Will RU fans storm the field if we defeat Washington ?

[PSAL_Hoops]

Then isn’t every game “a big game” if you’re just using “high stakes all around” as your definition

I see where your going but situationally, no. Not necessarily. Wisconsin could certainly be another high visibility game too if somehow we were to win the next two.

My view is that when your program is on the brink of potentially achieving a milestone it hasn’t reached in a long time, that elevates the stakes and hype around the game when your not playing a cupcake (UCLA and Minny might end up falling in the cream puff category - too soon to tell but neither team has loooked good).

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

It's you that keep bringing up last years team which means nothing. I see why you didn't want any discussion on this because as always you've proved Plum is dumb again.

Why do you always feel the need to insult people? People have different opinions. That’s what forums are for. What gives?

 

[Extra Point]

the 78-0 thrashing by Michigan against ash was a big game by this logic since Michigan was ranked

But tomorrow’s game featuring the best Rutgers team in a decade vs. last years runner up in a legit sold out stadium, in primetime, on network national TV , is not a big game???
Interesting logic

It's not a big game. It is a HUGE game.

 

[NickRU714]

Our team was terrible .Our coach was terribile. I don’t think anyone went into that game calling it a “big” game.

And none of that would have mattered if we won.
It would have been a "big win" and we would have stormed the field.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Let's also cut away from our self loathing and if we beat the NC runnerup- it is no big deal because they are only 3-1 and not the same team as last year.

There will be a ton of casual fans, both in this area and around the country, they know that Washington was in the NCG last year and have no clue about the turnover of their team. We are the few crazies that know every detail.

To these people- the reaction will be- Holy Crap- Rutgers just beat last year's number 2 team.

Perception around the country will be better then our fans on this board. lol

 

[dconifer]

Let's also cut away from our self loathing and if we beat the NC runnerup- it is no big deal because they are only 3-1 and not the same team as last year.

There will be a ton of casual fans, both in this area and around the country, they know that Washington was in the NCG last year and have no clue about the turnover of their team. We are the few crazies that know every detail.

To these people- the reaction will be- Holy Crap- Rutgers just beat last year's number 2 team.

Perception around the country will be better then our fans on this board. lol

And less pretentious...

 

[mikemarc1]

I see where your going but situationally, no. Not necessarily. Wisconsin could certainly be another high visibility game too if somehow we were to win the next two.

My view is that when your program is on the brink of potentially achieving a milestone it hasn’t reached in a long time, that elevates the stakes and hype around the game when your not playing a cupcake (UCLA and Minny might end up falling in the cream puff category - too soon to tell but neither team has loooked good).

All fair points. I’m not disagreeing that there may be some extra hype for Friday night.

But again, this is what big ten football is. Tough matchups week in and week out. I don’t think Fridays game is “bigger” than any other. Just cause we’re finally respectable..this is the type of games we will be playing now week in and week out.

Either way, let’s get a nice win on national tv!

 

[SBP]

They better not. Act like it’s expected.

 

[yesrutgers01]

They better not. Act like it’s expected.

If I'm a player- I'd be looking up at you all after this win and be asking "Why the F are they just sitting there?" lol

 

[REDRICH65]

I voted and was surprised at the results

 

[WhiteBus]

Why do you always feel the need to insult people? People have different opinions. That’s what forums are for. What gives?

Wake up. This has been an act between Plum and myself for over a year. Calm down!

 

[NickRU714]

If I'm a player- I'd be looking up at you all after this win and be asking "Why the F are they just sitting there?" lol

Wouldn't the players part of the knowledgeable group (we are favored, aware of the Washington roster and coaching staff turnover).

Would the players really be thinking "We beat last years #2 team!"?
They of all people should understand how different last years team is from this years team.

 

[devoted2ru]

No. Act like you've been there before. (And we have been there before...perhaps not often, but we have.)

 

[RU848789]

This poll shows that either this board scores a major fail at reading comprehension or truly has no clue about Rutgers fans. If we win there absolutely will be a storming of the field after 10+ years of mostly abject failure. With 86% saying the field won't be stormed, my guess is many were answering the question of whether the field "should" be stormed (reading comprehension fail) and some who truly believe it won't be stormed are just clueless about RU fans. I don't really give a crap either way - I just want to win, so we can see if the field is stormed, lol.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

Wake up. This has been an act between Plum and myself for over a year. Calm down!

