Elite Student Leaders Achieve Peak Rutgers Comment Count

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Just when you thought you'd seen peak Rutgers...

As Paramus Catholic High School officials prepare to host a football camp Wednesday featuring Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, authorities are said to be investigating a series of acts that the school president called vandalism.

Paramus Catholic president James Vail told NJ Advance Media his operations team arrived on campus this morning to find Rutgers magnets across the fields and a teddy bear and Rutgers paper packet on the 50-yard line of the football field.

A group claiming unofficial ties to Rutgers University took responsibility, emailing media outlets with pictures of its work and a letter slamming Harbaugh for starting a war with Rutgers.

The photos above depict the horrifying act of vandalism and the accompanying letter from "The Order of Bulls Blood," which for the sake of both brevity and accuracy will henceforth be called "Smirnoff ISIS."

There's so much to unpack here that I'm just going to start writing a list and see how long I can go before I can no longer see through the tears of laughter.

1. "The Order of Bull's Blood" is the oldest secret society at Rutgers—or is rumored to be, as its very existence is in question (see sidebar). "The Order of Bulls Blood" is a group of students who don't know how to properly deploy the possessive form.

2. According to an email sent to local media, this act of war was pulled off by "elite student leaders," which... you know what? That sounds about right.

Good Morning,

Michigan has began a war with Rutgers University. Our Order, represented by some of Rutgers elite student leaders, see it fit that this rivalry be hereby declared.

We have had enough of Michigan. Fence the Garden was brought forth because of Mr. Harbaugh, and us Scarlet Knights are ready to protect our state. We R battle ready.

Tonight sparked the beginning of the end for Wolverine Football, and no longer will they return to their former glory. The Curse of The Bambino reigned for 86 years, Michigan's will last for 28.

Best,

The 2016-2017 Class

Order of Bulls Blood

The Yankees are invoked. I, for one, am shocked.

3. If an act of vandalism is best described as "adorable," it's probably not a very good act of vandalism. It's definitely not a good act of vandilism if it's already gone by the time the press picks up on it, let alone the event it's supposed to disrupt.

"The litter has already been cleaned up and we're ready to go for the camp,'' said Vail

This was not a good act of vandalism.

4. This is a textbook use of the passive voice by the NJ.com writer.

Because Michigan is perceived to be a rival to Rutgers both on the football field and on the recruiting trail, the camp has drawn intense criticism from Rutgers fans on popular Internet message boards.

Perceived by whom? Exactly.

5. The letter to Harbaugh. Good God, the letter to Harbaugh. There's the haphazard use of capitalization, the implication Rutgers is College Football David instead of College Football Job, "you will being to fade," and the invoking of their "powerful ally," Ohio State. Should somebody tell them?


Awkward.

The best part, though, is that the letter is meant to be an acrostic, a favored form among Facebook meme artisans and middle schoolers writing love letters. These elite student leaders cleverly inserted a message to Jim Harbaugh in such fashion. Or they tried to, at least, but their use of "The Sleeping Giant" screwed up the format.

As such, the capitalized letters down the side read: GO FUCK YOUGRSELF

Rutgers may be the worst thing to ever happen to the Big Ten, but at least they're the best thing to happen to this offseason.

Comments

dcmaizeandblue

June 8th, 2016 at 2:27 PM ^

I demand an explanation of the teddy bear. Was it as close as they could come to a wolverine in the months of planning I'm sure led to this moment? Do they think wolverines are little bears? Were they simply worried about the note blowing away and this was the best weight they could scrounge out of their bindles? 

I have to know.

Hab

June 8th, 2016 at 2:24 PM ^

Peak Rutgers?  Peak Rutgers?  Please, there is so much more to come.  I can't wait to see what their middle school sister comes up with.  I bet it'll top this one if they can get their cousin to drive them and still get them in before 10.

UofM Die Hard …

June 8th, 2016 at 2:28 PM ^

"The Sleeping Giant"  sleeping giant of what... dog shit?

I love how they said "The litter has already been cleaned up...."  That got me in tears.

 

And we are the only ones taking all their good recruits...how bout the nation is...dumb shits.

 

I want to embarass this fools on the field

Humanity’s Mos…

August 6th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^

I gasped — as I’m sure everyone does — the first time I drove thru the rubble that is Detroit. I thought for a moment I was back in New Jersey. …

 

Rutgers, which has only been a full D-1 sports school since the early '80s, has always believed they are "The Sleeping Giant" -- it's actually a term they use. And as long as they’re using it, it means all hope has not been lost.

 

The thinking always has been: If they could keep even just a modest percentage of the state's blue-chip recruits — and there’s a TON of them — they'd be perennial powers in football & basketball. In theory, it comes across as a likely & always-inspiring possibility.

 

The problem is, New Jersey is such a gritty, overcrowded, scorched environment — it’s easy to dream of taking a free ride elsewhere. Remember, the state’s unofficial song is “Born to Run.”

 

Anyway, Schiano made some waves in football, maybe Ash can get that going again. Basketball has inexplicably been a tire fire since the early ‘90s even tho Rutgers is literally next door to the endless talent pool that is New York City. But it only takes one good class to get things on track, right?

 

Maybe they’ll eventually figure it out. Rutgers is not alway as dumb as they look. (Altho they are often pretty dumb.) They tricked their way into the conference. (B1G should’ve gone after UConn. Stupid, stupid, stupid.) And RU weaseled their way into being a Sopranos-style toadie of Michigan’s nemesis. 

 

Just wanted to clear the Sleeping Giant stuff and that it does not mean “sleeping giant of dog shit,” you white-trash, scummy, no-talent, Kid Rock/Eminem mf’er. Thank you.

CRISPed in the DIAG

June 8th, 2016 at 2:32 PM ^

Strange officiating is the only thing that kept last year's game against Rutgers from going to old-school stomping to hide-your-eyes horror show.  I can't imagine what this year will bring.

Edit: ..and thanks for bringing up fond memories of the biggest choke in sports history - the Yankees losing a series after a 3-0 game/3 outs away lead.  

Real Tackles Wear 77

June 8th, 2016 at 2:30 PM ^

The only thing better than the 100-0 beatdown we are going to give them on their home field this fall is the fact that we'll be doing it with so many New Jersey recruits on our side, including 2 of the last 3 national HS defensive players of the year.