Football 150th Anniversary Themes Announced

[Richie O]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (July 2, 2019) – The Birthplace of College Football began celebration of its 150th anniversary in 2018 and with the 2019 season a few months away, Rutgers football has announced several new details for the year-long festivities.


“With just two months to go before our opening game against UMass, the excitement is already starting to build,” said Athletic Director Pat Hobbs. “An anniversary like this deserves a season-long celebration with many elements and that’s just what we’ve planned. There’s only one Birthplace and it’s right here ‘On the Banks’”.


The Birthplace of College Football celebration, presented by RWJBH

• 150th anniversary themed home games, including unique performances by the Rutgers Marching Band
• New “Victory” statue unveiled to commemorate the 150th anniversary

Beginning with the new 150th-themed logo unveiled on Nov. 6, 2018, Rutgers has continued to rollout content that points to the pride, history and distinction that comes with hosting the first-ever college football game. A robust digital campaign was released on social media, documenting the history of the program through chronological order with exclusive content and features.


The Rutgers Marching Band - the Marching Scarlet Knights - will perform a unique halftime show at each home game that ties into the 150th Anniversary theme of the day.


Each of the seven home games feature a special theme, beginning with the season opener on Aug. 30 against UMass which it titled “The Birthplace of College Football.” The Sept. 21 matchup against Boston College is highlighted by scholar, activist and All-American Paul Robeson, as part of the Paul Robeson Centennial Celebration, while Oct. 5 against Maryland will celebrate all past Rutgers All-Americans.


In addition to Homecoming, the Oct. 19 game against Minnesota will honor players from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s. The decades of 1970, 1980 and 1990 will be the theme of the Oct. 26 game against Liberty. On Nov. 16, Rutgers will host Ohio State and pay homage to its former players from the 2000’s through the present.


Capping off the final theme game of the 2019 season is the Nov. 23 matchup against Michigan State, which will serve to honor former Scarlet Knight Eric LeGrand. The Believe Game will focus on the legacy of LeGrand and help raise awareness and support for spinal cord research.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

you can just merge the thread I created before this one with this one.

 

[MoobyCow]

In commemoration of that historic first season RU aims to match the win total of the 1869 NC team.

 

[ru_ts]

Why aren’t we wearing historic uniforms for the entire season? Instead we have a band performance that’ll take place while tv is in commercial break and fans are in the bathroom.

 

[RUScrew85]

Why aren’t we wearing historic uniforms for the entire season? Instead we have a band performance that’ll take place while tv is in commercial break and fans are in the bathroom.

They have to wear modern helmets anyway.

 

[Abro1975]

Missed the boat big time on not playing a home game on the actual 150th Anniversary date, Nov 9.. Hobbs had 3 years to figure that out. Meanwhile Princeton will be playing at Yankee Stadium that day.

Huge swing and a miss.

"Yeah, I'll be honest with you, I haven't put a lot of thought into it,'' Ash said at the time. "I'm just focused on this training camp, this year. I know it will be a pretty special year for college football and Rutgers and Princeton. Hopefully there are some really good things they can put together to celebrate it.

"But I haven't put any thought into it.''
"Like I said, I've put no thought into the 150th,'' he said.

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2018/11/rutgers_unveils_logo_to_celebrate_150th_anniversar.html

"Princeton, which stands 8-0 and is ranked No. 11 nationally in the FCS Coaches' Poll, will culminate its yearlong celebration on Nov. 9, 2019, against Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium.

"Rutgers has a bye on Nov. 9, 2019, when the 150th anniversary will be celebrated at all divisions of intercollegiate football."

 

[MrsScrew]

Missed the boat big time on not playing a home game on the actual 150th Anniversary date, Nov 9.. Hobbs had 3 years to figure that out. Meanwhile Princeton will be playing at Yankee Stadium that day.

Huge swing and a miss.

"Yeah, I'll be honest with you, I haven't put a lot of thought into it,'' Ash said at the time. "I'm just focused on this training camp, this year. I know it will be a pretty special year for college football and Rutgers and Princeton. Hopefully there are some really good things they can put together to celebrate it.

"But I haven't put any thought into it.''
"Like I said, I've put no thought into the 150th,'' he said.

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2018/11/rutgers_unveils_logo_to_celebrate_150th_anniversar.html

"Princeton, which stands 8-0 and is ranked No. 11 nationally in the FCS Coaches' Poll, will culminate its yearlong celebration on Nov. 9, 2019, against Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium.

"Rutgers has a bye on Nov. 9, 2019, when the 150th anniversary will be celebrated at all divisions of intercollegiate football."

I just can't

 

[Knight Shift]

Missed the boat big time on not playing a home game on the actual 150th Anniversary date, Nov 9.. Hobbs had 3 years to figure that out. Meanwhile Princeton will be playing at Yankee Stadium that day.

Huge swing and a miss.

"Yeah, I'll be honest with you, I haven't put a lot of thought into it,'' Ash said at the time. "I'm just focused on this training camp, this year. I know it will be a pretty special year for college football and Rutgers and Princeton. Hopefully there are some really good things they can put together to celebrate it.

