Or "Rutgers Beats #30 Washington, Rutgers Ranking Moves from #38 to #60 Because They are Rutgers"😁
Will RU fans storm the field if we defeat Washington ?
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We're fans, not professionals. We are amateurs. So behaving amateurish is not a big deal for us.
That'd be hard to do from my sofa. But I promise to think about it.
Three pages?
I’ll stick around for the post game fireworks. But that’s it.
I’ll stick around for the post game fireworks. But that’s it.
If this was last years Washington team the answer would be yes. This year not so much.
Rule of thumb: if a poll has a result with a 70% or more choice, then it is a dumb topic to poll.
I will go the opposite way. I think we should storm the field after every win. Make it a Rutgers thing!
If we win the game, I'd be happy to watch people storm the field, not storm the field, whatever. This is gonna be a tough game and we need to be a whole lot better than in the last game.
That's a good point. If it's a super-close win in a tense game, or a big comeback, that changes the narrative.
Didn't hear Colorado taking any heat for last week's Baylor storming, even though Baylor wasn't ranked. Well, maybe for storming before the game was technically over but not for the concept of storming.
And the irony is those same fans would be the ones on here leading the complaints about how the stadium atmosphere wasn’t electric enough if we didn’t storm.
So which is it?
I don’t want to send this thread down a rabbit hole on this point but there is -0- point we wouldn’t be ranked in both polls at 5-0. There would be a very good chance with a win next week with a lot of ranked teams playing each other along, teams like Illinois confronting likely losses, etc. but again - let’s not go there. It’s possible we’d still be left out but two more wins and there’d be no doubt. There are only 26 undefeated teams left period as of right now.
I know your joking, but the reason it doesn’t happen places is because of the fines associated. Not something you do often.
Because we’d be 4-0 and most likely headed to the national rankings for the first time in 12 years.
So why did you include if they were favorite or dogs??
For an OP who only wanted yes or no answer you are sure yakking away. 🙄
He obviously didn’t mean it that way. He wasn’t saying don’t post and only reply to the poll. He was trying to confine discussion to reasons why we would or would not do it - rather than if we “should”.
Reason For - 4-0 and possibly ranked for the first time since 2012 is reason to celebrate
Reason Against - The win itself isn’t a big deal because it’s technically expected. We’re favored.
Off Limits - We should act like we’ve been there before. That would be pathetic.
Just adding here - we actually haven’t been 4-0 in 12 years. Thats a long time - certainly something to be excited about. I can understand why some fans are looking at the spread and thinking of it as a game we should win though. I can see both perspectives.
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No. I think most of our fans are knowledgeable enough to know that this isn't last year's Washington. They would be thrilled with a good conference win. Now if the students got caught up in the moment, so be it. It would be fun. That said, boy is thread some bad juju for Friday.
But the majority of posters here are in opposition to it. Why the unnecessary Rutgers hate?
Because some guy mentioned the spread .
Just pointed out the spreads in other storming games
Do you remember if we were favored against USF or Michigan ? Just wondering
You said it better than me (except I don’t think this thread has any bearing on the game outcome. Despite the comments everyone knows this is going to be a tough game).
I can see it being difficult for the student section in a packed Blackout atmosphere to pass up the opportunity in the thick of the excitement of a 4-0 start. Let’s hope we create the opportunity for them to embarrass our elder fans!
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I believe we were favored in the Michigan game. I vaguely remember a Politi article about how we were the better team, even Vegas knew it.
That's why I corrected you. Navy's point spread was irrelevant, as was the opponent.
Yes I do know who was favored in the other two games. 😂
We still needed Nova to play out of his mind, get a favorable call and then a field goal block.
Even in 1992, we had two late season wins to become bowl eligible at home against West Virginia and temple. I don’t think we stormed.
Bowl eligible didn't exist in 1992. A lot less bowls. The only storm game I know of was the last Princeton game.
It sucks but it’s our reality. We haven’t been 4-0 or won 4 straight football games in a season since 2012. 12 years is a long time by any bar.
It’s like this - in 2020 we stormed the RAC after beating a 9th or 10th ranked Maryland team. We were a bubble team at the time. That was probably a pick em game. In the same situation now, there’s no way we would storm. At the time, it was fine. That’s where our program was at then. As far as I’m concerned - 4-0 in this situation would be similar context. That win close to stamped out ticket to the Dance that never happened to break a 30 year drought. This win would set us up for a national ranking in football provided most other games go as expected.
