Why you ask?? Only because the the state of New Jersey is on top of the sports world. That's right, Rutgers defeated Louisville last night. Rutgers is now the only undefeated team in the Big East and is in position to play in a BCS Bowl game. Watching the game on TV was entertaining for a couple of reasons. First, it was a great game. Rutgers fell behind by 18 points in the first half, but battled back to win on a field goal with less that 20 seconds to go in the game. Secondly, the crowd was not only loud and exciting, but extremely funny to watch. They were obnoxious, unrelenting, and sang "We Will Rock You" word for word in unison. It was like a cross between the cast of the Sopranos and a Kevin Smith movie. I was just waiting for an announcement that Jackie Jr. and his crew had robbed the ticket office at halftime.
In all seriousness though, this was a huge win for the Rutgers program. They were a laughing stock five years ago and now they are on par with the top football programs in the nation. Their coach is focused on keeping New Jersey players at home and has the fanbase invigorated. At the moment they have a Heisman candidate at running back and a tremendously hard working defense. The Big East is a big winner as well. With Louisville, West Virginia, and Rutgers this conference now has three teams in top 15.
Do I think that Rutgers will run the table and make a BCS Bowl game? No. They have to go into West Virginia in a couple weeks and will not make it out of there undefeated. Rutgers is good, but it will be much tougher to win in Morgantown. The BCS Committee are very happy that Rutgers won and that the Big East will beat up on each other. Now they do not have to worry about putting a Big East team in the title game and can have a Big Ten team against an SEC team or possibly USC if they run the table.
I honestly am happy for Rutgers though. I shouldn't say for Rutgers, but for the metropolitan area. I have grown up in NYC and never had a bigtime college football team to care about. This is a pro sports town. With Rutgers though things could be changing and I welcome that. I will be up front on the NYC Rutgers bandwagon. Forget Ann Arbor, Lincoln, and Gainsville. Come to Piscataway and see if you make it out alive! No really, win or lose you very well end up sleepin with the fishes!
- JWS keeps commenting on the Knicks. I agree Lee should play more, but we need to give Frye a chance to get goin as well. Lee provides a lot, but he does not have the scoring touch of Frye. If Frye can get his game going then the Knicks would have two post players that teams would have to fear. As far as Francis...He is going to get a chance to start and play with Marbury still. So far it has not worked, but I doubt either of them are going anywhere so Isiah will continue to try and make it work. I really like Crawford and I see him getting a lot of minutes, but just not starting.
- My favorite Knicks....Crawford, Richardson, Lee, Balkman...And Nasty Nate half the time..
- Short post today....Got a busy day at work....Holler.
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