"But I haven't put any thought into it.''
"Like I said, I've put no thought into the 150th,'' he said.

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2018/11/rutgers_unveils_logo_to_celebrate_150th_anniversar.html

"Princeton, which stands 8-0 and is ranked No. 11 nationally in the FCS Coaches' Poll, will culminate its yearlong celebration on Nov. 9, 2019, against Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium.

"Rutgers has a bye on Nov. 9, 2019, when the 150th anniversary will be celebrated at all divisions of intercollegiate football."

Not really on Ash at all. This is on Hobbs and the Dept of Athletics. Totally agree that it is a huge swing and miss.

 

[DJ Spanky]

I just can't

 

[Abro1975]

Lol. Only 3 years to figure it out. That blunder will be mentioned over and over leading up til on Nov 9. On that day NJcom can run a video of an empty Rutgers Stadium w a scroll on the bottom with the quote: "Like I said, I've put no thought into the 150th,'' he said.

Kind of fitting.

Those halftime shows will be performed in front of about 10,000 fans (me included, lol)

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Missed the boat big time on not playing a home game on the actual 150th Anniversary date, Nov 9.

November 6 (1869) is the actual anniversary day.

November 9 (2006) is the day we beat Louisville.

 

[Knight Shift]

November 6 (1869) is the actual anniversary day.

November 9 (2006) is the day we beat Louisville.

 

[RUnTeX]

November 6 (1869) is the actual anniversary day.

November 9 (2006) is the day we beat Louisville.

Not saying it isn't a huge miss to play on the closest weekend as a proxy (which would be the following Sat. 11-9-2019), but this is correct.

Hobbs and the AD should have had a game on the calendar for that weekend.

But @Abro1975 and the quoted part that makes it sound like Princeton is playing on the anniversary and Rutgers isn't are actually incorrect. It's true that if the celebration is occurring across divisions on Sat the 9th that Rutgers is conspicuously absent. PU vs. DC up in the Bronx isn't much of a draw but it at least gets the Tigers on the radar for the day.

Nothing of substance is happening anywhere in the country on Wed. 11-6-2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of college football unless it's a MAC game of the (mid)week between the likes of Toledo and Northern Illinois that no one cares about.

 

[RUnTeX]

I guess we better both be ready for the "you know what it meant" defense in 3-2-1.....

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Nothing of substance is happening anywhere in the country on Wed. 11-6-2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of college football unless it's a MAC game of the (mid)week between the likes of Toledo and Northern Illinois that no one cares about.

Miami (OH) at Ohio

https://getsomemaction.com/news/201...ary-of-college-football-this-2019-season.aspx

 

[DJ Spanky]

Not saying it isn't a huge miss to play on the closest weekend as a proxy (which would be the following Sat. 11-9-2019), but this is correct.

Hobbs and the AD should have had a game on the calendar for that weekend.

But @Abro1975 and the quoted part that makes it sound like Princeton is playing on the anniversary and Rutgers isn't are actually incorrect. It's true that if the celebration is occurring across divisions on Sat the 9th that Rutgers is conspicuously absent. PU vs. DC up in the Bronx isn't much of a draw but it at least gets the Tigers on the radar for the day.

Nothing of substance is happening anywhere in the country on Wed. 11-6-2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of college football unless it's a MAC game of the (mid)week between the likes of Toledo and Northern Illinois that no one cares about.

So we can celebrate it at our away game at Illinois on November 2nd!

 

[RUnTeX]

So we can celebrate it at our away game at Illinois on November 2nd!

Ha, yeah...because Rutgers.

I bet there was a cow somewhere in a central Illinois pasture near U-C that took a dump on Nov 6, 1869...that's the only thing that happened out there that would be worth celebrating. Hobbs should get on the phone with UIUC's athletic director stat!

 

[REDRICH65]

It's Rutgers-- it's what we do.

 

[Knight Shift]

The Birthplace of Ineptitude.

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

Here’s a trivia question - Guess the date Rutgers used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of college football?

-Scarlet Jerry

 

[RUScrew85]

The Birthplace of Ineptitude.

Well the Rutgers Football Happy Board Police has decided that this time it's OK to rip the program.

Without double standards there'd be none at all. LOLOL.

 

[RUnTeX]

Here’s a trivia question - Guess the date Rutgers used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of college football?

-Scarlet Jerry

Whatever date ABC told them to celebrate it because of the national broadcast. And the 6th didn't fall on a Saturday that year either, I'm guessing.

 

[R1766U]

What a joke.

 

[RUScrew85]

Here’s a trivia question - Guess the date Rutgers used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of college football?

-Scarlet Jerry

LOL. I can't even begin to guess.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Here’s a trivia question - Guess the date Rutgers used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of college football?

-Scarlet Jerry

When they played Princeton on 09/27/1969?

 

[Knight Shift]

Well the Rutgers Football Happy Board Police has decided that this time it's OK to rip the program.

Without double standards there'd be none at all. LOLOL.

