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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2204694, member: 780"]
If Rutgers was Stanford or UCLA, I could appreciate their point about "Frozen Tundra". But they are not. The school is, from my perspective, is located in one of the least desirable places to live in the US.

The comparison was between New Brunswick and Syracuse summers. DC has nothing to do with it. And football players frequently go to Summer school so they do get to enjoy the Summers. And football practice starts before school does.

The best golf course in America might be in NJ, but no college student is ever going to play there. And you can find plenty of places to play golf in Upstate NY that a college student can actually afford.

NYC is close, as Schiano pointed out to kids from Florida, but he didn't tell them there is nothing there they can afford to do there. They might be able to wander around looking how people with a lot of money spend it.

When it comes to "Quality of Life" and overall environment (traffic, climate, dirt, crime, etc) Central and North Jersey have got to be right at the bottom.

So, if they want to insult SU, I'd recommend staying away from the climate or the surroundings (or the price because these kids are on scholarship).

My experience growing up in NJ was that no one actually wanted to go to Rutgers. And everyone who did, price was a major, major consideration.

There's no pride to the place. That's what Mulcahy wanted to do with a better sports program. He wanted to make RU a place that New Jersey people wanted to go to. It was a noble idea but so far it hasn't produced the desired result.
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