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ESPN Zone NYC has been closed for a while. They must go somewhere else in the city now.
I get that it is in RU's best interests to push its "proximity" to NYC. And I would assume that fans of opposing teams are going to stay in NYC hotels when going to a game at RU. (After all, why stay in a NJ hotel on your visit when you are so "close" to NYC?) But I think that those visiting fans are going to find out the hard way that staying in NYC is going to be a bitch when you are trying to get to the game in NJ.
Below is the NJ Transit rail schedule for 9/6, which is the date of RU's first home game against Howard. Fans are, firstly, going to have to get to Penn Station from their hotel. Then they have to take an hour-long train ride to get to New Brunswick, then take a cab to the stadium. It's almost not worth the time.
Would you suggest that fans of opposing teams who are coming to the Dome should stay in Binghamton? Of course not. But that's nearly the equivalent of what visiting fans are going to have to do when going to a game at RU.
Origin
Departure
Destination
Arrival
Total Travel
Time
05:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #781306:11 AM57 minutes
06:13 AM
Northeast Corridor #781707:13 AM60 minutes
07:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782108:11 AM57 minutes
08:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782509:11 AM57 minutes
09:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782910:11 AM57 minutes
10:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #783311:11 AM57 minutes
11:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #783712:11 PM57 minutes
12:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784101:11 PM57 minutes
01:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784502:11 PM57 minutes
01:55 PM
Northeast Corridor #784702:48 PM53 minutes
02:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784903:11 PM57 minutes
02:55 PM
Northeast Corridor #785103:49 PM54 minutes
03:15 PM
Northeast Corridor #785304:12 PM57 minutes
03:52 PM
Northeast Corridor #785504:45 PM53 minutes
04:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #785705:13 PM59 minutes
ESPN Zone NYC has been closed for a while. They must go somewhere else in the city now.
ESPN Zone NYC has been closed for a while. They must go somewhere else in the city now.
38 miles from The City That Never Sleeps, Rutgers goes B1G
Toward the end of the proceedings, when head football coach Kyle Flood took the stage, he led the crowd in a chant of "R" and "U," urging the fans to be loud enough that their neighbors to the South and West could hear them. New York City was 38 miles to his East. Nobody in the crowd seemed to notice the omission.
Pandemonium in Piscataway. Does anyone outside of Piscataway even remember (O.K. Louisville probably cringes over that game)?
Running the same Ads on the top of taxis for the last 10 years it seems.Flashdancers?
I made it to 1:31 and decided that's enough since their moment in the sun only lasted about that long
Pandemonium in Piscataway. Does anyone outside of Piscataway even remember (O.K. Louisville probably cringes over that game)?
Their highlights are all about the near misses. When they mention Rutger's Big East Championship, the conveniently leave out the fact that it was shared with three other teams, and the fact that it was their first Big East Championship. Even when they polish this turd, it still doesn't shine and it still stinks!
O.K., I'm done. I've seen pee wee football with better highlights and covering a shorter span of time, but I will let Rutgers have their moment in the sun.
It is the game that brought college football to New York City. The battle of two football titans.Of course, it was one of the great moments in sports history. Who could forget that night? Maybe the biggest college football game ever.
I watched the whole thing, just to see how they would spin their recent "success." What jumps out at you is that there really isn't much there. Yes, a run of bowls, but really over less than 10 years, and never an outright title. The signature wins in the modern era are that ones over Louisville (been there, done that) and the Texas Bowl (been there done that.) They claim we are so inferior, yet we could fill the 10 minutes of video with more real accomplishments.
I watched the whole thing, just to see how they would spin their recent "success." What jumps out at you is that there really isn't much there. Yes, a run of bowls, but really over less than 10 years, and never an outright title. The signature wins in the modern era are that ones over Louisville (been there, done that) and the Texas Bowl (been there done that.) They claim we are so inferior, yet we could fill the 10 minutes of video with more real accomplishments.
We need to add the Texas Bowl, win over Louisville and share of the Big East title.
I get that it is in RU's best interests to push its "proximity" to NYC. And I would assume that fans of opposing teams are going to stay in NYC hotels when going to a game at RU. (After all, why stay in a NJ hotel on your visit when you are so "close" to NYC?) But I think that those visiting fans are going to find out the hard way that staying in NYC is going to be a bitch when you are trying to get to the game in NJ.
Below is the NJ Transit rail schedule for 9/6, which is the date of RU's first home game against Howard. Fans are, firstly, going to have to get to Penn Station from their hotel. Then they have to take an hour-long train ride to get to New Brunswick, then take a cab to the stadium. It's almost not worth the time.
Would you suggest that fans of opposing teams who are coming to the Dome should stay in Binghamton? Of course not. But that's nearly the equivalent of what visiting fans are going to have to do when going to a game at RU.
Origin
Departure
Destination
Arrival
Total Travel
Time
05:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #781306:11 AM57 minutes
06:13 AM
Northeast Corridor #781707:13 AM60 minutes
07:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782108:11 AM57 minutes
08:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782509:11 AM57 minutes
09:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #782910:11 AM57 minutes
10:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #783311:11 AM57 minutes
11:14 AM
Northeast Corridor #783712:11 PM57 minutes
12:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784101:11 PM57 minutes
01:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784502:11 PM57 minutes
01:55 PM
Northeast Corridor #784702:48 PM53 minutes
02:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #784903:11 PM57 minutes
02:55 PM
Northeast Corridor #785103:49 PM54 minutes
03:15 PM
Northeast Corridor #785304:12 PM57 minutes
03:52 PM
Northeast Corridor #785504:45 PM53 minutes
04:14 PM
Northeast Corridor #785705:13 PM59 minutes
Of course, it was one of the great moments in sports history. Who could forget that night? Maybe the biggest college football game ever.
It was a seminal moment... a mass of absolutely moronic, college football know-nothing fans congealed to solidify the dumbest fanbase is D1A football history...
Instant legends built of the shoulders of a snake oil salesman... match made in heaven for north jersey, tbh...
And of course, this can never get enough airpaly:
http://videos.sportsgrid.com/video/mike-francesa-podcast-mp4/player?layout=&read_more=1" width="416" height="365" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"
Did anyone catch this interview Sean Keely did with BlackShoeDiaries (PSU blog) about Rutgers? Was quite funny as I am a local as well.
http://www.blackshoediaries.com/201...g-ten-football-basketball-penn-state-syracuse