Dude you have to be friggin kidding me. The Sept 10th 2016 game against Howard a noon start got to a high of 94 degrees and humid as hell. It got so hot they ran out of water for patrons. Try sitting on the home side, in the friggin sun, on a 94 degree humid day with you're *** on a metal bleacher. You'll feel just like you're in Georgia, Alabama or on the cusp of Hell. You would know this if you attended the games. Hell everyone here who attended that game remembers it for the heat alone.
Funny story about that game. All my season ticket group fled for the concourse. Me being the tough guy said, "I work in this sh*t everyday I'm staying". Well we decided to leave the blood bath at the end of 3rd quarter. As I went to stand up my legs buckled and began to feel woozy. I yelled to my wife, "Hey I think your husband has early stages of heat exhaustion get me some water". She yelled back, "I told you to get out of the sun jackass. O and you're sh*t out of luck on the water they ran out".
I don't remember this at all. I'm pretty sure I died in Section 116 midway through the 3rd quarter.
We were in the party deck for that game. We were not inside--at least we were not in the blistering hot sun. The consolation was that we had plenty of water. In fact, we had way too much water up there.
This is the actual reason and the most reasonable response, which of course is why everyone is skipping over it
I never disputed anything about how hot it was that particular day. What I’m saying is that noon games are played everywhere, especially by bad teams, and it’s not like New Jersey is Florida, Alabama or Georgia. No amount of whining will change the fact that most of our games will be at noon. You wanted Big Ten football? This is Big Ten football.
I would certainly hope so at the price they charge for a 17 cent bottle of water. $$$$
That was a 4 p.m. kickoff. So it really doesn’t matter what time these games start unless they’re in primetime, which obviously isn’t happening for a bottom-tier Big Ten team. And again, just be thankful we’re not a southern team or we'd be dealing with heat/humidity that's FAR worse.
It's nothing compared to the south. And again, what exactly do you and others want done about this? The Big Ten isn't going to make scheduling concessions to an awful program (right now) that gets low ratings. They will slot us in whatever TV time is best for the conference, which is usually noon. We're all going to just have to deal with this until Ash or another coach turns this program around.
Are you seriously suggesting that without fan emails that the Athletic Department won't know that it will be hot for a Sept 1 noon game?
How many times have you heard that they've run out of water during a game in September? It's been more than a few since I've been on this board, and that's been awhile. So the answer is yes.
OK if that's the case what does and I quote, " It's September in New Jersey" have to do with good teams, bad teams, teams in the B1G or teams in the SEC? What does a date have to do with a game start time. It could be October or November? You're attempting to back track from your original statement.
And too boot we're now forbidden from taking in any beverages this year. That policy wasn't in effect in 2016. We're all going to die leaving this decision of hydration up to Rutgers. Basically we're all screwed.
Funny, I was being facetious, but after I wrote 5AM I thought: "Hmmmmmmm..........:
That's okay, I just proved everyone wrong with facts anyway. Plenty of schools in much hotter climates are playing noon games to start the season. We have nothing to complain about.
