USA Today Critical of Rutgers Tweet
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The press loves Rutgers. Drives clicks.
Well, not exactly loves, but you know what I mean.
(Note, calling this drivel "press" is somewhat of an overstatement...you think?)
Well, not exactly loves, but you know what I mean.
(Note, calling this drivel "press" is somewhat of an overstatement...you think?)
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I took issue with the UConn Tweet.....I take no issue with this at all. The post didn't say anything as to how good we were, just that we played tough competition all year. I agree with it, and I'm glad they posted it.
Wow, I agree with Rutgers Marketing.....Good job for once.
People are really stupid. Rutgers is talking about the conference not them. And the point is the conference was better than people thought.
wtf is their problem with it. It's like anything Rutgers does is a national joke.
Worthless twitter journalism. Make any point you want and back it up by what 7 anonymous nobodies tweet about. I'm sure that "research" took about 15 seconds.
That has to be one of the stupidest things I have ever seen written by a professional writer – – whether the topic is politics, sports or anything else. It takes a genuine idiot to read that tweet and draw the inference that RU is "taking credit" for anything. It is too bad there is not a comments section so I could tell this guy how I feel.
We are probably the easiest / safest target in college sports.
Definition of fake news...take a comment and spin a narrative
Listen of these hoops writers are garbage...especially when it comes to their twitter activity
Listen of these hoops writers are garbage...especially when it comes to their twitter activity
Is this guy for real? Talk about completely taking something out of context to make us look bad.
But 100% predictable that this would be the reaction in the twitterverse which is why it's so maddening that our basketball social media person/people continue to do this kind of stupid stuff. Deadspin, Big Lead, etc. will be next. Take it to the bank. I'm not in the "as long as they spell your name right" camp. I find this as another stupid unforced error by our basketball social media people that allows people to make Rutgers look like a laughingstock. You think our players don't see this stuff? How do you think it makes them feel? Sick of this crap.
SB Nation (very popular sports site) literally just posted the same thing on twitter, so ...
Also I think the source is some Oklahoma beat writer, which makes sense as to why that tweet might seem strange to them because in the Big Ten there is comraderie and we actually cheer for our conference, vs. Oklahoma who probably hates their conference more than any one (maybe UConn a little more) because of Texas and their control over that conference. So I'm not surprised
Also I think the source is some Oklahoma beat writer, which makes sense as to why that tweet might seem strange to them because in the Big Ten there is comraderie and we actually cheer for our conference, vs. Oklahoma who probably hates their conference more than any one (maybe UConn a little more) because of Texas and their control over that conference. So I'm not surprised
Props to Rutgers for being active on social media. I'm sure they anticipated this reaction.
If the team finished 19-14 (10-8) and didn't get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the social media reaction would be different. Also that story wouldn't have been written.
If the team finished 19-14 (10-8) and didn't get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the social media reaction would be different. Also that story wouldn't have been written.
Just stupid, they play in the conference. Maybe some people should react stronger to the rapes at Baylor. That is a problem.
Repeat after me: "There is no media bias against Rutgers. We are always treated fairly."
You have to forgive the USA Today guy. He graduated from Kansas, a nothing school in a nothing state. And yeah, we kicked their butts in football.
Scarlet Jerry
Scarlet Jerry
I've always agreed with Barnum...
The time to worry is when no one is talking about you.
The time to worry is when no one is talking about you.
don't care what any of them think unless you are a fellow B1G team. Supporting the League. F the rest.
This is journalism 101 these days. Forget this tweet for a second. Remember in the summer someone wrote an article about Gabby Douglas getting "heat" on Twitter because she didn't have her hand on her heart during the national anthem? It was just a bunch of idiots on Twitter making a stupid observation. She wasn't really catching slack in the media for it. It was just a bunch of knuckleheads saying something stupid. A writer saw that, and ran with it. And then it spun out of control. I hate it. Every other week someone writes something stupid and their source is an bunch of nobodies on Twitter.
I watched the tournament with the hopes that most of the
big 10 teams do well, the old "its good for the conference"
you can bet your bottom dollar that on the national rivals board, fans tout their conference as the best in football or basketball, all the time.....
it seems in that case league pride is readily accepted.
.... and for us to hope that the teams in league do well, and then are happy that they did, has nothing to do with how our team faired.... it is just a bit of league pride.... I guess some
do not expect us to have that, when tons of fans in other conferences do.
big 10 teams do well, the old "its good for the conference"
you can bet your bottom dollar that on the national rivals board, fans tout their conference as the best in football or basketball, all the time.....
it seems in that case league pride is readily accepted.
.... and for us to hope that the teams in league do well, and then are happy that they did, has nothing to do with how our team faired.... it is just a bit of league pride.... I guess some
do not expect us to have that, when tons of fans in other conferences do.
