Rutgers to join Big Ten Tuesday

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Rutgers to join Big Ten Tuesday

Reports are coming out that Rutgers is going to announce it's move here on Tuesday

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November 19th, 2012 at 12:57 PM | It has begun. (Score:1 Normal)
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It has begun.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:01 PM | This post brought to you by (Score:5 Normal)
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This post brought to you by the year 2010.

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:24 PM | This is when the whores come (Score:1 Normal)
profitgoblue
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This is when the whores come in.

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

November 19th, 2012 at 2:25 PM | This is why we can't have (Score:1)
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This is why we can't have anything nice!

"that's why you don't go to Ohio State, Lawrence"

November 19th, 2012 at 2:37 PM | Rutgers fans seem really (Score:2 Normal)
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Rutgers fans seem really excited:

"What a great day for Rutgers. Now let's run the table and hopefully go into the Big Ten in 2014 as back to back Big East and hopefully Orange Bowl champs!!!"

"Perhaps the biggest day in Rutgers athetic history!!!! What a windfall for the school. Perhaps now we can get those canceled sports back too?"

"During my days on the banks, we were an all boys school and our biggest game was Princeton. To see the Scarlet line up against the likes go Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State on a regular basis is a dream come true. We've come a long way baby! "

"In a perfect world, it would have been nice to see Big East succeed, but RU was always the red headed step-child there. Heck, they didn't even want us when they decided to add football - it was years before they let us in for hoops. It was originally and always will be a basketball league first. So is the ACC, which is why they can't pay their teams what the B1G can. Football drives the TV deals."

"I can't believe this...sports culture at RU will completely change overnight. Awesome."

"Rutgers football is already better than many of the Big-10 programs."

[LINK: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2012/11/rutgers_to_join_big_ten_once_f.html ]

November 19th, 2012 at 2:41 PM | nice to see (Score:1)
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that someone is excited about it, that is.

wolverine 73

November 19th, 2012 at 4:36 PM | To see the Scarlet line up (Score:2 Normal)
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To see the Scarlet line up against the likes go Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State on a regular basis is a dream come true.

Hmm...what's wrong with this picture?

Has the media hype over the past few years really brainwashed the entire country into thinking that Sparty is an elite program? Leave out Nebraska but include MSU? Really?

We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!

November 19th, 2012 at 12:57 PM | Make it stop. (Score:5 Normal)
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Make it stop.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:57 PM | Let's all burn the (Score:4 Normal)
1484
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Let's all burn the messenger... neg his ass!!!

Hail.

November 19th, 2012 at 5:38 PM | I generally prefer shooting (Score:2)
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I generally prefer shooting messengers.

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November 19th, 2012 at 5:40 PM | Well Played! (Score:3 Normal)
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lol I spit my soda out with this line,  Well Played!

                                          

November 19th, 2012 at 1:00 PM | O(*J:LKDJF:LKJDLKGFJL:KSALSD: (Score:5 Insightful)
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O(*J:LKDJF:LKJDLKGFJL:KSALSD:LKAJSFJLSFKJHOIUHCJKSANDKAJSDKJSND!!LKJ!KJ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 19th, 2012 at 1:00 PM | sparty vs scarlet knight: (Score:5 Normal)
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sparty vs scarlet knight: battle of the mascots who wear skirts. 

November 19th, 2012 at 1:01 PM | One reason to not base your (Score:1 Normal)
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One reason to not base your opinion of an entire school on, "what the mascot looks like".

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:58 PM | Can I judge them for being in (Score:2 Normal)
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Can I judge them for being in New Jersey?  Or will it be nice to see some phony spray tans once every couple of years.

Hail.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:03 PM | Even Sparty couldn't take (Score:1)
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Even Sparty couldn't take being part of MSU anymore...

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | The UofD mascot would kick his ass (Score:2 Normal)
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November 19th, 2012 at 1:01 PM | I should be mad (Score:3 Normal)
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but I'm too busy buying a train ticket from Philly to New Brunswick for 2015.  

Hail to the colors that float in the light-
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

November 19th, 2012 at 1:34 PM | I am with you (Score:3 Normal)
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Just the selfish side of me but Philly to New Brunswick and Philly to MD is good news for me.

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | Sad guy lip (Score:0 Overrated)
November 19th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | Rah (Score:3 Normal)
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I know many on this board don't approve of this expansion, but for the many thousands of alumni on the East Coast this is awesome! I cannot wait to take the family to games at MD & RU!!

And, for what it is worth, I think both athletic programs will compete better than many are expecting.

Go Blue!

Hail!

November 19th, 2012 at 1:29 PM | Agreed.  Michigan games in NJ (Score:2)
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Agreed.  Michigan games in NJ every other year?  Yes please.

Rutgers joining the Big 10 is like bad weather - if it's inevitable, just lie back and enjoy it.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:59 PM | That's only if they end up in (Score:3 Normal)
UofM-StL
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That's only if they end up in the same division. Otherwise it's once every 12 years, at least if the SEC's current 14 team model is used.

They'll play each other once every 6 years. Less often than Michigan plays each of the directional Michigans. Totally the same conference though.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:04 PM | So is that it?   Can I come (Score:1 Normal)
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So is that it?   Can I come from out of my basement now?

