“As a native NYer nobody gives a rats arse about Rutgers athletics. Probably the most popular college team in NY area is Notre Dame followed by Penn State.”
The Big 16, (formerly known as Big 10), thought NY’ers would love Rutgers if they admitted them. As someone not in the NY area, all I know is what I see from the media. My sense is the media is pimping Rutgers, and I assumed, (maybe mistakenly), that NY’ers were getting onboard with Rutgers.
No matter, I still hate them, and pull for whoever is playing them, even Michigan.
The only reason Rutgers got invited into the Big 10 = 16 was to force all cable subscribers in the NY metro to pony up for the Big 10 = 16 network.