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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 23894, member: 780"] Maybe, Bayside. I have never guaranteed it, but I do understand the history and the psychology of New Jersey. Rutgers football has very shallow roots and its an area that will support only winners and only winners on the biggest stage. They can easily slip back. There is no safety net of long time fans. It's a program nobody asked for. It was the brainchild of a few who asked, "Why not here?" They were drawing 20,000 to see Rutgers play teams like SU with MCNabb and VT with Vick. The attention they got in 2006 was in large part based on the story line of long time doormat has some success. You almost have to be trying to be bad to be as bad in as many sports as Rutgers has been over a very long history. If they don't get in the ACC or te Big Ten they are in real trouble. And they aren't Big Ten material and part of that is cultural. And the ACC bus is probably full. [/QUOTE]