I kind of wish they waited until after the football season to do this/announce this. 

Touchdown Michigan!

November 19th, 2012 at 1:06 PM | Positives- Adding 2 (Score:2 Normal)
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Positives-

  • Adding 2 lacrosse teams to the B1G now most definitely ensures a B1G Lacrosse conference in both men's and women's (Men with 5 teams now, women with 6).

Negatives-

  • It's still rutgers. They are awful to average in every sport. 
November 19th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | I am on the fence about all of this... (Score:2 Insightful)
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But I think we can at least all agree that the league is fast becoming a leader in helmet diversity...And I will say that I would have loved those Rutgers helmets when I was ten.

 

 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

November 19th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | So this week the B1G has (Score:5 Normal)
LightTheLamp
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So this week the B1G has gained crab cakes and slutty Jersey girls. Lucky for you Delaney I am in to both of these.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:42 PM | mmmmm..... (Score:2)
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crab cakes......

November 19th, 2012 at 2:49 PM | mmmmm.....slutty Jersey (Score:2 Normal)
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mmmmm.....slutty Jersey girls.

M'Dog

November 19th, 2012 at 3:02 PM | Like, totally NSFW! (Score:1)
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Who is Jon Falk?
November 19th, 2012 at 2:04 PM | I just saw this recently, so (Score:3 Normal)
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I just saw this recently, so it was the first thing I thought of when I read "crabs."

November 19th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | I really hope (Score:1 Overrated)
woomba
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that we at least go up to 9 conference games after all this is said and done.  8 is BS.

November 19th, 2012 at 6:30 PM | We were already going up to 9 (Score:2)
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We were already going up to 9 in a few years. (2017 if memory serves me correctly)

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | attention bluebloods (Score:2)
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Rutgers played in the frist college football game ever in 1869.

 

since then, not much.

 

if you don't laugh, you'll cry.

 

/crying

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | Guess who's coming to A2 (Score:1 Normal)
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November 19th, 2012 at 1:12 PM | YAY! Stereotypes are FUN! Can (Score:0 Normal)
November 19th, 2012 at 1:15 PM | NO (Score:4 Normal)
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November 19th, 2012 at 1:18 PM | So if I can't stereotype you (Score:0 Normal)
November 19th, 2012 at 1:22 PM | Just thought the Jersey Shore (Score:1)
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Just thought the Jersey Shore thing was funny (still think so). Tell ya what, you get one free stereotype at my expense. Even Steven? Damn wish I knew more about Wyoming LOL!

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:44 PM | moosehumpers. (Score:3 Normal)
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moosehumpers.

Hail.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:24 PM | I believe they stereotyped themselves (Score:5 Normal)
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And Rutgers reinforced it when they paid snookie to speak at graduation. You don't like the stereotype? Complain to the state and the university for promoting them.

Wasting away in Ohio, a Wolverine in a sea of red and grey

November 19th, 2012 at 1:43 PM | Toni Morrison also spoke that (Score:3 Normal)
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Toni Morrison also spoke that year and they paid her a smaller fee

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:12 PM | Dude, don't get all wrapped (Score:3 Normal)
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Dude, don't get all wrapped up in the justice/fairness angle.  "Don't Mess With Texas" is just plain ol' good advice.

 

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November 19th, 2012 at 2:02 PM | I always thought it was funny (Score:3 Normal)
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I always thought it was funny that slogan came from an anti-littering campaign.

November 19th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | It helps to bring some more (Score:1)
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It helps to bring some more Big Ten presence to the East Coast, as much as I hate us deviating too far from what we've been about for so long. The ACC and Big East have traditionally had a very dominant footprint on the East Coast as far as athletics go. Maybe we can add another two schools to get to 16 someday with at least one of them being within a couple hours of I-95. That way we'll be a truly midwestern and northeast/mid-atlantic conference as opposed to being a midwestern one with some east coast sprinkled in. 

November 19th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | What's wrong with tapping (Score:2 Normal)
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What's wrong with tapping into BC over Rutgers?  I wonder if other ACC schools were on the table, but they couldn't afford that $50m exit fee.

Touchdown Michigan!

November 19th, 2012 at 2:13 PM | Blame the folks in Evanston! (Score:2)
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I think NW likes being the only private school in the conference.

 

Candace: No... That why they make smart word box for tell monkey hard brain-hurty things.
Phineas: Removing prepositions makes it more condescending.
November 19th, 2012 at 1:10 PM | Great.  I can't fucking wait (Score:3 Normal)
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Great.  I can't fucking wait for the Rutgers game that replaces games against Illinois, Wisconsin, etc.

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:13 PM | Or, there is an added big ten (Score:4 Normal)
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Or, there is an added big ten game and Rutgers or Maryland replaces a directional Michigan team.

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November 19th, 2012 at 1:27 PM | I don't know why 14 teams (Score:2)
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I don't know why 14 teams necessarily means nine conference games.  It doesn't for the ACC.  We're talking about people who think it's a good idea to add two extremely mediocre non-Midwestern teams to the conference because they think it will make the TV network more lucrative.  Competition issues be damned.  What makes you think they'll add any conference games?

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