half empty stadium..you do realize we average 48K this year and bringing in Big 10 schools would easily sell out the rest, we would have 52K everyweek..how is that half empty?
Rutgers fan here. Rolling my eyes at the hate here and omg so much flat out wrong information, lots of ignorance.
First of all NJ is part of the NYC Market...thats 8 million people so when NYC market is brought up yes it includes NJ and thats alot of people. You dont necessarily have to have the 5 boroughs. RU has steadily increased its attention on NYC evening news. Their game Saturday was the lead on all the NYC stations. To say no one cares is wrong. Ratings wise, RU has brought the highest ratings for any ESPN game in NYC and I believe have about 7 or 8 of the top 10 ESPN broadcasts.
As far as on field performance, RU did not fully invest in the program until around 2000. We are a young program but have grown alot in the last 12 years. This year will be our 7th trip to a bowl game in 8 years. We have won 5 of those 6 bowls. We are ranked 18th in the BCS poll and are on the verge of winning our first BE title and a getting a BCS bowl bid probably to the Orange. Our APR is in the top 10. The school has a squeaky clean image until two current Big 10 schools. We bring in top notch academics and are a large state school fitting very well with the mission of the Big 10.
Attendance this year is avg about 47-48K which is our highest ever in a 52K seat stadium we expanded 5 years back. The current BE slate does not really excite the area but with Big 10 schools coming in sellout are a virtual lock.
I see other schools like Virginia and Syracuse brought up..huh? What do they bring you. They are not good in football and bring no market. Syracuse cares only about basketball and has no market and no football fans
So yeah you guys are skeptical. Our program is hardly as bad as you make it out to be. Given the chance RU can be very successful and has a very high ceiling right now
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half empty stadium..you do realize we average 48K this year and bringing in Big 10 schools would easily sell out the rest, we would have 52K everyweek..how is that half empty?
Rutgers fan here. Rolling my eyes at the hate here and omg so much flat out wrong information, lots of ignorance.
First of all NJ is part of the NYC Market...thats 8 million people so when NYC market is brought up yes it includes NJ and thats alot of people. You dont necessarily have to have the 5 boroughs. RU has steadily increased its attention on NYC evening news. Their game Saturday was the lead on all the NYC stations. To say no one cares is wrong. Ratings wise, RU has brought the highest ratings for any ESPN game in NYC and I believe have about 7 or 8 of the top 10 ESPN broadcasts.
As far as on field performance, RU did not fully invest in the program until around 2000. We are a young program but have grown alot in the last 12 years. This year will be our 7th trip to a bowl game in 8 years. We have won 5 of those 6 bowls. We are ranked 18th in the BCS poll and are on the verge of winning our first BE title and a getting a BCS bowl bid probably to the Orange. Our APR is in the top 10. The school has a squeaky clean image until two current Big 10 schools. We bring in top notch academics and are a large state school fitting very well with the mission of the Big 10.
Attendance this year is avg about 47-48K which is our highest ever in a 52K seat stadium we expanded 5 years back. The current BE slate does not really excite the area but with Big 10 schools coming in sellout are a virtual lock.
I see other schools like Virginia and Syracuse brought up..huh? What do they bring you. They are not good in football and bring no market. Syracuse cares only about basketball and has no market and no football fans
So yeah you guys are skeptical. Our program is hardly as bad as you make it out to be. Given the chance RU can be very successful and has a very high ceiling right now