Need - NOBODY is complaining about playing it "before the game." It's the fact that Smith - the weasel that he is - has taken it much further than that. Playing it for your opponents fans, during the game, is a God-damn slap in the face to:
- ALL alumni
- ALL student-athletes
- ALL members of the coaching staffs, administration, et al
...and any other Rutgers fans IMHO.
Except this is the exact same thing done at other B1G games! The band plays the opposing team's fight song during the pregame and has a small group that walks around the stadium playing it for groups of away fans during the 3rd quarter. It's planned before the game even starts. Happened when RU was at tOSU. It want seen as taunting because they were up big. Happened when RU hosted Iowa, no uproar over it then. This something that bands in the B1G do all the time. Better get used to it. It's called friendly hospitality. We're not in the Big East anymore!