Actually, Plum is a lot of things, but I don’t recall name calling at others being one of them. Propping himself in exaggerated fashion is either funny or annoying depending on who you ask but no, it’s not the same as putting others down constantly. You called me stupid too at least 3 times on this chain alone. But that treatment isn’t just reserved for me and Plum. You do it with anyone who posts something you don’t agree with. If everyone had the same opinion, life would be pretty boring.

 

[WhiteBus]

Actually, Plum is a lot of things, but I don’t recall name calling at others being one of them. Propping himself in exaggerated fashion is either funny or annoying depending on who you ask but no, it’s not the same as putting others down constantly. You called me stupid too at least 3 times on this chain alone. But that treatment isn’t just reserved for me and Plum. You do it with anyone who posts something you don’t agree with. If everyone had the same opinion, life would be pretty boring.

And this site would be dead without different opinions and the back and forth so I'm not sure what is your complaint about. Everyone kills Rutgersal, numbers, myself and tons of others. Been that way forever. Pay for premium if you want just Rutgers talk. Even premium has the CE threads which is much worse than what goes on here. You make a post or two in favor of fans storming the field against an unranked team in just the 4th game and you don't realize you are in a very low minority? And your surprised people are arguing with you? A little self awareness is lacking here by you.
Plum is no Saint on this board so just stop that nonsense too!

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

And this site would be dead without different opinions and the back and forth so I'm not sure what is your complaint about. Everyone kills Rutgersal, numbers, myself and tons of others. Been that way forever. Pay for premium if you want just Rutgers talk. Even premium has the CE threads which is much worse than what goes on here. You make a post or two in favor of fans storming the field against an unranked team in just the 4th game and you don't realize you are in a very low minority? And your surprised people are arguing with you? A little self awareness is lacking here by you.
Plum is no Saint on this board so just stop that nonsense too!

I welcome discussion and even “argument”. Most folks don’t constantly call people stupid, dumb, etc. You do. Whatever - I’m done with this point. Won’t respond further.

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

I did say to discuss the topic within the way the question was framed.
thanks for voting

I wasn’t going to comment but based upon your unreasonable plum demands, here I am.

1. Yes some will rush or try to rush the field

2. No they shouldn’t; not for this game

 

[cRURah]

please don’t storm the field. It would be embarrassing.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Wouldn't the players part of the knowledgeable group (we are favored, aware of the Washington roster and coaching staff turnover).

Would the players really be thinking "We beat last years #2 team!"?
They of all people should understand how different last years team is from this years team.

All of that and even more pumped up for tge excitement.
No different the the VT entrance- the players get that rush too. And still college kids- so if tge fans are that up for the win…
On the other side- is a single player going to on the field with thousands of fans and say “let’s be more professional”

 

[yesrutgers01]

please don’t storm the field. It would be embarrassing.

No it wouldn’t.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

On topic - this weeks episode of the Rant debated whether this would be a top 10 signature win in RU football history. At first they said no, but then they could only name like 4-5 would be bigger wins. They named - Princeton (title game), UofL 2006, and USF win (when they were ranked 2). Can’t remember the others - I think there were 2 more. They didn’t include Michigan St (Schiano’s first game back). I thought that one was pretty big for us.

 

[RobotHunter]

I think there has been 3 storming during schiano’s tenure.
Navy in 2005, we were favored .
Louisville 2006 - not favored
USF - 2007. - not sure but guessing we were not favored

Flood storming Michigan win in 2014 - not sure what the spread was here

Those teams were all highly ranked. This would be such an embarrassment. I fear just having the idea out in the universe like this that there will already be talk of doing it now.

 

[Plum Street]

Those teams were all highly ranked. This would be such an embarrassment. I fear just having the idea out in the universe like this that there will already be talk of doing it now.

I doubt I have that type of influence. Message board legend doesn’t translate to real life.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

On topic - this weeks episode of the Rant debated whether this would be a top 10 signature win in RU football history. At first they said no, but then they could only name like 4-5 would be bigger wins. They named - Princeton (title game), UofL 2006, and USF win (when they were ranked 2). Can’t remember the others - I think there were 2 more. They didn’t include Michigan St (Schiano’s first game back). I thought that one was pretty big for us.

Here is the link for anyone interested. The discussion is towards the end of the podcast. Discussion of top 10 signature RU wins - would this qualify.

 

[robcac26]

I think that, if we win the game, we should not only storm the field, but we should double-storm the field. That’s right. We storm it with all 50K fans then retreat to the stands. Then storm it again, with all 50K.

