I don’t have a problem with it. To me It’s kind of fun to be honest. I think two things can coexist. We could be bad, and we can make fun of Rutgers too. For those who recall back 20 or so years ago, Rutgers was nothing more than a team you laughed at. But Schiano made it personal with us, and their fans followed his lead. He was classless with negative recruiting and badmouthing of Syracuse , which I can tell you is 100% true and an obsession of his.
Rutgers always sucked, and no one, even here in Jersey, paid any attention to them. Then they got OK for a few years at football and their fans became insufferable, and they still are. Then they always sucked at basketball and then they had a pretty good team with Harper, Baker, etc. Then their fans became insufferable for basketball too. Then they got two of the top three recruits of the country, and became even more insufferable, (and they were all booking their trips to the final four too).
So while we were certainly not happy with the way this season went, they were devastated with theirs, because while we are cautiously optimistic as a fan base, they go all in with unrealistic expectations every year, in every sport. So when they crash and burn, it makes their losing that much more entertaining. (Remember their football team was supposed to be a “playoff team“ this year too. LOL.)
In the end, we won NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in soccer, cross country, and field hockey, just in the last few years, and certainly have a punchers chance in both men’s and women’s lacrosse this year. We have a long history of being above average in almost every sport. We have NFL Hall of Famer‘s and NBA legends, and the 2 greatest lacrosse players of all time. We always have something to celebrate or remember. Our campus in “Siberia“ is beautiful, and theirs is a dump.
They have nothing, zero, zilch. When they stop acting like they are something special, I will stop liking these threads.
Edit: they do have something, Louisville 19 years ago. As I understand it that is a HUGE deal. HaHa.
