Most "Rutgers" Rutgers Athletics Moment/Event/Person

[Doteman]

Taking a "gut course" like the Sociology of Sports at Rutgers and getting a C

 

[ThatNehlenFeelin]

 

[RUtix4me]

Have we already forgotten about mbb against Iowa this year?

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Building an arena originally designed with ice,then letting whiners demand it be changed so we could save a dollar.

 

[50 yd line RR]

To me this is the most Rutgers/Rutgers athletic moment.Complete with a couple heroes and one Goat of Rutgers Athletics
..https://www.si.com/vault/2003/08/25...-things-are-turning-around-many-others-on-cam

 

[TODDB33]

This will be fun, saw the idea on twitter.

What do you think is the most "Rutgers" Rutgers moment/event/person in the history of the Athletic Department.

Here are some ideas:
1995- UMASS (4) basketball game suspended due to "sit in". (Rutgers was leading at the half when the protest started and the game was suspended). Rutgers lost the made-up game.

2010- Fred Hill Jr. fired for heckling the Pittsburgh baseball team.

2012- Mike Rice Video

2013-2015- Julie Hermann (enough said)

2014- Ray Rice video emerges (I know he was not at Rutgers, but still impacted the athletic department and reputation).

2015- Kyle Flood secretly meets with a professor, trying to disguise his identity regarding grades.


What else can you nominate?

Kind of funny you listed all negative events. Why no positive ones like Louisville game, Ray Rice Heisman hype , 76 final four team etc

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Kind of funny you listed all negative events. Why no positive ones like Louisville game, Ray Rice Heisman hype , 76 final four team etc

That was the point of the OP.. that was why "Rutgers" was in quotes. Its the whole "Same Old Rutgers" thing. **But if Clemson could stop "Clemsoning"... Rutgers can turn it around too.

**note that it took the right coach to stop "Clemsoning". And since our QB, HC, AD and Prez have all had their own "Same Old Rutgers" moments.. one could guess that we don't have the right people on board.

 

[bac2therac]

Clemson was never as barren as RU was in sports

 

[TODDB33]

That was the point of the OP.. that was why "Rutgers" was in quotes. Its the whole "Same Old Rutgers" thing. **But if Clemson could stop "Clemsoning"... Rutgers can turn it around too.

**note that it took the right coach to stop "Clemsoning". And since our QB, HC, AD and Prez have all had their own "Same Old Rutgers" moments.. one could guess that we don't have the right people on board.

Never saw that coming. Guess I am not up the verbiage.LOL thanks for ino

 

[rutger80]

2007, we went into the game ranked #10 against Maryland. We have a great defensive stand late in the 4th quarter and they call Eric Foster for a penalty for doing the chop. Automatic 1st down and seals the game for Maryland. Complete bull$&@t

That reminded me of the call against Darius Hamilton at Fresno. We had stopped Fresno inside the 5 (I think on 4th down) and Hamilton did a slash across his neck. Unsportsmanlike & 1st down and they scored.

 

[RUSK97]

That was the point of the OP.. that was why "Rutgers" was in quotes. Its the whole "Same Old Rutgers" thing. **But if Clemson could stop "Clemsoning"... Rutgers can turn it around too.

**note that it took the right coach to stop "Clemsoning". And since our QB, HC, AD and Prez have all had their own "Same Old Rutgers" moments.. one could guess that we don't have the right people on board.

Clemson always wanted to get back to their winning ways. They just couldn’t find the right formula. Rutgers never wins and the Administration will do whatever it takes to make sure athletics never becomes prominent enough to lend it gravitas. Any winning is purely accidental.

 

[Knight Shift]

- Ash saying that he doesn't think being the birthplace of college football really matters... the day before the university puts out a press release kicking off the 150th anniversary celebration of the first college football game.

