, this actually makes sense. Plus, I bet some of the faculty who migrate also in the summer like earning the extra money. The program uses 4 locations (2 community colleges, an elementary school, and a conference center) to cover the entire shore from Point Pleasant to Cape May.

http://summer.rutgers.edu/ru-shore/sites
 
I wonder why you never ever say going to the shore in Florida?

You can go to the coast, or more often, go to the beach.....but no one says goes to the shore.
 
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