Current Bowl Possibilities

[RU848789]

Easy drive 287 to 78 to 81 to 77, never have to get off the interstates. The stadium is right off the exit. The worst part of the drive would be River Road in Piscataway

From western NJ, sure, but if you're near the TPK, 95 to 85 to Charlotte is ~20 miles shorter and faster, as long as you get through DC by about 6:30 am on a weekday or do a night drive. I would only do the 78/81 route outside of those times or if I knew of some bad traffic/construction situation on the 95 route before leaving.

 

[ruronny]

Feel like I'm one of the only ones pulling for Phoenix.

We’d go to Phoenix in a heartbeat. Insight in 2005 was the best RU bowl by far. We’d get a good opponent and warm weather. I cannot see any Florida bowl picking RU over the other teams available.

 

[ruronny]

I agree with you on this with the exception of indy being a playoff lock. I think they are in but who knows how the committee is going to view their schedule. The sec will be lobbying for an extra team and indy does not have the pedigree of some of the teams about to be left out. If they don't make it then I am worried we are back in play for the Detroit game.

Fair and valid concern…but I think Indy is in.

 

[Knight Shift]

As to Jon Newman's and Knights of the Raritan involvement, he stated on X that it is just him pushing for it.

 

[RU848789]

Actually you do you. You seem happy you have a day to be forced to like someone

Kind of a sad perspective. Fortunately, most of us want to be with our immediate and extended families on the holidays.

I’m not judging anyone. I’m just saying that using a holiday as an excuse is stupid outside of small children who believe and aging parents.

By definition, calling someone stupid (or at least strongly implying it) for using a holiday as an excuse to not go to a bowl game is judging. Maybe just take the L on this one and move on.

 

[NickRU714]

December 2005
Rutgers makes the Insight Bowl in Phoenix on December 27th

I'm a poor senior at Rutgers. My roommate and I decide to scrape our nickels together and go.

Found a nice "cheap" flight out of EWR on Christmas Day night.
Don't even remember the layover we would have.

My roommate says he can't leave on Xmas. His mother would kill him.
We flew out late afternoon December 26th for more money overall.
Missed out on a whole day in Phoenix.

I was quite annoyed. My mom said as along as I was there for the morning she didn't care.

Not trying to belittle anyone's feeling or thoughts just putting my own personal anecdote out there.

Follow up question: I got $300 from Rutgers for going as a student.
Then maybe another $200 afterwards.

Did the school do that for other bowls?
Do they subsidize students going?

This was separate from the official school travel packages (which were obviously way too expensive for us).
We booked everything on our own and got reimbursed.