Celebrities you saw at Rutgers games
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Pat Hobbs ... need I say more?
The one and only Yogi Berra sat directly behind us at the Texas game.
Larry Bird. RU beat his Indiana State team in 1978.
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Phil Simms
Huddled up in the corner of the second deck in the cold waiting to see if Matt was going to get into the game.
Huddled up in the corner of the second deck in the cold waiting to see if Matt was going to get into the game.
Phil was given a huge area in the front of the yellow lot. It was roped off to reserve for his group. At least his kid got in the game. Too bad he was quickly shalacked by the defense (Ryan Neil? I forget).
Adam Duritz also made it to football and women's basketball games.
Yep, I remember that. We put a hurtin ok them that night. Same game as when RU was playing a crazy prevent on a Hail Mary and Kenny Britt, yes, Kenny Britt flattened the receiver.
Billie Jean King at a women's basketball game this year (her nephew is one of the mascots) and tailgated with Mark Consuelos (Kelly Ripa's husband) before the Louisville game.
Personally seemed to get a smile from James Gandofini as he walked by with a food services container with a dog and drink a few years before his death (Also saw him at a Springsteen benefit Christmas show in Asbury Park on 12/7/00?.
Gregory Hines was at a Rutgers-UMASS hoops game in the 1980s.
In a game I wasn't invited to, I know Piscataway Mike ran into Adam Duritz-the lead singer of "Counting Crows" at a Rutgers-Cal (Berkeley) Lady Knights basketball game at the RAC about 5-6? years ago. We had just seen the band at the Allentown Fair a year or two before.
In another stroke of "luck" (at the one Giants Stadium Springsteen show I missed back in 2009?) Piscataway Mike and some or our crew/pseudo crew were tailgating under the Rutgers flag when Bruce pulled up for a minute in his van before being mobbed.
Gregory Hines was at a Rutgers-UMASS hoops game in the 1980s.
In a game I wasn't invited to, I know Piscataway Mike ran into Adam Duritz-the lead singer of "Counting Crows" at a Rutgers-Cal (Berkeley) Lady Knights basketball game at the RAC about 5-6? years ago. We had just seen the band at the Allentown Fair a year or two before.
In another stroke of "luck" (at the one Giants Stadium Springsteen show I missed back in 2009?) Piscataway Mike and some or our crew/pseudo crew were tailgating under the Rutgers flag when Bruce pulled up for a minute in his van before being mobbed.
Bruce pulled up to our tailgate outside Giants Stadium a few hours before his concert. Chatted for a min or so and we gave him a hot dog before a few people started to notice who was in the SUV and then he sped off to his entrance.
You were with Mike? If so I thought he was thinking "dog" but first asked for "guacamole" dip-and they had none (or it was heating up as were the dogs).
I may be wrong but I think he went to Louisville as a freshman. He hardly played all season,never got into that game and transfered out the next year. It was a romp (I think we scored over 50 points) and the kid still didn't get a chance. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Still that was Phil Simms I saw.
Still that was Phil Simms I saw.
Saw the face of G'd when Ito hit the game winner against L'ville on national TV...turned / pointed to the camera: the come back, the swagger- well deserved !
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No. Should have been more clear but I'm at work typing on my phone. Memory is foggy but I think this was the non E Street Tour in 92-ish. He was definitely in a black SUV and not a van so was not when Mike saw him.
Texas played Rutgers at Rutgers stadium (1999?). He was on the Texas sideline.
I don't remember Mike's details but similar. Dont think their hot dogs were done yet and BRUce asked whether they had any guac dip? It was a Saturday night-the only night I didn't attend. Went to church instead.
I see Rutgersal several times a year at football games. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more famous around here than anyone previously mentioned....
Only Rutgers got Jersey Power!
(i'm serious. i sit near him in the stands.)
Only Rutgers got Jersey Power!
(i'm serious. i sit near him in the stands.)
Chris Simms (Texas) not Matt. His Frosh yr. Major Applewhyte was the starter; Simms came in at the end and was throwing even though they were winning 50-0 or something. I'm pretty sure Raheem Orr and Ryan Neil sacked him on consecutive plays to end the game. Gave us something to cheer about.
Nope I knew I was right.
According to the University of Tennessee Athletics site Matt Simms attended the University of Louisville in 2008 and played in two games.
We beat them on 12/4/08 at RU 63-14 and despite the blowout he did not play.
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/simms_matt00.html
According to the University of Tennessee Athletics site Matt Simms attended the University of Louisville in 2008 and played in two games.
We beat them on 12/4/08 at RU 63-14 and despite the blowout he did not play.
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/simms_matt00.html
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I remember seeing McNabb at an RU football game also. And boy it wasn't pretty. Like 59-0 Cuse or something like that.
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