UConnSwag11
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But they didn’t!Rutgers lucked out. It is as simple as that.
UCF, Cincy, and Houston also lucked out. It is just a matter of timing.
Had PAC held together after Colorado, we be in the B12 right now.
Rutgers joining the B1G did not hurt the B1G at all. They may have had others paths to gaining a better foothold in the NYC market but Jersey has a very large population base and the addition brought those cables boxes.
I'm not sure how the additional revenue led Rutgers to the amount of debt they currently have but I highly doubt that it is due to B1G membership.
I'm still amazed with the futility Rutgers has had in men's basketball (Pikiell is changing this) as their location alone should make it almost impossible to field such a deficient product. If they just recruited the scraps (after top schools took the top talent) from northern NJ, Camden, NYC and its metropolitan area and Philly and its metro area they could field a very competitive squad year in year out.
I guess all these school presidents and board of directors are wrong and FriarJ is right. Its hard for you, because Providence doesn't even offer college baseball. Providence cannot ever land anywhere better than the Big East, so from your eyes, no one should ever look to improve its position. I mean don't look now but Rutgers basketball is showing life in the Big Ten with a real chance at landing the #1, and #2 recruits in this class.
Shut your pie hole fool. Like UConn and you wouldn't take an invitation to the B1G. They were bad in the Big East. They've actually made the NCAA tournament in the B1G. By your logic they should have been happier remaining in the Big East, still sucking at BB and having FB in the independent purgatory.Another Rutgers fan. So you would rather root for a bad athletic program in a conference that makes a lot of money than a good athletic program?
Shut your pie hole fool. Like UConn and you wouldn't take an invitation to the B1G. They were bad in the Big East. They've actually made the NCAA tournament in the B1G. By your logic they should have been happier remaining in the Big East, still sucking at BB and having FB in the independent purgatory.
Sounds like you want come out as something else. Live your truth. We will support you here buddy. You are safe with us.I fully support your wish to come out as a Rutgers fan.
The Big 10 forgot that Rutgers was irrelevant for decades prior to joining the Big 10 and still are relevantI think it came down to a few things
1. I think then Big 10 commissioner Delaney was from Jersey
2. At the time, the Big 10 had a clause that you needed to border another Big 10 university
3. The wanted the NY market
4. Rutgers was an AAU research university
5. NJ was considered very fertile recruiting ground
They checked all the boxes. They also had to wait a few years before they started to earn an equal share of revenue.
Much like BC, they were never able to use their position in the Big 10 to their advantage, but they are moving forward with new facilities, so at least they're on track. Kudos to them
North East New Jersey State Agricultural and Transportation College. NENJS A&T just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it.Rutgers should change their name. I honestly think it’s part of the problem. Nobody understands what it means and nobody even knows the team name without looking it up. The Rutgers what?
If they were called Ujerz or something like that they would probably be better in sports. It’s inexplicable how bad they have been despite the resources, location, conference so I’m going to say the name is a problem.