Ahmir Mitchell Heading to Rutgers
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
Tax avoision
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
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September 2nd, 2016 at 4:26 PM ^
Or maybe sharing his netflix password.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:15 PM ^
I guess Rutgers really does want to emulate OSU
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
Not
Surprised
At
All...
And for the love of God, I hope there's no bullshit animosity towards Michigan because you fucked up your chance.
New Jersey State University
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
I will openly admit that my source came through 2 degrees of separation on the rumor mill, but originated from someone in the athletic department. It is thought that Mitchell and Johnson were suspended because they found a credit card in the mall and proceeded to use it.
I realize that there is no source, so if mods feel like they want to delete the comment, I will not blame them, just found it interesting.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
A couple kids did that in SQ my freshman year ...they got caught because they had the merchandise they ordered with the stolen CC ...DELIVERED TO THEIR DORM ROOM!
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:27 PM ^
For those on the east coast - is Rutgers really considered the home school fo NJ? In California nobody knows where Rutgers is.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
yes. It's also know as "Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey" and is the largest school, public or private, in the state.
Equivalent to U of I, Wisconsin, Nebraska, etc., i.e., other schools which are the sole flagship universities in the state. (and yes, I could've added Michigan - zing! msu - but the fact is that msu is actually larger than UM, although clearly not as flagshippy in academics and prestige)
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
They should rename it to The University of New Jersey.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
Well there is a school in Trenton NJ called TCNJ - The College of New Jersey...
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
Except unlike Rutgers, U of I and Wisconsin are good schools. Wisconsin residents want to stay in-state and go Wisconsin, even the smart ones. Not so much in NJ.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
well there's princeton i guess..
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:33 PM ^
It's definitely the flagship state school. They've repeatedly considered changing the name to the University of NJ, but it'd be sort of silly because it's one of the oldest colleges. Alumni and donors have overwhelmingly fought the idea and refuse donating money so it's never gotten very far.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^
Do NJ people aspire to attend Rutgers?
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:49 PM ^
Aspire to attend Ivy league private schools.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
Look, people everyone aspire to attend Ivy League schools. But unlike states with a good public college, the kids who don't get into the Ivies in NJ have a number of other public school options above Rutgers.
For kids in Michigan, if you aren't getting into an Ivy or some other top private school, you're happy to go to Michigan. In NJ, if you don't get into your top choices, you're much more likely to pick Michigan, Penn State, etc. before you settle for Rutgers.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
This is true. A lot of my friends in NJ went to places right across the PA border like Villanova or Temple too, or even Maryland. There are a lot of options and it seems NJ kids just have a tradition of being unafraid to travel all over the country.
September 2nd, 2016 at 8:35 PM ^
has the largest amount of students leaving the state to go to college in a different state in the US. Part of that may be the population to school ratio, as well as the close distance to alternatives though. Part of that is also financial, there are some very well off areas in NJ.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
This is pretty much it. I recently graduated from high school in NJ (in the 2010's), just graduated from Michigan. The majority of top tier students did not stay in state and go to Rutgers. They all looked to go out of state, either to the Ivies/small private liberal arts schools or to big flagship state schools elsewhere like Michigan, UCLA, Virginia, UNC, etc.
That's not to say smart kids didn't go to Rutgers. Some did, and did well for themselves. But it was mostly kids who went there for money reasons, transferred back to NJ after a year or two at another school, or kids who were smart but lazy in high school.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
love Michigan. Met way more NJ people than probably anywhere else. My Mom came out to Michigan from NJ, in 1968.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
Sure, but a lot go out of state.. many families have legacies at schools like Michigan and PSU, for example. Michigan got the reputation of the 'Harvard of the West' partially because the large populations of jews on the east coast were discriminated against by ivies..and the tradition has continued ever since as Michigan has a very large and noticeable east coast contingency--a lot as legacy students. Rutgers is actually a decent school, but NJ kids in general go all over the country or spread across the abundance of elite private schools along the coast and new england. The Midwest by far has a bigger tradition of going to your state school.
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September 2nd, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
0-3 since he loses a year of eligibility for the transfer
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
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September 2nd, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
Pretty sure they can. That's how it worked with O'Korn.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^
O'Korn transfered between conferences. Mitchell is staying withing the B1G, so he loses a year.
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^
Are you sure about this? That doesn't sound right to me. Rudock didn't lose a year, either did Boren. If that's a rule, I've never heard of it.
September 2nd, 2016 at 9:09 PM ^
Rudockwas a graduate transfer AND he got approval from both Iowa/Ferenz and the B1G before he transferred to Michigan.
Not sure about Boren's deal.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
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September 2nd, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
I hear the grass is "greener"
September 2nd, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
I see the angle where its really too bad that he didn't earn his way back thru the suspension despite the length of it. Better coaches, better team, etc.
However I also see the "parent angle" where your child goes far from home only to "get in trouble" however that may manifest itself (grades, crimes, etc) and the overriding priority is to get them back to home where they can get more regular parenting if that seems like the best solution. However, it does seem like a better tactic for a young person's mental toughness and personal development to "clean up the mess they made" if one has that attitude towards parenting. Not everyone does it the same.
Also: this a tangential aside...I was asked in another thread about "dumping the dope". It has zero to do with fringe-illicit drugs. "The Dope" was Wayne DeNeff, a sportswriter for the Ann Arbor news in the Mid 80s (middle ages i know!) He ran a weekly mail-in contest where he picked 10-12 big ten games, to "dump the Dope" you had to pick more games correctly than him. If you did so, you earned a maize-and-blue bumper sticker that came back to you in the mail. I swear I still have one somewhere but at the same time I have yet to find it.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
I had forgotten all about dumping the dope, as it pertained to outguessing Wayne DeNeff, until just now. I too, am a former dope dumper. I think I beat him 3 times one year as a junior high kid. Thought I was all that!!
Good times, those were.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:00 PM ^
All hail our fearless Scarlet Knight overlords....
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September 2nd, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^
He is saying it's because of things going on back home and that's why he's going to Rutgers...Or he was suspended by Harbaugh for doing something inappropriate. Tomato, tomahto.
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September 2nd, 2016 at 5:41 PM ^
You hope he matures and doesn't repeat whatever it was that got him suspended, but also hope Rutgers regrets picking him up. How does that work?
How about we just let it go?
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September 2nd, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
He's eligible next year, he just loses a year of eligibility so he has 3 years to play 3.
September 2nd, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
September 2nd, 2016 at 9:44 PM ^
He screwed up big time. Could have been coached by a Class A coaching staff. Instead the dude put partying (and getting warned about it according to most reports) in front of the team. It was a waste of a commitment. He quit.
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