November 9th
What a momentous night! Good old Rutgers U. beat the #3 ranked college football team in the country, Louisville, in a 28-25 upset. Undefeated Rutgers then moved up in the national rankings to #6, putting them in good standing for a national championship game. Though Rutgers University played in the very first college football game ever,versus Princeton back in 1866, they have had a losing tradition in football. Last year, they made their first bowl game in three decades, and their head coach, Greg Schiano has them on the road to repsectability and prominence.
Rutgers University is the state University of New Jersey. It was founded in 1766, originally called Queens College, later named for Revolutionary War hero Colonel Henry Rutgers.
The very first college football game I ever attended was back in the 70's, when Rutgers played Army at Giants Stadium. Lest I be accused of bandwagon hopping (as happens quite often to me) I am rooting for Rutgers to go all the way because I am a New Jersey native, but also because of personal connections to the school. One of my closest friends, and a fellow tour guide, Andy S. is a proud Rutgers grad. My youngest brother, Artie, and his bride Jennifer are both Rutgers graduates and had their wedding on campus at an historic Revolutionary war era chapel last year. Their wedding reception was one of the best I've ever been to, for many reasons, not the least of which being the fact that they served the famous "Fat Darrell" Rutgers grease truck sandwiches - which were ranked #1 one in the nation - as appetizers.
To mark the greatest win in Rutgers sports history, I am writing to some famous and distinguished Rutgers alumni. (James "Tony Soprano" Gandolfini is the most famous, but I already wrote a letter to him when the "Sopranos" debuted this year.)
Bernard Marcus - Home Depot founder
Barry Schuler - fomer AOL CEO
Chef Mario Batali
Avery Brooks - actor
Bill Bellamy - actor
Calista Flockhart - actor
Kristin Davis - actor
Roger Bart - actor
Janet Evanovich - author
Mark Ecko - designer
Judy Gold - comedian
Jeff Torborg - baseball player/manager
Rutgers University is the state University of New Jersey. It was founded in 1766, originally called Queens College, later named for Revolutionary War hero Colonel Henry Rutgers.
The very first college football game I ever attended was back in the 70's, when Rutgers played Army at Giants Stadium. Lest I be accused of bandwagon hopping (as happens quite often to me) I am rooting for Rutgers to go all the way because I am a New Jersey native, but also because of personal connections to the school. One of my closest friends, and a fellow tour guide, Andy S. is a proud Rutgers grad. My youngest brother, Artie, and his bride Jennifer are both Rutgers graduates and had their wedding on campus at an historic Revolutionary war era chapel last year. Their wedding reception was one of the best I've ever been to, for many reasons, not the least of which being the fact that they served the famous "Fat Darrell" Rutgers grease truck sandwiches - which were ranked #1 one in the nation - as appetizers.
To mark the greatest win in Rutgers sports history, I am writing to some famous and distinguished Rutgers alumni. (James "Tony Soprano" Gandolfini is the most famous, but I already wrote a letter to him when the "Sopranos" debuted this year.)
Bernard Marcus - Home Depot founder
Barry Schuler - fomer AOL CEO
Chef Mario Batali
Avery Brooks - actor
Bill Bellamy - actor
Calista Flockhart - actor
Kristin Davis - actor
Roger Bart - actor
Janet Evanovich - author
Mark Ecko - designer
Judy Gold - comedian
Jeff Torborg - baseball player/manager
posted by Chris Lucas | 3:15 AM
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