Princeton really had nothing to do with playing at Yankee Stadium. It is Dartmouth's home game and is part of their 250th Anniversary of the college. This was annouced in 2017. That same year Dartmouth played Brown at Fenway Park.
I suspect College Gameday might make an appearance at this game to celebrate Princeton. They might make a mention of Rutgers in passing.
My understanding is that Rutgers asked the Big Ten to not schedule Rutgers that weekend so we could plan our own event.
The timing would be right as that is the time they usually select a FCS game when the SEC is playing the Citadels of the world.
Princeton is promoting this date as part of its celebration of Nov. 6, 1869.
Rutgers hda more than enough time to figure out what to do on this date.
So we're going to celebrate college football... by not playing college football. That is just so Rutgers.
Rutgers asleep at wheel.Ash has no clue about it and Barchi dont care.
Of course they are. It their closest game to 11/6 and against their biggest current rival.
It makes sense now though. You really think getting blown out and looking lost on the field is a way to celebrate this occasion? Thank God Princeton turned down the game.
This was back in 2012 or 2013, when the Big Ten schedule for 2019 was being put together. I think the idea was to try to schedule a game against Princeton, or Army or Navy, since they're more "historical" opponents for Rutgers.
Lehigh has played Rutgers the most followed by Lafayette than Princeton. IIRC those three are in the 70+x each. Army is near 40 and Navy at 25x
Actually, it probably is. The idea to play Princeton, Army, or Navy probably originated with Flood (who was coach when the 2019 schedule was being put together), and Ash is probably the one who rejected those opponents.
We have a friend who worked in Human Resources at some Corporate companies, left to have her baby and raise her for a couple years. Decided to get back into the work force and got a job at Rutgers Human Resource department. She left after 6 months and said it was the most dysfunctional place she's ever worked at. She's back in the Corporate world.
That is the most Rutgers thing I've ever heard.
It's worth noting that on Nov. 9, 1869, the Princeton endowment was greater than the Rutgers endowment on Nov. 9, 1969, but - to be fair - Princeton still counted the slave holdings of its alumni well into the 1880s in spite of the 13th Amendment.
