Painting the Town Scarlet
I just caught some of the insanity at Rutgers Thursday night on You Tube and I’m in shock. I don’t even follow sports 90% of the time and I’m disappointed to have missed what was the biggest game in my school’s history! Rutgers, for the first time, defeated a ranked team and is now in the running to play in the Bowl Championship Series. (Brian: Are you impressed that I know that?) Students camped out overnight at the Rutgers Stadium to snag one of the 10,500 tickets the university made available to our student body of roughly 30,000.
Rutgers pride has been in full force this week and I couldn’t be prouder. I heard Coach Schiano even made an appearance during the pre-game madness to hand out pizzas to students waiting in the mob for tickets. Just to briefly sum up the game, RU came back against Louisville at the end of the fourth quarter to win 28-25. Before the game ended, in fact, with one second left Rutgers fans rushed the field and they had to herd them back to the stands just so the game could finish.
@ RutgersFest last year (I really should start taking more pictures at school.)
The frenzied chaos in New Brunswick following the game, I heard, was unimaginable. Massive hoards of people partying and celebrating in the streets. I even saw a photo of the Empire State Building lit in black and scarlet—Rutgers pride transcended a state border! I can’t believe it. The game was shown live on ESPN around the country and, even though I couldn’t watch it on any of my five channels in the apartment, I was still proud for my school. This can only mean great things for Rutgers and I’m excited. There will be a renewed sense of pride on campus next semester and it’s going to be awesome.
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