Great Film on the Rutgers/Princeton Cannon Wars

How long will it take before Maryland or Penn State establishes a rivalry with us as deep as the one between Rutgers and those pretentious rich assholes in orange?

Knights, Tigers, and Cannons. Oh My! (2012) from Zack Morrison on Vimeo.

Beat Temple!

A Scarlet Knights fan at the Rutgers Temple game
in the open-ended Rutgers Stadium on Halloween 1998.

In ten minutes I'll be over on Twitter at @BeatVisitor and watching this revived rivalry between the Cherry and White Temple Owls and the Scarlet and Black Rutgers Scarlet Knights on SNY.

Go Knights!

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Halftime Update: A very sloppy first half by the Scarlet Knights with penalties, dropped passes, and two turnovers. The Temple Owls are up by 10-0.
Rutgers can't rely on 3rd-quarter magic every week if they intend to stay undefeated.

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Final Update: With a final score of 35-10 and a complete domination of the second half offensively and defensively (Nova touchdown passes to Wright, Jamison, Harrison, and Jefferson, a fumble return by Greene and even a blocked punt thrown in for a little special team balance), Rutgers' #15 BCS ranking probably won't suffer any damage.

Rutgers vs. Princeton

This is not related to sports, but I was in the car over the weekend and heard the end of the "Nemeses" episode of This American Life, with this story, "A Tale of Two Jerseys" by Chris Gethard, which you can listen to at the 36 minute mark using the widget below, or read the transcript here.

Bring on that Prancing Leprechaun!

Click here to see who is on Rutgers' football schedule from 2010 through 2016 (at least).

I find it hard to imagine how big the Scarlet Knights/Fighting Irish rivalry could become. Even in their current diminished state, the Dames still have millions of followers in the New York/New Jersey area. It remains a lot easier to find someone wearing the ND than the block R around here, but it's changing fast. With a couple of more Rutgers bowl wins between now and 2010, Notre Dame fans might even find themselves outnumbered in a few (non-Irish) New Jersey bars.

I'm certainly not going to give up my season tickets for Rutgers Stadium (not that I was considering it anyway).


Bring on that prancing leprechaun!!