I keep hearing "close to the media capital", but what does that really mean today?? Alabama is not close to the media capital, neither is Ohio State, Michigan, etc. It means nothing in terms of college sports. ESPN, ABC, etc are national stations--games showcased on those channels will be shown nationwide unless the teams playing are of only regional interest. I don't think it's necessarily a selling point, particularly for kids who grew up in NY, NJ, unless they prefer to be close to home, and let's face it, not all kids feel the need to be close to home. No other school is using a city in another state (and an hour away) as a selling point and are able to attract the talent just fine. RU needs to sell kids on RU instead of the NYC media market because in the digital age I don't think it really exists anymore.
I wouldn't call Michigan a big boy right now. A victory over a5-7 Michigan team is not bug boy. They like Penn State are still big name but no one going to call them big boy of the conference. Currently that it MSU, OSU, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Rutgers lost to the big boys by an average of 34 points per game.
But who else can claim a NYC? No one...though SU tries and believe it or not UConn too though Storrs is closer to Boston. GS used to take groups of recruits/visitors to Manhatten and had some success..many Floridians were wide eyed. Most Jersey kids are used to it.RU's location near the Shore,pinelands,north west lakes and campgrounds between Philly and NYC offers more than most.
Even saying I'm burying my head in the sand is an overstatement.
Honestly outside of recruiting I really like Iowa and their 2 D1 schools and respect them esp the Hawkeyes!! I'm sorry I used them as an example cause I like them after RU in the B1G...nice folks too. My point was we can't let old schools back into our well now that aren't national brands though I'll admit Neb does have that cache. Coach Wilson used to pluck quite a few out of NJ for Iowa but hes now with us. Since GS left SU and BC seem to be recovering and those are just the type of 3 star types that made the difference.
I hate to be that guy, but you do realize that New Jersey is quite a bit flatter than Nebraska Right? And also Nebraska has plenty of lakes. We may not have quite as many as you, but our largest lake is almost 14 times the size as yours. Stop with all you generalizations when in fact you have no idea what your talking about.
Are you shitting me? NJ is about the size of a few counties in Nebraska...and your measuring the size of your largest lake? Its like comparing filet mignon with hamburger...sure Nebraska has a few lakes..and Omaha...NJ is called the garden state for a reason..Forests,long shoreline,lakes trees...Don't even go there...you won't win. Generalizations? Thats all we get in NJ by clowns like you. We pump out history and famous people like you do corn and BS.Good luck with your huskers..what else do you have? No pro franchises thats for sure...I'll take Arkansas for natural beauty out that way.Two posts and one is downing Jersey?
I'm not down Jersey, I was simply defending Nebraska. Your the one who started by saying Nebraska has no lakes, hills, ect. I was simply stating that you had know Idea what you were talking about, and in doing so I just stated a couple facts. I have nothing against New Jersey. My only problem is when people speak about things that they have no real knowledge about. Sorry your jimmies are rustled.
Yes - but imagine the publicity they would get if they were in NYC instead. I mean how much do you hear about the Knicks, even when they absolutely SUCK. Tons. And its not like they are the Lakers with just a ton of history. Same iwth the Mets. Anything the Jets do is a story, even though they are generally bad.
Hey no one knows and respects pride in state more than me...but not as a guest on another teams board. Truth is i prefer Neb,Iowa,Minn, and most of the B1G west teams to my moms home state of Pennsy. I certainly wouldn't down the Huskers on your or anyone elses board but i only did here in competing for the recruit who we both want. When your his age they have the grass must be greener syndrome cause they never were anywhere really in most cases. I was just like you when i first started visiting the UConn conference realignment board taking everything too seriously in regards to RU..and i only wish them the best. I know how I would have felt if they went to the ACC and we were left holding the bag !! I was pretty nervous.
Wasn't Fordham a power back in the forties or fifties? Army too but their not in the city proper. Back in the pre seveties no one really cared about southern schools. Wasn't Fla St a womans school just thirty some yrs ago? I believe the southern migration from the sixties on kick started southern dominance and what were seeing today !?! Growing up the B1G was the POWER conference like what people think of the SEC today!
Florida State has been playing football since 1947. I have no clue what you are talking about about pre seventies. The SEC won 6 national in the 1960s and 4 in the 1950s. In the 1940 they struggled and only won 1. In the 30s they won 3. That just the SEC and not including ACC schools and Texas schools.
Maybe but i never heard anything about??....Man i delivered and WORKED for the NEWARK NEWS and NSL in the early seventies after coming out of the Marine Corps and leave it to a PSU fan to question me!!! I remember your 1st and only lucky FB natty in seventy against Bama and thick black glasses Jopa...in about "eighty six" he sent us Dick Anderson instead of coming himself to RU and we beat Jopa at your house in eighty eight "only time i remember"...you must be very young not knowing even my gist?? Yes TSFP was a fluke in seventy IMO and in the seventy or sixty nine on New Year's Eve Rose before the Rose bowl I ate breakfast on Hollywood Blvd with the OSU team...In eighty or "eighty one" we sent Bear Bryant back from the meadowlands declaring he'll NEVER come back to NY/NJ when little ole RU had them beaten "but got the RU screw" in the newish Meadowlands!!...How about the Whatsa Rutgers game in Nashville or the Fla game in Gaineville when RU played with real students instead of paid guns??? ?? You saw my anti TSFP post in favor of the B1G West teams and tried to retaliate by questioning my NO ONE CARED about the barren South "and they didnt" of the fifties and early sixties!!!... Don't even try it....Remember the old phrase EAST COAST BIAS? I wonder WHY? I guess you don't remember Bateman or Frank Burns?? Go back to your oasis BWI and bs them. OH yeah.. the Fordham of "4 pillars of granite" fame isn't even mentioned by you? The heart of my comment!?! Yet we have to deal with a co B1G fan swallowing the great SEC crap along with Espins constant endorsement !! And your gonna come here and school us poor Jersey fools??. I wonder what OUR record all time is against the SEC? BTW who mentioned Texas? Not the south?
Some of these yoyo's get me hot under the collar!! I'll be damned if I'm gonna take their smug malarkey.
If it wasn't for the fan's who DIDN'T go to RU we'd still be playing in front of eighteen thousand fan's and be lucky to get on TV and be begging to get in the AAC !! I can't understand the rationale of only the NJ psyche where we eat our young?...No wonder they flee in droves. Not so in most states. Its an honor to give back to the state that weaned them IMO.
Maybe there is some truth to this but he has said that his mother won't allow him to commit until he takes his visits. I think once he realizes that he will not be playing OLB in college he will have second thoughts as to where he wants to play.
I'm done..you may be far more we'll known and even better educated. Then you should know better.. I'm just an RU fan whose defended my home state and its university from naysayers all over the country!!! Play your card if you wish but I've followed and loved NJ and RU from probably before you were in high school..Truth? IDGAS...just a Jersey and RU fan who won;t take any sheet from hicks..started in the Corps with this "any place is better than Jersey" crap!! Even so far as to think NJ is NY? C'mon...Nebraska?? Really?..now its even so called "Jersey guys"....no wonder they all leave?? Have your way....liked more than me?..Whats that mean? I should be a good boy and shut my mouth? Rooting for them now too? Community? Good for you...defend it instead of eating it!!! I already had my say...don't need you to KHA. Good day sir....and thank you for acting like the recruits though you should know better....He was fine without you. Its starting to feel like the Cuse board here with guys like you thinking you run the board!!!... Damn why are people still hanging on this thread? I'm done with 1 recruit having grown men arguing!!
