1973: "Rutgers to shoot for big-time on gridiron

[retired711]

http://www.williampbarrett.com/Rutgers_to_shoot_for_bigtime_on_gridiron_Targum_730110.pdf

a retired colleague passed this along. The author is a Rutgers alum. It gives an indication of how long Rutgers has been struggling to improve the football program.

 

[mildone]

So, basically, you're making a plea for patience? Okay. We will give Ash at least one half before we start calling for him to be fired.

 

[brgossRU90]

It's taken so long because rutgers has long tried to go big time on the cheap

 

[wicker]

Did that stadium in Hackensack ever get built?

 

[wheezer]

" Did that stadium in Hackensack ever get built?"

Hackensack meadowlands, In the town of east Rutherford. In other words Giants
stadium

 

[cohwx]

They thought going "big time" just meant scheduling better opponents, and everything else would magically follow. I remember the sense on campus after the "almost win" against Alabama in 1980 was "we're big time!" Of course, that only lasted until the next week against William and Mary...

 

[IBleedScarlet]

They thought going "big time" just meant scheduling better opponents, and everything else would magically follow. I remember the sense on campus after the "almost win" against Alabama in 1980 was "we're big time!" Of course, that only lasted until the next week against William and Mary...

A transplanted garden stater, I was living in South Carolina at the time of the Alabama game. If I remember correctly, Alabama was favored by 49! I was outraged (why, I dunno), and bet the spread against half my department. Never was a loss so fun!

 

[retired711]

So, basically, you're making a plea for patience? Okay. We will give Ash at least one half before we start calling for him to be fired.

actually, Mildone, I wasn't making a plea for patience. Rutgers' football fans are entitled to be upset that the Scarlet Knights done so little over the past 42 years. (Basketball fans are entitled to be upset, too.) And I realize that explains a lot of the excesses on the board. But I do think fans at times carry their passions too far. Remember, being a fan is supposed to be fun, despite experiencing the agony of defeat without the ecstasy of victory.

 

[mildone]

actually, Mildone, I wasn't making a plea for patience. Rutgers' football fans are entitled to be upset that the Scarlet Knights done so little over the past 42 years. (Basketball fans are entitled to be upset, too.) And I realize that explains a lot of the excesses on the board. But I do think fans at times carry their passions too far. Remember, being a fan is supposed to be fun, despite experiencing the agony of defeat without the ecstasy of victory.

In my case, you're preaching to the converted. But that's a message I wish many of our fellow RUFB fans would take to heart.