We pretty much already did that in 06 when the kick return was stopped with one second left.

They are arguing like those disagreeing are doing so counter to the poll results. Yet it's "NO" in a landslide.

Something to consider though is that almost everyone on here is kind of old. The current crop of Rutgers students have had almost nothing to cheer about at SHI Stadium. Yeah we had one student chime in on this thread saying the consensus is this isn't worthy of storming the field, but I'm sure there is a chunk of the student fanbase that feels differently. I personally don't think this is worthy of a field storming, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's like the 2014 Michigan game where only the students storm the field.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

We pretty much already did that in 06 when the kick return was stopped with one second left.


Something to consider though is that almost everyone on here is kind of old. The current crop of Rutgers students have had almost nothing to cheer about at SHI Stadium. Yeah we had one student chime in on this thread saying the consensus is this isn't worthy of storming the field, but I'm sure there is a chunk of the student fanbase that feels differently. I personally don't think this is worthy of a field storming, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's like the 2014 Michigan game where only the students storm the field.

2014 was the 1st B1G win for RU and even then RU took flak from the rest of the conference over it since it was an unranked team.

 

[mildone]

We pretty much already did that in 06 when the kick return was stopped with one second left.

Hm. Okay, you talked me into it. We’ll go with triple-storming the field.

 

[angmo]

There will be plenty of FBI plants egging you on to storm the field.

 

[robcac26]

2014 was the 1st B1G win for RU and even then RU took flak from the rest of the conference over it since it was an unranked team.

Yep, I didn't find that worthy of storming the field either, but I understand why the students at the time felt differently.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Yep, I didn't find that worthy of storming the field either, but I understand why the students at the time felt differently.

First win in the B1G- Storied Program and the way we won it.

Come on man...

Sports are about emotion and fun. Even for fans.

I don't really understand the bunch of you. Please tell me that you at least stand up for 3rd down

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

2014 was the 1st B1G win for RU and even then RU took flak from the rest of the conference over it since it was an unranked team.

Putting aside what others outside the program think about how fans react, our own beat writers couldn’t name 5 wins that they would consider more signature than a win over RU in our entire football history. Thats not my opinion, that’s their content.

And some other fan (not me - I promise) sent in the question of whether this win would rank top 10 in the context of our own football history (1,040 games worth). Just the fact that this question was posed on our local media outlet (whether one could name more than 10 bigger wins or not) provides clear context of the magnitude. This is a huge game for Rutgers - storm or not.

 

[robcac26]

First win in the B1G- Storied Program and the way we won it.

Come on man...

Sports are about emotion and fun. Even for fans.

I don't really understand the bunch of you. Please tell me that you at least stand up for 3rd down

Like I said, I get it, but I personally didn't deem it worthy and apparently neither did anyone else other than the students. It didn't bother me that they ran onto the field, but I understand why they did, and I also understand why the old-timers who were around for 2006 and 2007 didn't. Either way, I don't think it's worth being upset over on one side or the other. If people storm the field this Saturday and other fanbases think of us as small time because of it, I really don't care, they'll forget about it in a week but the fans on the field (presumably mostly students) will enjoy it and hopefully come back as alumni for bigger wins.

 

[drewbagel423]

View embedded media

Here is the link for anyone interested. The discussion is towards the end of the podcast. Discussion of top 10 signature RU wins - would this qualify.

10 signature wins in no order

1. 2006 against UL
2. 2006 KSU first ever bowl win
3. 2005 getting bowl eligible for the first time in decades
4. 2005 against USF
5. 1992 VT Halloween game
6. 1979 UT what's a Rutgers
7. 2004 against MSU
8. 2014 first B1G win against Mich
9. 2008 routed ranked Pitt on the road after a 2-5 start
10. 1988 beat a ranked PSU on the road
11. Bonus 2012 against Arkansas
12. Bonus #2 2009 Tim Brown shocks UConn

 

[e5fdny]

On topic - this weeks episode of the Rant debated whether this would be a top 10 signature win in RU football history. At first they said no, but then they could only name like 4-5 would be bigger wins. They named - Princeton (title game), UofL 2006, and USF win (when they were ranked 2). Can’t remember the others - I think there were 2 more. They didn’t include Michigan St (Schiano’s first game back). I thought that one was pretty big for us.

