Elite Student Leaders Achieve Peak Rutgers Comment Count

Ace

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

PopeLando

June 8th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^

This is the weirdest part of the situation. OSU recruits New Jersey too, and any prospective recruits that go to the Rutgers/OSU camp... well, they aren't looking at Rutgers. So Rutgers has teamed up to camp with a powerhouse program which will soon be flaying their them alive, in order to spite another powerhouse program which just got done curbstomping them... because they are mad that powerhouse programs which can wail on Rutgers can also recruit well in New Jersey. There's some serious Underpants Gnome logic going on here.

WolverineFalconBG

June 8th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^

This is more like a really weird promposal gone bad than vandalism. It also solidifies how superior Michigan's academics are to Rutgers. Rutgers waged more of a war on grammar than they did UM.

DonAZ

June 8th, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^

I will never understand why the B1G expanded with Rutgers and Maryland.

Oh, I've read the words explaining it.  I don't believe the words offered.

If we were going to reach for two schools of that caliber, I would have preferred to pull in WVU and Pitt.  Makes more sense geographically, it would mean the revival of the Backyard Brawl, and Pitt/PSU is a natural rivalry. 

But no ... Maryland and ... Rutgers.

blueinuk

June 8th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^

Wait...

is David: David and The Sleeping Giant? 

I thought in the story, David was David and the Giant was the Giant and they were both awake?

Unless, it wasn't a spelling mistake and they just forgot the comma and we are The Sleeping Giant, but we are afraid that we are no longer asleep.  So this: "Unless you're scared you have awaken (comma), The Sleeping Giant." 

I have so much confuse.

 

desertwolvie1

June 8th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^

I just don't get it.  They're setting themselves up for years of merciless beatdowns and ridicule. I don't think anyone would blame Michigan for running up the score on them every single year. 

Trey Mendes

June 8th, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^

There has to be a tee shirt in all of this.  Smirnoff ISIS?  GO FUCK YOUGRSELF?  Also, they had to use a fence to keep people in East Germany, too.

Esterhaus

June 8th, 2016 at 5:39 PM ^

 

Ever to be whinged from the so-called Garden State. I admit to having had reservations concerning the admission of Rutgers to B1G but I now believe that Michigan deserves a whipping boy even lower across all metrics than Illinois. Let's flay this ugly pile to oblivion as a lesson to the other nasties who would insult us.

Sam1863

June 8th, 2016 at 6:15 PM ^

Well, that's a first for me.

This marks the first time I've ever read a trash-talking declaration and thought, "That's just so cute."

And "The Order of Bull's Blood?" Oh, you boys are just precious, that's what you are ... in a big, rough, tough, manly way, of course. Yes you are.

Now run along home before your Mom starts to worry. And let's pay a little but more attention in English class, 'kay?

NJblue2

June 8th, 2016 at 7:22 PM ^

It embarrasses me that kids from my school would do something so dumb. It's weird that they think they are Ohio State Lite just because OSU isn't a major player for most of the big NJ recruits this one class. How things will turn when Michigan and OSU both destroy them on the field.

Fusion Flatulence

June 8th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^

Have duped everyone with this prank. And it is now established fact: This poor board is *PWNED by every other fan base in the country.

All they have to do is sneeze in the general direction of Jim Harbaugh and there is a rush of the legions  of Michigan fans to defend.

The feathers here have been both duped and permanently ruffled. Hooligans across the Big Ten landscape can make themselves famous with Michigan blogs. Every post, every tweet, every joke, prank, and every Clickbait will be deposited here, and hours of hilarity will ensue as the Michigan graduates on this site spend their energy thinking of witty ways to, at one time, ridicule, scoff, dismiss, and discredit anyone who does not worship one James Jonathan Harbaugh.

And they will become extremely angry with the world that does not understand how wonderfully golden Harbaugh's megalomania really is.

ptmac

June 8th, 2016 at 8:01 PM ^

What in that hilarious act required such a pointed response by Ace? I read this as brilliant by this group of Rutgers students. To me they have a great sense of humor...

slimj091

June 8th, 2016 at 8:54 PM ^

You know everyone says how much Rutgers is a disappointment, and they shouldn't be in the Big Ten... I disagree. Their inclusion into the Big Ten has paid dividends this past spring. I haven't laughed so much in my life as I have in this year so far thanks to them.

UMgradMSUdad

June 8th, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^

Yeesh.  The only message I get from this group of Rutgers students is that they are thin skinned, delusional, and have the literacy and reasoning skills of ten year olds.

Duke of Zhou

June 8th, 2016 at 11:33 PM ^

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that this is an elaborate joke orchestrated by some Michigan alumni in the area.  The satire is quite clever and on point, if that is the case.  

Red is Blue

June 9th, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^

They probably intended the line about poaching their brighest stars to be related only to football.  But, judging from the letter, apparently that applies in a broader context as well.

CoMisch

June 9th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^

Let's face it, we'll enjoy beating them down a little more this year because of this. Players like Peppers will probably see the ball more just to cut them a little deeper.



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