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[QUOTE="Phillymoose, post: 699696, member: 254"]
We all appear delusional if we don't at least acknowledge that Michigan, tOSU, PSU et al coming to Piscataway will create major buzz in and around NYC.  Those games will be sellouts - and the local media will be all over it. 
 
One thing I'm uncertain of, however, is whether these games will move local TV ratings at all.  Would Michigan v RU in Piscataway be more of a local media draw then if @ the Big House?  Maybe the media coverage will increase the local interest and buzz.  Which brings me to my final point.
 
RU must be competitive for this to work.  They were competitive in the Big East, but only recently, and they played an EXTREMELY protected schedule.  If they get waxed early and often, they will fall to Indiana type football status quickly.  Then the local media will mock them - and the game will become nothing more than an excuse for real B1G alumns to get together, get drunk, and watch a beating.  If the B1G wants to take Manhattan, they really need RU to make those games interesting.  I have watched a lot of incredibly boring B1G football over the years - and it often included one of the big names vs. one of the lessers.  If this occurs, then the buzz will remain on the periphery of the City's consciousness.  Think BC in Boston.
 
The B1G is betting a lot on RU - and it is definitely ok to think this is an unwise gamble.  RU has over the years give us plenty of reason to think they will  this up.
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