Rutgers fans apparently didn't know Drew Singleton was a Michigan lean

I like how they're getting mad at Partridge for all of this. It isn't Partridge's fault that Rutgers was blown out of the water by three of the top six teams in the country. In fact, didn't he want to go to Rutgers but they called it off because a couple of New Jersey high school coaches didn't like the guy? 

I wonder if all those guys are actually Rutgers fans, or if some are just your standard Michigan-obsessed MSU/OSU/PSU fans who are mad we landed another stud recruit.

 

That fan base is delusional...they are an FCS school masquerading in the Big10

Haha! What's so special about Michigan?!?

that covered the Scarlet Knights. He actually thought he knew football, BIG football, and sadly so too did many people that read his daily column. 

I was trying to explain how difficult it would be for them to be successful in this conference when they had only experienced a few decent seasons in the Big East, but they simply could not grasp they were going up about five levels. I explained to them whoever was considered top dog in the Big East - maybe W. Va then, can't recall - would come in at about number 5 -6 range in the BIG and even asked them to check their historical success vs. Penn State to try and get a feel for how they might fair in the BIG. Neither the columnist nor the fans accepted they would struggle. They thought that even though they were a "in the middle of the pack" program in the best of times, their new alliance would provide them access to the best players on the east coast, even though they had been losing those recruits to both PSU and MD for years, even before those two became members of the BIg. It was like talking to State fans to be honest. 

As to the question of why N.J. has what seems to be  a disproportionate number of quality h.s. football players, the answer is the same as it is in OH. They have many well paid, quailty coaches that run some of the nation's best programs. Don Bosco, Paramus Catholic, Bergen Catholic, et. al., all belong to one MEGA SUPER conference and they regularly play teams from around the nation. However, the number of blue chippers in Jersey is roughly the same as it is in Michigan, maybe 8 to 10 in a given season. It does appear it's a loaded state because we've been getting the majority of that talent since Harbaugh arrived on the scene. 

But as to their fans? They will always be thinking Rutgers - for reasons I cannot comprehend - has achieved more than it has, will achieve more in the future and is - I'm guessing this is due to receiving the same invitation PSU rec'd, they are a big time school. 

That is all.

to be in a conference where they're so overmatched. No wonder they sound desperate.

Look Rutgers, why not go to the ACC? And take Penn State with you. We'll all be better off.

Really hard to even feel bad for these poor bastards.  They are so sad and clueless.  I mean I get the loyal fanbase and I'm sure everyone gets a little biased and whiney but it's mind boggling.  Their class will beat ours?  Singleton will now have a lifetime of disappointment going to Michigan instead of Rutgers??!!!  Yikes.

before Rutgers figures out they are the "gag" school of the B1G?  Comedic relief, W's, and cable $$'s for the rest of the league.

These "lol rutgers" threads are pathetic.  Why any Michigan fan feels the need to spend time thinking about them is a sad reflection on our fan base.  They're a bad team, I get it.  I don't want them in the conference either but it says a lot about the dissatisfaction with our season that so many fans feel the need to dump on them.  

We got a great recruit, it's a good story.  That a really poor football program wishes they could have had him is not a story.  Michigan fans are making rutgers a rival and it's pathetic.

He named his top 5 in the video, didn't include Rutgers. BUT according to his top 5 he had a 40% chance of playing in the state of MI, 0% of staying in NJ

Since his video was a lot like DIB, I wanted him to say at the end "the best players in NJ play at Michigan" can someone start that saying?! Ash would have a heart attack!

Those were hilarious. Thanks.

I honestly believe he would go to North Korea before he would have gone to Rutgers

asap would make that poster happy?  Would he/she be less happy if Partidge ate a dick later and whose dick would he/she want Partridge to eat?

That was gold.

Remember when we kicked their ass 78-0 in their own stadium. What kid would go to Rutgers?

But if you really want to lol go check out MSU's recruiting. On par with Rutgers

New Jersey has always had top talent, we have just never really been in on it before.

But two recent developments have changed that:

1) Rurgers (and to a lesser extent Maryland) have joined the Big Ten East   This puts Michigan top of mind in the area.  We play in NJ or within a couple of hours of NJ (MD, PSU) every single year.  

I live in the mid-Atlantic area and Michigan is now perceived as a "local school".  The local media covers Michigan consistently.  Delany may be a money-grubbing jerk, but this one worked in our favor.

2) The recent implosion of Penn State.  Traditionally, PSU is like OSU . . . the only premire school in a talent-rich area.  20 - 30 years ago, guys like Singleton would have gone to Penn State.  

We DO NOT want a resurgent Penn State any time soon. Root for PSU to get exposed as a fraud in the Rose Bowl. Forget any kind of SEC-like Big Ten loyalty. Penn State is still an easy car trip from NJ vs. and airplane trip for us. We need to gain recruiting critical mass in NJ before PSU returns to form.  Harbaugh is on the right track.

YeahI right. Because Rutgers has so much to offer. If these guys are lucky they might be the Illini in a couple of years.

Rutgers, the "birthplace" of delusional football fans.

" hard to keep a major recruit in state when we lose 78-0" and "DONT CARE OUR CLASS WILL END UP BEATING THEM" are two opposite ends of the reality spectrum lol

Impersonating a football team.

These reactions are priceless. Christmas came early.

always seemed committed.

Pretty funny stuff.

"Parmus recruits are bullshit anyway, Peppers didnt even win the heismen."

...yeah, I have nothing...

I am perilously close to endorsing the Rutgers "rivalry." Watching Rutgers' impotent rage at their inability to beat Michigan is really what the MSU rivalry should feel like at all times. I mean, I'm not saying that Michigan will acknowledge the rivalry, nor will there be a trophy, but Rutgers has my permission to continue to irrationally compare itself to Michigan, when in reality they should aspire to be Purdue.