The only reason we don’t win big, is that most of you aren’t serious about winning. It’s a lot easier to run your big mouth on the messageboard, than write that big check to support the football program.
I have very strong connections to the University of Miami football program, and the biggest reason they played for the National Championship is Money. They paid $4M for their quarterback alone, and also paid a boatload of money for their star right tackle and star defensive end. They literally stole our best defensive player, and compensated him handsomely. He in turn, helped lead them to the National Championship Game, by being a productive tackler.
This is the caliber of talent you need to compete in the big time. We don’t have this caliber of talent, so we do the best we can with what we have. This is the biggest reason we have been mediocre, and will continue to be.
I don’t care what anyone else says, you need money to win Big. Without it, you will be also rans, just as we have been throughout most of our history. We have been trying to Win on the Cheap for the last 150 yrs+ and it hasn’t worked out.
Look at our best competition: Indiana, Ohio State, USC, Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon. Programs like Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are much better capitalized with the best facilities money can buy. Hundreds of millions of dollars spent over generations. Penn State just spent $700M on their stadium. Rutgers on the other hand, looks like amateur hour. You can’t compete with these programs on a shoestring budget.
This is why we recruit very few of the best New Jersey football players, which really should be our bread and butter.
What do they have that we don’t have? Money, lots of it. Anyone who says we should be able to compete with those programs without more money, is a ******* fool. You don’t make up for a $10M-$20M discrepancy in talent with better coaching, which is what some of you foolishly believe. Michigan is paying $4M a year for their quarterback. They’re also throwing millions at their offensive and defensive lines. What are we paying? A hell of a lot less.
Look at our transfer class. It’s one of the worst in the Big Ten. Why? Not enough NIL support. Look at our high school class. Where is the Anthony Davis and Darius Hamilton recruits? They’re going elsewhere, not Rutgers.
For us to win big, we need:
- the high rollers in the fanbase to write the big checks
- a $300M Fieldhouse
- $15M more in NIL support
Money will cure our performance problems. We need fewer big mouths. More big checks.
Let’s make it happen.
I have very strong connections to the University of Miami football program, and the biggest reason they played for the National Championship is Money. They paid $4M for their quarterback alone, and also paid a boatload of money for their star right tackle and star defensive end. They literally stole our best defensive player, and compensated him handsomely. He in turn, helped lead them to the National Championship Game, by being a productive tackler.
This is the caliber of talent you need to compete in the big time. We don’t have this caliber of talent, so we do the best we can with what we have. This is the biggest reason we have been mediocre, and will continue to be.
I don’t care what anyone else says, you need money to win Big. Without it, you will be also rans, just as we have been throughout most of our history. We have been trying to Win on the Cheap for the last 150 yrs+ and it hasn’t worked out.
Look at our best competition: Indiana, Ohio State, USC, Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon. Programs like Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are much better capitalized with the best facilities money can buy. Hundreds of millions of dollars spent over generations. Penn State just spent $700M on their stadium. Rutgers on the other hand, looks like amateur hour. You can’t compete with these programs on a shoestring budget.
This is why we recruit very few of the best New Jersey football players, which really should be our bread and butter.
What do they have that we don’t have? Money, lots of it. Anyone who says we should be able to compete with those programs without more money, is a ******* fool. You don’t make up for a $10M-$20M discrepancy in talent with better coaching, which is what some of you foolishly believe. Michigan is paying $4M a year for their quarterback. They’re also throwing millions at their offensive and defensive lines. What are we paying? A hell of a lot less.
Look at our transfer class. It’s one of the worst in the Big Ten. Why? Not enough NIL support. Look at our high school class. Where is the Anthony Davis and Darius Hamilton recruits? They’re going elsewhere, not Rutgers.
For us to win big, we need:
- the high rollers in the fanbase to write the big checks
- a $300M Fieldhouse
- $15M more in NIL support
Money will cure our performance problems. We need fewer big mouths. More big checks.
Let’s make it happen.
