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Spartared

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Last weekend my wife and I left the 4 walls of Sussex County and headed to the Zimmerli to take in a new exhibit.
I decided to get off I287 via River road and pulled off in front if the Stadium and stared at the entrance and upper deck for a minute

My wife told me that this crazy behavior
 
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JerseyNoles

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Not weird at all
I frequently roll through the Hale Center parking lot whenever I'm in the area

I've done it with my wife and daughter in the car when we're passing by and they think it's weird / borderline creepy, but like I tell them, if that's the worst thing I'm doing (no drugs, hookers, blow, excessive gambling), then it's not that bad
 
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fsg2_rivals

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rurichdog said:
She's right, that is odd RU fan behavior. Normal RU fans would pull into the Scarlet Lot and stare longingly at the stadium...Everyone knows RU fans care more about the tailgate šŸ˜‰
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In that case, do they even bother glancing at the stadium, or just stare deeply at the parking spaces?
 
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RUPete

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If I didnā€™t work in the area and see the stadium on my commute or while walking in Johnson Park I may do something like that.
 
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RUPete

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jaydogsmooth1 said:
Not weird at all
I frequently roll through the Hale Center parking lot whenever I'm in the area

I've done it with my wife and daughter in the car when we're passing by and they think it's weird / borderline creepy, but like I tell them, if that's the worst thing I'm doing (no drugs, hookers, blow, excessive gambling), then it's not that bad
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Thatā€™s a pro move - lowering the bar significantly on the morals side to excuse crazy displays of fandom. šŸ˜‚
 
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JerseyNoles

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RUPete said:
Thatā€™s a pro move - lowering the bar significantly on the morals side to excuse crazy displays of fandom. šŸ˜‚
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Yeah, I mean it's definitely slightly odd (at a minimum) that any grown adult would roll through the parking lot with their family in tow, so lowering the bar on the morality end is the least I can do to distract from those actions
 
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rurichdog said:
Everyone knows RU fans care more about the tailgate šŸ˜‰
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RobertG

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Spartared said:
Last weekend my wife and I left the 4 walls of Sussex County and headed to the Zimmerli to take in a new exhibit.
I decided to get off I287 via River road and pulled off in front if the Stadium and stared at the entrance and upper deck for a minute

My wife told me that this crazy behavior
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Not crazy at all, unless you pleasured yourself, which would have crossed the line.
 
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RUbot

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Do the same on many of my trips from NW Jersey to the Jersey Shore. Just to see if anything is new happening over there. Several times during Covid, during the Fall of 2020 had my dog with me on these trips. I stopped, parked and took my dog for a walk through the yellow lot , longing for where I should be every other Saturday during that time of the year.
 
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JayDogSmooth

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During Covid, the Sports withdrawal was so bad that I debated going down and tailgating in the yellow lot by myself, or even with my neighbor, and we couldā€™ve just social distance, but ultimately decided against it
 
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DHajekRC84

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Spartared said:
Last weekend my wife and I left the 4 walls of Sussex County and headed to the Zimmerli to take in a new exhibit.
I decided to get off I287 via River road and pulled off in front if the Stadium and stared at the entrance and upper deck for a minute

My wife told me that this crazy behavior
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Yes, given that the Zemmeri is main campus new Brunswick.. that's crazy. But nothing wrong with it lol.
 
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fsg2_rivals

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JayDogSmooth said:
During Covid, the Sports withdrawal was so bad that I debated going down and tailgating in the yellow lot by myself, or even with my neighbor, and we couldā€™ve just social distance, but ultimately decided against it
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I think you found the "weird" line.

Good on you for taking a long look but ultimately stepping back from the edge ; )
 
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JayDogSmooth

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fsg2 said:
I think you found the "weird" line.

Good on you for taking a long look but ultimately stepping back from the edge ; )
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Honestly, I probably wouldā€™ve done it, but my wife fortunately talked me out of it
 
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kupuna133

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JayDogSmooth said:
During Covid, the Sports withdrawal was so bad that I debated going down and tailgating in the yellow lot by myself, or even with my neighbor, and we couldā€™ve just social distance, but ultimately decided against it
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Funny you said that. We have a group that enters various walks polar bear plunges etcā€¦. We continued to do them during Covid without the ā€œofficialā€ designation. It was mostly about the ā€œtailgatingā€ experience. Whatā€™s interesting is we raised more money for the charities in these off event dates than we did prior years. Sport withdrawal lead to a flag football event. Game never happened because everyone was having too much of a good time tailgating.
 
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JerseyNoles

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kupuna133 said:
Funny you said that. We have a group that enters various walks polar bear plunges etcā€¦. We continued to do them during Covid without the ā€œofficialā€ designation. It was mostly about the ā€œtailgatingā€ experience. Whatā€™s interesting is we raised more money for the charities in these off event dates than we did prior years. Sport withdrawal lead to a flag football event. Game never happened because everyone was having too much of a good time tailgating.
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That's awesome!
I actually got the idea from the Browns fans who used to go to the stadium parking lot when the Ravens had home games, and Cleveland had no team for a few years, and tailgate

I was able to get my fix going to the Bleacher Bar in Boston to see the Sox play through the glass opening the last game of the season
Otherwise, I would have gone insane
 
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RUBubba

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One of my earliest memories is of my dad driving me past the RAC as it was under construction.

Nothing wrong with driving past and stopping at the stadium.
 
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knightfan7

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I don't think it's weird at all. Years ago I used to pass by maybe once every 2 weeks to check the expansion progress. On the rare occasions I go by now I always check it out.
 
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Ha ha I had this habit too. Pre Uber days, I would travel often for work with a rental car to examine real estate projects and had 100% flexibility in where I stayed. Would try to stay near a major university if the region had one and jog through the campus and run the football stadium steps.

Favorite is Stanford (weather helps) and strange thing was the number of Asian tour group visitors outnumbered the students on parts of the campus. Worst was West Virginia University. Depressing town and even more depressing state. Campus, like Rutgers, spread out over several smaller campuses.
 
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JerseyNoles

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DJ Spanky said:
Well, "fortunately" I don't think the wife would even try to talk me out of a blowout tailgate for the Spring Game (weather permitting of course), so I expect you to be there!
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I'll be there
We get back from Spring Break the week before, so hopefully I'll have a nice suntan and it'll be warmer than last year!
 
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dconifer0

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DJ Spanky said:
Thank you for the afternoon laugh!
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Glad to help.

I was in Maryland on Saturday. I was cruising along on 95 until I got to Laurel (about 15 miles north of College Park), where I got stuck in a traffic jam that cost a lot of time. I then went to Silver Spring (about 5-6 miles north of College Park, just off University Boulevard). After that I stopped on campus and caught the first half of the lacrosse game vs. Syracuse (Brrrr). That drive took me about 35 minutes. Then I drove to Bowie (my hometown, and home of Brian Ellerbe, 8-9 miles east of College Park), which took me over an hour. I demanded some Jack Daniel's as soon as I walked in the door.

There are cars everywhere. Trips that took just a few minutes when I was there now take an hour ( the weather was bad so it was probably worse than usual). So I can see why people are choosing less and less often to fight their way to College Park, when they could instead sit on their couch and watch the game on a huge TV screen. This is all anecdotal, but I'm guessing that's why attendance is so bad compared to the old days.

I know there are as many Terrapin fans as there ever were.

I finally got back to Atlantic City at about 10:30 p.m...

https://247sports.com/college/maryl...ter-poor-turnout-for-red-hot-terps-245821151/
 
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