From western NJ, sure, but if you're near the TPK, 95 to 85 to Charlotte is ~20 miles shorter and faster, as long as you get through DC by about 6:30 am on a weekday or do a night drive. I would only do the 78/81 route outside of those times or if I knew of some bad traffic/construction situation on the 95 route before leaving.
Current Bowl Possibilities
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We’d go to Phoenix in a heartbeat. Insight in 2005 was the best RU bowl by far. We’d get a good opponent and warm weather. I cannot see any Florida bowl picking RU over the other teams available.
As to Jon Newman's and Knights of the Raritan involvement, he stated on X that it is just him pushing for it.
Kind of a sad perspective. Fortunately, most of us want to be with our immediate and extended families on the holidays.
By definition, calling someone stupid (or at least strongly implying it) for using a holiday as an excuse to not go to a bowl game is judging. Maybe just take the L on this one and move on.
Follow up question: I got $300 from Rutgers for going as a student.
Then maybe another $200 afterwards.
Did the school do that for other bowls?
Do they subsidize students going?
This was separate from the official school travel packages (which were obviously way too expensive for us).
We booked everything on our own and got reimbursed.
Jon lives in VA, which would explain his preference for Charlotte
and it gives the team extra time to heal up and Schiano more time to prep..
It sounds great at face value but I fear we wouldn’t have a very good showing. Flights prices are insane at that time of year.
I believe Indiana has a stronger strength of schedule than the other one loss teams. Also their one loss compares favorably to the other one loss teams.
Indiana wasn’t a lock going into the weekend for several reasons, the biggest being the Texas-Texas A&M game.
The committee has already hinted that they do not plan to weigh a conference championship loss as heavily as they did a regular season loss. So, if A&M had beaten Texas and made it into the SEC championship game, they were likely going to be a 4th SEC team in the field, and Indiana was most at risk of losing their spot if that happened.
With the A&M loss they are basically in and the last spot comes down to SMU if they lose, Miami, and three 3 loss SEC teams.
Seems like a lot of the projections now have RU vs Texas Tech in the Rate Bowl in Phoenix on 12/26. Would be a first time meeting for the schools.
McLane Carter will be doing a lot of interviews that week!
Insight was amazing and the RU turnout was incredible, but being the first real bowl bowl for RU since going "big time" in 1980 and it being on 12/27 both really helped with that turnout. 12/26 is just a tougher ask for many people with the holiday and family commitments.
I wonder if Greg wants that. Christmas away from the family in a different time zone. Poor attendance.
And $800 a pop a tix to do it. Only fans who skip Christmas and make a vacation of it will go. That’s the reality.
Texas Tech would be a challenge for RU’s depleted defense for sure, but I don’t know that they have the defense to stand up to RU’s recently effective offense either.
I think he’s happy with any bowl and the chance to win 100k
I just wonder if he would quietly negotiate Pin Stripe override. I’m sure he enjoyed the packed local stadium. Huge home court advantage… Pin Stripe will have no interest in Minny so if Nebraska is taken ahead of them for their brand… And Minny went to Pin Stripe 2 years ago.
Only thing I was mentioning is that Indiana has a favorable strength of schedule and who their loss was against than the other one loss teams.
The committee may not have selected them, but it would not have been on the merit compared to those other 1 loss teams
I hope not .
With next years , schedule the goal will be to make the Pinstripe
Well, the bottom line was that if Texas A&M “stole a spot”, and especially if Miami also won guaranteeing the ACC champ game loser got in, one of Indiana, Texas and Tennessee was in trouble, and I think that would have ended up with Indiana being out.
Now, those three are safely in and even the 3 loss SEC teams (Bama, Miss and SoCar) have a chance if SMU wins to take the second spot the ACC was going to get.
Interesting to think about how a four team playoff would have played out this year.
Would Oregon-PSU be a play-in game? Or would be Oregon be in regardless?
Ditto Texas-Georgia.
How nervous would Notre Dame be?
Would SMU have a shot?
Possibility of two SEC and two B1G?
Would Oregon-PSU be a play-in game? Or would be Oregon be in regardless?
Ditto Texas-Georgia.
How nervous would Notre Dame be?
Would SMU have a shot?
Possibility of two SEC and two B1G?
The thing that troubles me about Indiana is their schedule. 3 OOC wins against the likes of FIU, Charlotte and Western Illinois. Their best conference win was a 5 point win over a 7-5 UM and the next best wins were over two 6-6 teams; everyone else had a losing record. If the committee takes them they are basically saying play no one and we will reward you.
Now with that being said I want Indy to make it for the B1G and them being kept out would drop another B1G team into the non playoff bowl mix putting Detroit back in play for someone.
Now with that being said I want Indy to make it for the B1G and them being kept out would drop another B1G team into the non playoff bowl mix putting Detroit back in play for someone.
SOS is why Indiana was in trouble when their competition for a spot was 2 loss SEC teams.
After this weekend, their competition for a spot is 3 loss SEC teams and they are in.
This is fair but the other side is they weren't squeaking by teams. The only conference games they didn't win by double digits were that Michigan game and the loss to OSU.
Well stated. Eleven spots are locks:
Oregon
PSU
OSU
Indiana
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Winner of SMU-Clemson
Winner of Boise State-UNLV
Winner of ASU-ISU.
The last spot will go to one of the four or five teams you mentioned. I personally think SMU is a lock win or lose, but we shall see.
If SMU loses they have two losses. BYU has two losses and owns a win over SMU. No chance for BYU in that scenario?
Tech just fired their DC, Tim DeRuyter, who was the HC of Fresno State when they beat Rutgers in 2012.
They beat Arizona State early in the year before ASU got rolling. they also beat Iowa State 23-22.
They put up the most points in the Big 12 against Big 12 opponents 329 or 36.5 per game, but they were next to last in giving up 34 points per game. They were 13th from last for all NCAA teams in points per game at 34.5, but 8th in points scored per game for all NCAA teams.
Might be a fun game to watch.
Interesting…no Baylor or K-State, etc. We would be chosen last in the B1G in bowl order selection but not a surprise, leaving us Rate. Better than Detroit or a return to the Bronx for sure IMO (never happening anyway).
But you never know, these are just projections…
The selection committee desperately wants to add in another SEC team. Look for Bama to get the 12th spot regardless of how the conference championship games turn out.
They can't start to penalize teams for making their conference title games. If they do, that is the death for those games and the SEC and BIG make a lot of $$ on those games.
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The committee led by a Michigan man wants desperately to add another SEC team?
Last I checked their sos was better than ND, SMU and Miami I believe. Their loss was a better loss than the other teams also
I think you are right based on them having Bama as 11 last week, but that would be hypocritical based on what they have said about championship game losers.
If we aren't playing an old BE foe like WVU, give me a new bowl game opponent like TT.
Yes. The committee isn't a dictatorship. Doesn't matter who is the symbolic "lead". Keep the SEC happy or they can cause a lot of trouble for other conferences.