View embedded media

Here is the link for anyone interested. The discussion is towards the end of the podcast. Discussion of top 10 signature RU wins - would this qualify.

Putting aside what others outside the program think about how fans react, our own beat writers couldn’t name 5 wins that they would consider more signature than a win over RU in our entire football history. Thats not my opinion, that’s their content.

And some other fan (not me - I promise) sent in the question of whether this win would rank top 10 in the context of our own football history (1,040 games worth). Just the fact that this question was posed on our local media outlet (whether one could name more than 10 bigger wins or not) provides clear context of the magnitude. This is a huge game for Rutgers - storm or not.

10 signature wins in no order

1. 2006 against UL
2. 2006 KSU first ever bowl win
3. 2005 getting bowl eligible for the first time in decades
4. 2005 against USF
5. 1992 VT Halloween game
6. 1979 UT what's a Rutgers
7. 2004 against MSU
8. 2014 first B1G win against Mich
9. 2008 routed ranked Pitt on the road after a 2-5 start
10. 1988 beat a ranked PSU on the road
11. Bonus 2012 against Arkansas
12. Bonus #2 2009 Tim Brown shocks UConn

My list in chronological order:

1869 Princeton I
1961 undefeated season
1969 Princeton II 100th anniversary game
1974 Princeton III goalpost game (away) tie
1976 undefeated season
1979 Tennessee (away)
1980 Princeton IV last one
1988 Penn State (away)
1992 VT 50-49
1992 Pitt - 1st night game
1992 WVU - last game in old stadium and last win against WVU
2005 Navy - bowl eligibility
2006 - UNC (away) - tone
2006 - Pitt (away) - tone II
2006 - Louisville
2006 - Syracuse Brian Leonard Sword - tone III with an !
2006 - Kansas State - 1st bowl win
2007 - USF
2014 - Michigan

I’m sure there are some I missed but this wasn’t too hard to put together.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

Putting aside what others outside the program think about how fans react, our own beat writers couldn’t name 5 wins that they would consider more signature than a win over RU in our entire football history. Thats not my opinion, that’s their content.

And some other fan (not me - I promise) sent in the question of whether this win would rank top 10 in the context of our own football history (1,040 games worth). Just the fact that this question was posed on our local media outlet (whether one could name more than 10 bigger wins or not) provides clear context of the magnitude. This is a huge game for Rutgers - storm or not.

That's nice, doesn't change anything. Plenty here seem to agree that this isn't worthy of it. But the one constant is that you won't shut up about it.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Like I said, I get it, but I personally didn't deem it worthy and apparently neither did anyone else other than the students. It didn't bother me that they ran onto the field, but I understand why they did, and I also understand why the old-timers who were around for 2006 and 2007 didn't. Either way, I don't think it's worth being upset over on one side or the other. If people storm the field this Saturday and other fanbases think of us as small time because of it, I really don't care, they'll forget about it in a week but the fans on the field (presumably mostly students) will enjoy it and hopefully come back as alumni for bigger wins.

2014 win against Mich…Are you really sure it was only students…hmmm

 

[Plum Street]

Overwhelming landslide that we won’t storm if we win

 

[Plum Street]

You guys thinking its appropriate to storm the field for beating an unranked opponent are why the country makes fun of Rutgers.

I would think it’s more likely we have had crappy leadership, crappy coaches and crappy players for years. Also, the situations like Bannon strip free throws , Mike rice debacle , Julie Herman, and Kyle flood etc. All those reasons mentioned are more related to why the country would make fun of Rutgers, not fans celebrating a win

 

[yesrutgers01]

I would think it’s more likely we have had crappy leadership, crappy coaches and crappy players for years. Also, the situations like Bannon strip free throws , Mike rice debacle , Julie Herman, and Kyle flood etc. All those reasons mentioned are more related to why the country would make fun of Rutgers, not fans celebrating a win

I respect skoolie's opinion on this as a player. For obvious reasons.

But there is a part of all of this that is 100% about the fans and students. If we beat the NC runner up at hope in an exciting finish- let the fans/students just take in the moment.
And let it carry over.

This win would most likely be understood by most people around the country if we do storm the field.

It would be nothing like Nebraska or Colorado doing it in the games they did it in.

But let's just get our fanbase and students excited. We are over thinking it. We have maybe 10-15 of us on here discussing it- the other 50k that will be there have no idea or care what anyone else thinks- they will take the moment and just enjoy it and hopefully build on it.