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Message: [QUOTE="LeMoyneCuse, post: 699657, member: 158"] You're making an awful lot of assumptions here. While it's logical to assume that a better schedule will bring more people in to the fold, it's illogical to assume that those casual fans will be converted into diehards. If Rutgers doesn't win in the Big 10 right out of the gate (and many of us assume they won't), those casual fans are going to disappear. Quickly. It's also illogical to assume that playing a docket of better teams will generate a buzz. Syracuse fans are expecting a bigger interest when Clemson and Florida State come to town. No one is assuming packed houses for Duke, Wake Forest, etc. The same can be said for Rutgers. While there will be interest/excitement for Michigan, Ohio State, and maybe Penn State no one will go out of their way to see Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota, Purdue, Maryland, and even Wisconsin. You're assuming that there will sellouts game in and game out. Rutgers may be drawing well now. But you're assuming a move to the Big 10 will create an organic football culture that Rutgers has liked for 140+ years. You're expecting the banks of the Raritan to turn into Happy Valley on football Saturdays because of a conference switch? Not likely. You're also assuming the Rutgers stadium will be expanded once again. Aren't they still paying out the nose for the last expansion. Your other comment about the games being on TV in NY/NJ. Am I missing something? Were Rutgers games previously blacked out/unavailable in its own home market? If so, that makes my point even more clear. If people in NJ didn't care about Rutgers enough to demand it on TV before, why will they care now? If they were already available, what difference will it make if the game is on TV or not? The exposure has already been there. [/QUOTE]

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