For a person who has said he is "done with me," you sure seem obsessed with my posts. As usual, you have terrible reading comprehension and don't understand the context of a thread. I could parse through each post, and show how you have swung and missed big time, but I don't have the time, and you would not understand anyway. You keep going on with your misinformed, badass self, sweetie. You are really making a spectacle of yourself, and it is very entertaining!!!

 

[koleszar]

Oh a theme party, everyone just loves a theme party. I wonder if the marching band is going to break out the beach balls again, this time with a 150th Anniversary emblem? That'll be a show stopper for sure.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Oh a theme party, everyone just loves a theme party. I wonder if the marching band is going to break out the beach balls again, this time with a 150th Anniversary emblem? That'll be a show stopper for sure.

No wonder it took 3 years to plan this!

 

[koleszar]

No wonder it took 3 years to plan this!

I swear if we release a 150 balloons at one of these calamities, I'm going to fall out of my seat dying laughing.

 

[mikemarc1]

Missed the boat big time on not playing a home game on the actual 150th Anniversary date, Nov 9.. Hobbs had 3 years to figure that out. Meanwhile Princeton will be playing at Yankee Stadium that day.

Huge swing and a miss.

"Yeah, I'll be honest with you, I haven't put a lot of thought into it,'' Ash said at the time. "I'm just focused on this training camp, this year. I know it will be a pretty special year for college football and Rutgers and Princeton. Hopefully there are some really good things they can put together to celebrate it.

"But I haven't put any thought into it.''
"Like I said, I've put no thought into the 150th,'' he said.

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2018/11/rutgers_unveils_logo_to_celebrate_150th_anniversar.html

"Princeton, which stands 8-0 and is ranked No. 11 nationally in the FCS Coaches' Poll, will culminate its yearlong celebration on Nov. 9, 2019, against Dartmouth at Yankee Stadium.

"Rutgers has a bye on Nov. 9, 2019, when the 150th anniversary will be celebrated at all divisions of intercollegiate football."

Not Ash’s job to come up with anniversary celebration ideas.

 

[MoobyCow]

Not Ash’s job to come up with anniversary celebration ideas.

It is his job to talk up and promote the program and its history when given a chance. He doesn't have to come up with any ideas, but he should be minimally informed about the history, upcoming promotions and how to talk about them.

 

[Knight Shift]

It is his job to talk up and promote the program and its history when given a chance. He doesn't have to come up with any ideas, but he should be minimally informed about the history, upcoming promotions and how to talk about them.

What promotions? None were announced until today?

He never denied not knowing about the history, he just said it is not something they emphasize with recruits. 18 year old kids would care about several other aspects of the program before caring about the Birthplace.

 

[MrsScrew]

I swear if we release a 150 balloons at one of these calamities, I'm going to fall out of my seat dying laughing.

 

[koleszar]

You just know it's going to happen and when it does I'll be laughing my ass off. While my wife(a Cook girl) will be bitching how those things are going to land and kill an animal. Actually happened to one of our farm animals.

 

[MrsScrew]

You just know it's going to happen and when it does I'll be laughing my ass off. While my wife(a Cook girl) will be bitching how those things are going to land and kill an animal. Actually happened to one of our farm animals.

maybe they will use the biodegradable balloons that Nebraska uses for each football game.... It's a pretty spectacular sight in person

 

[koleszar]

maybe they will use the biodegradable balloons that Nebraska uses for each football game.... It's a pretty spectacular sight in person

There's just so much cool stuff you can come up with but Rutgers just has no imagination or will to do so. Hire a Blimp to circle the stadium emblazoned with 150th Anniversary or Birthplace of College Football, hire a sky writer, fly airplane banners, call the military for fly overs they love that sh*t. Hire sky divers to enter the stadium. Have fireworks every game who cares if they're in the day. Do something every game. Or do we have a no fly zone enforced by Homeland Security because they used that one when they took away all food and drinks?

The idea, make it something people talk about or post pictures of as this thing only comes around once every 150 yrs. Instead we'll get the video board showing old clips with a bunch of old guys standing on the field. The band will probably break out those beach balls or chairs emblazoned with 150th, maybe a flag. Nothing on that list Hobbs put out takes any imagination. It looks like a list that was put together last week, which is why people get the feeling they just don't care.

 

[DJ Spanky]

It is his job to talk up and promote the program and its history when given a chance.

^^^ This. ^^^

 

[bethlehemfan]

I swear if we release a 150 balloons at one of these calamities, I'm going to fall out of my seat dying laughing.

As long as they are biodegradable

 

[RUScrew85]

For a person who has said he is "done with me," you sure seem obsessed with my posts. As usual, you have terrible reading comprehension and don't understand the context of a thread. I could parse through each post, and show how you have swung and missed big time, but I don't have the time, and you would not understand anyway. You keep going on with your misinformed, badass self, sweetie. You are really making a spectacle of yourself, and it is very entertaining!!!

LOL. OK officer. (but your hypocrisy is so delicious)

 

[RUScrew85]

The Birthplace of Ineptitude.

It takes a real anti-Rutgers bigot-phobe to post something like this.