Except he never said that. He said that it is not important to recruits. And he was not exactly wrong. Recruits care of winning, program prestige, playing time, facilities

 

[Knight Shift]

Sep. 15, 2014:
Rutgers AD Julie Hermann issues apology to Penn State for 'regrettable actions' of some fans

https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/...tate_for_regrettable_actions_of_fan_base.html
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Sep. 19, 2014
Rutgers: AD made 'off the cuff' joke about the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State during a meeting with staff

http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-comm...ulie-hermann-made-joke-jerry-sandusky-scandal

 

[RUChoppin]

Except he never said that. He said that it is not important to recruits. And he was not exactly wrong. Recruits care of winning, program prestige, playing time, facilities

Okay, how about the complete lack of organizational alignment that allowed the head football coach to swing and miss on a softball PR question the day before the administration was kicking off a year-long anniversary celebration.

It was the athletic department trying to start a race with its shoelaces tied together.

 

[hoquat63]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, if not horse on the field penalty

 

[ThatNehlenFeelin]

2000

WV led 17-0 going into the 4th quarter at Rutgers Stadium and the Scarlet Knights mounted a comeback to tie the game 17-17 with a 26 yd field goal as time expired. Rutgers scored a TD in the first OT go to up 24-17. Rutgers got WV to a 4th and 15 but the Mountaineers converted and scored to take it to a 2nd OT. WV went up 31-24 and Rutgers was unable to convert.

 

[RUChoppin]

Kind of funny you listed all negative events. Why no positive ones like Louisville game, Ray Rice Heisman hype , 76 final four team etc

Well, they do call it the "RU Screw", not the "RU Woohoo"...

 

[mikemarc1]

But Julie’s behavior in that era didn’t say anything about her?

It seems you’re very biased against the media.

How could you not be biased against them after seeing all the nonsense over the years? They certainly seem biased & I guess you're one of them.
Julie made a joke & the media acted like it was a national emergency

What nonsense over the years?

Again, you only will consider news “nonsense” if you’re biased.

 

[sunsetregret]

What nonsense over the years?

Again, you only will consider news “nonsense” if you’re biased.

No, he's right ... the local news media is insanely biased against Rutgers University. A large portion of it is negative news sells (so that's all they ever print or write about), a smaller portion is general NJ self-loathing, and even smaller portion is many local sports journalists attended Syracuse's journalism school (and/or didn't attend Rutgers).

There is plenty about Rutgers to be critical of, but when they criticize Rutgers, they almost always go comically overboard ... and many times they are unfairly critical of those deserving praise (a perfect example being when they went after Uncle Bob).

 

[RutgersMO]

This will be fun, saw the idea on twitter.

What do you think is the most "Rutgers" Rutgers moment/event/person in the history of the Athletic Department.

Here are some ideas:
1995- UMASS (4) basketball game suspended due to "sit in". (Rutgers was leading at the half when the protest started and the game was suspended). Rutgers lost the made-up game.

2010- Fred Hill Jr. fired for heckling the Pittsburgh baseball team.

2012- Mike Rice Video

2013-2015- Julie Hermann (enough said)

2014- Ray Rice video emerges (I know he was not at Rutgers, but still impacted the athletic department and reputation).

2015- Kyle Flood secretly meets with a professor, trying to disguise his identity regarding grades.


What else can you nominate?

Winning 2 National Championships in 1 knight: March 23, 2019!

Scarlet forever

Mo

 

[tico brown]

Winning 2 National Championships in 1 knight: March 23, 2019!

Scarlet forever

Mo

The fact that some here would rather call football/basketball loses bigger and better for Rutgers than last night's wrestling having 2 national champions and an actual top 10 finish, is Rutgers.

 

[JoeRU0304]

No, he's right ... the local news media is insanely biased against Rutgers University. A large portion of it is negative news sells (so that's all they ever print or write about), a smaller portion is general NJ self-loathing, and even smaller portion is many local sports journalists attended Syracuse's journalism school (and/or didn't attend Rutgers).

There is plenty about Rutgers to be critical of, but when they criticize Rutgers, they almost always go comically overboard ... and many times they are unfairly critical of those deserving praise (a perfect example being when they went after Uncle Bob).

This x1000. You don’t need the Hubble to see it either.


Joe P,