Rutgers has the worst Big Ten basketball team in at least 14 years
January 18th, 2016 at 9:44 PM ^
#Ashera
January 18th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
Thank you AGAIN Jim Delaney.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 10:27 PM ^
There was, but in a fashion only Rutgers could achieve, it marched right out the back door, right into the Raritan, and now several local agencies are trying to wrest the quest from a very agitated goose who is under the impression that the quest is now his to complete (probably consume, but whatever). Meanwhile, sports remain difficult in Piscataway.
January 18th, 2016 at 10:44 PM ^
Is required to delete the WD thread, which you won't for some strange reason.
January 19th, 2016 at 8:42 AM ^
My own personal inclination was to leave it for the morning, but - at the request of the OP - it was removed earlier than that. In any case, sometimes when a thread like that gets created, admittedly the replies get pretty entertaining and it is amusing to leave it for a time, which is what was going on there. The subject of the OP - save for a certain array of topics - is not necessarily a non-starter. Yeah, threads like that usually don't go well in the end though.
Also, in the future, please put comments like this in the sticky. If I'm going to be called out for being a smidge lazy on occasion (and I don't get paid to provide this service, mind you), that's a much better place for it.
January 19th, 2016 at 1:59 AM ^
Raritan has a nice Wegman's. So there's that.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:47 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
and we thought their football team was bad this year
January 18th, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^
Purdue's bigs vs. Rutgers who has two guys over 6'4 on their team is a scary matchup.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^
I bet they regret joining the B1G now.
January 18th, 2016 at 10:00 PM ^
I'm sure their pain is assuaged when they get their share of conference revenue. If we didn't boot Penn State after Sandusky, I suspect Rutgers is safe.
January 19th, 2016 at 6:33 AM ^
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January 18th, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^
107 - 57 :O
At least Maryland holds their own.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
And even the football team has some history of being good besides, "Old and Greg Schiano got us bowl eligible, once." Maryland is Purdue - High quality BBall, lousy football that wasn't always lousy, and probably won't always be lousy
Rutgers is Purdon't. Purdue when everything is at its worst.
January 18th, 2016 at 10:27 PM ^
Also, Maryland is a fine academic institution. That used to be a priority for the Big Ten -- less so now with Nebraska and Rutgers, but Maryland would have qualified academically for the old Big Ten. USNWR has it about tied with Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, etc.
January 18th, 2016 at 11:43 PM ^
Rutgers is ranked 72 in US News and World Report college rankings, only slightly behind Maryland (57), and ahead of numerous Big Ten schools including Indiana, Michigan State, Iowa, and others. Not sure where the belief that Rutgers is poor academically comes from.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/na…
January 19th, 2016 at 2:02 AM ^
That would be interaction with the alumni.
January 19th, 2016 at 6:47 AM ^
January 19th, 2016 at 11:22 AM ^
Rutgers and Maryland are AAU members and Nebraska was an AAU member from 1909 until 2011 when they were removed for a lack of on campus medical school (the medical school is seperate from the Nebraska University system) and a change to the AAU's membership criteria which resulted in USDA funded agriculture research not being included anymore. Note that Syracuse voluntarily left the AAU at this point rather than face an expulsion due to the new criteria as it was apparent they wouldn't qualify any more.
Nebraska is still a CIC member though, any idea if they are trying to regain AAU membership?
January 19th, 2016 at 12:04 AM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 9:56 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 9:59 PM ^
aren't you?
January 18th, 2016 at 10:08 PM ^
I have either post fail, humor fail, sarcasm fail, reading comprehension fail, or just plain fail fail.
What I meant was that New Jersey is a great place to be from... as in away from.
You used to be Quiverfull? Damn, no wonder, I liked your posts.
January 18th, 2016 at 11:29 PM ^
...but then, I'm now in Maryland. (I'm from Detroit...)
:)
January 19th, 2016 at 8:08 AM ^
some computer glitch happened to my 'quiverfull' account about the time the blog changed servers in the fall of '14. i could post, read and use it no problem, but most folks couldn't see what i'd post. i was, like doc daneeka, 'disappeared'. so i started over.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:56 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 9:59 PM ^
It was womens basketball
January 18th, 2016 at 10:12 PM ^
They were really good under Mike Rice
/s
January 18th, 2016 at 10:23 PM ^
The wrestling team is apparently ranked in the top 10. Also, the women's soccer team apparently finished 3rd in the country this year, and the men's soccer team made it to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament.
So they're not terrible at EVERYTHING. Just the big money sports more people care about.
January 19th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
10 in wrestling could make you about 8th in the Big Ten.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
Yeah, but to be fair, there's hardly any HS basketball played in NYC and NJ.
/s
January 18th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
As long as we keep cleaning up New Jersey, I don't mind.
January 18th, 2016 at 9:59 PM ^
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January 18th, 2016 at 10:01 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
Im so excited to go to crisler and watch them rather than a matchup with OSU!
January 18th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
He had Rutgers on a path to rule The Ocho.
January 18th, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
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January 18th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^
cool story, bro
January 18th, 2016 at 11:01 PM ^
If we can keep signing a bunch of top football recruits every year from New Jersey, I'll tolerate their presence.
January 18th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^
January 18th, 2016 at 11:39 PM ^
Checked Kenpom (not sure if it has updated since Purdue). For context they would be last in the Ivy League. The gap between them and second-to-last would be more than 30 spots. They would be last in the MAC by almost 60 spots. They would be last in the Summit League by 50 spots.
I could go on, but I think the point is made. They are almost unfathombly bad. I honestly think they'd lose an AAU team.
PS: They are 90 spots behind our old friends at NJIT.
January 18th, 2016 at 11:43 PM ^
Deleted and moved -- this was supposed to be a reply to someone
January 19th, 2016 at 12:15 AM ^
I really hope we don't lose to them
January 19th, 2016 at 12:49 AM ^
rutgers did beat WI last year. oh well.
January 19th, 2016 at 1:42 AM ^
Yeah we lost to them last year in football - going to take a decade to get that filth out of my mouth.
January 19th, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
I don't even care that we got screwed on the Darboh non catch that was actually a catch. That game....there's just no words.
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