Pandemonium in Piscataway
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Seems like a thousand years ago. Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that our comeback began with a KO return?
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The difference in the athleticism of the LBs back then and today is shocking
Thompson with the last tackle/sack. He had a INT with a 32 yd return. I still think he was best RI LN I've seen. He Just had knowledge and instincts - knew what was coming - flash plays all over the place. RU held L'Ville scoreless in second half. This RU team could handle B1G teams (which even Army has done). Anyway - shows how far gone things are. I didn't even watch the last three games.
My fav RU player name. He would be great with a routine like The Rock - "Can You Smell What The Kitchen is Cooking!"
He made last play (an INT) in the 2007 upset of USF.
Dude had to rehab knees twice.
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He’s an FBI agent now. Guy is pretty badass
My sophomore year at RU. Still the best sports night of my life.
The non game thing that I found almost superhuman and no one ever talks about it - the first rush of the field before everyone realized there was still time on the clock - as fans - the way that a sea of red started the rush and immediately turned it back to the sidelines so we could finish that last play. I have never seen a crazed sports crown react like that. And it was great.
The aerial video of those few seconds remains hysterical to this day.
Literally the only 2 guys that would start are Duff and maybe Asamoah. Raymond wouldn’t even be top 2 back as they had Rice and Leonard
How about kordell young ?! Dude had burst! He made a big play in that game
When that game ended...My wife, myself and our other 3 sons- all got out on that field pretty quick- looking for Kevin. He finally found us and found out the reason we didn't find him right away- when they saw that first rush- he decided to help one of our injured players that was in a cast and on crutches get off the field and into the tunnel before he was able to join the celebration.
The thing about the game- obviously, we were way behind at the half. But most of you most likely noticed this as well- there was not a single fan with their head down- it was almost like we all had something telling us- "This night has something special planned" - The fans were 100% the 12th man that night. Never louder and we had that damn R -U timed perfectly all night long...you could tell that the RRR came first and it was intimidating and haunting.
The icing on the cake was 2 years later- with Phil Simms standing alone in the rain watching us crush his son's team.
The thing about the game- obviously, we were way behind at the half. But most of you most likely noticed this as well- there was not a single fan with their head down- it was almost like we all had something telling us- "This night has something special planned" - The fans were 100% the 12th man that night. Never louder and we had that damn R -U timed perfectly all night long...you could tell that the RRR came first and it was intimidating and haunting.
The icing on the cake was 2 years later- with Phil Simms standing alone in the rain watching us crush his son's team.
It was the most organized I’ve ever seen the student section. Arriving pregame I saw everybody was already in their seats and the chanting and cheering made it seem like I was at the North Korean soccer game or something. It was impressive.
The other thing about that was how everybody was in their seats and the spacing was so you could see up and down the rows and nothing was clogged. Like it was a huge choir or dancers.
The seating - that was my one thing that ticked me off a bit...Kevin was in his 2nd year and the way they did family seating was pretty much move you closer to the 50 yd each year of progression. So- for every other game - we all sat in any of the rows 1-10 near the 25-30 at that point. We always got there early so usually in one of the front rows.
We get there early after a lot of early fun tailgating...and the families of all players were moved to the new temp stands at the corner of the endzone so that the fair weather band wagon corporate non-fans could purchase our premium seats.
I get it for the money- but man, pissed us all off. Still such a great time though, but...
The fan in this episode is a damn good looking dude!!!
Honestly though....this just makes me sad these days....ugh.
This is exactly what I was talking about...
Haunting and spooky.
I went to the Army/Air Force game over the weekend at West Point. The Cadets sounded like this.
Family had season tickets for 30 years (uncle was a grad). Amazing about 20 years ago at the Air Force game. Everybody in their seats hear a lot of engine noises. Just as Army was about to take the field 3 Apache helicopters arise on 3 sides of the stadium as the Army team entered the Apache immediately above dipped down over the field and then banked and left over the reservoir.
One year AF sent a C-17 from Stewart to fly a few hundred feet over The Plain. They are gigantic but also designed to be agile in tight quarters. Some things you have to see in person and that was one. It was like a flying mall and leaning turns like Ray Rice
BINGO and I bet we have a higher proportion of season ticket holders from your year. Many around here don’t understate the correlation with winning while in college to future alumni fandom.
Was my first Rutgers game. My son was a freshman and i was able to get my company's tickets for the Media Box.
Brought my 13 year old son with me he spent the first half in the box and the second half in the student section. He had the time of his life. He got to rush the field with his brother and my son (the student) lost his sneakers. We walked back to the RAC because the buses were a mess. We had to tape plastic garbage bags to his feet. Fun times.
I was working at this point and i had an early meeting the next morning. Was an amazing night we were hooked from that point. I hope we can get back there as this was the best sports experience of my life people were hugging me totally amazing.
Brought my 13 year old son with me he spent the first half in the box and the second half in the student section. He had the time of his life. He got to rush the field with his brother and my son (the student) lost his sneakers. We walked back to the RAC because the buses were a mess. We had to tape plastic garbage bags to his feet. Fun times.
I was working at this point and i had an early meeting the next morning. Was an amazing night we were hooked from that point. I hope we can get back there as this was the best sports experience of my life people were hugging me totally amazing.
It was a night to remember.
Now we're a part of another Night to Remember. I believe that it might be Al on the violin.
Now we're a part of another Night to Remember. I believe that it might be Al on the violin.
Best team I ever saw at Rutgers and GS could only manage 3rd place in a watered down conference. I really want new memories, but he’s no longer the guy to provide them.
I was at work, got the 2nd shift being lowest man on the totem pole. I listened to the game on a portable radio in between calls. My 3rd shift relief punched in just as we sacked Brohm on the final play and I started jumping around shouting. He thought I got hurt and came running over lol
The BE wasn't what it once was without Miami and the others. But two reams did finish the season ranked in the top 10 (Louisville and WVU) with Rutgers #12. Only the BIG 10 had more. That's not too bad.
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