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Post by bbk on Aug 12, 2019 19:25:56 GMT -5
I hope to be in the front row for a few of these matches.
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Post by hammer on Aug 12, 2019 19:39:44 GMT -5
By seasons end, Rutgers will have swept the Wolverines.
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Post by vbshrink on Aug 18, 2019 20:59:50 GMT -5
As a grad school alum and a former volunteer assistant there (waaaaaaay back in the day), seeing how bad RU has become has been dispiriting, to say the least. But the snobbery about Rutgers as a university is misplaced. It is a very solid school academically, and although I didn't really enjoy my time in New Brunswick very much, it was crystal clear to me that the vast majority of undergraduates really did. They always seemed to be pretty excited about their school, which -- considering how mediocre RU sports has historically been in everything outside soccer -- is pretty remarkable.
And despite all the alleged RU love, there is only one prediction for the Scarlet Knights in the "predict your team's regular season record" thread.
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Post by Kingsley on Aug 18, 2019 21:40:40 GMT -5
As a grad school alum and a former volunteer assistant there (waaaaaaay back in the day), seeing how bad RU has become has been dispiriting, to say the least. But the snobbery about Rutgers as a university is misplaced. It is a very solid school academically, and although I didn't really enjoy my time in New Brunswick very much, it was crystal clear to me that the vast majority of undergraduates really did. They always seemed to be pretty excited about their school, which -- considering how mediocre RU sports has historically been in everything outside soccer -- is pretty remarkable. And despite all the alleged RU love, there is only one prediction for the Scarlet Knights in the "predict your team's regular season record" thread. A lot of the support for Rutgers comes from fans of other Big 10 teams that are hoping for Rutgers to finally pick up another conference win. Just not against one's own team, of course.
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Post by vbjustice on Aug 18, 2019 22:19:23 GMT -5
The coach seems like a nice enough guy. But he’s tried this international recruiting thing from Eastern Europe for the last few years. Sorry to say it but if there isn’t decent improvement from him this year, RU needs to look at other options.
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Post by trojansc on Aug 18, 2019 23:41:39 GMT -5
The coach seems like a nice enough guy. But he’s tried this international recruiting thing from Eastern Europe for the last few years. Sorry to say it but if there isn’t decent improvement from him this year, RU needs to look at other options. Inna Balyko is the best thing that has happened to Rutgers in a long time.
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Post by vbjustice on Aug 19, 2019 3:15:37 GMT -5
Per IG photos looks like Lawson is not playing right now.
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Post by ilikecorn on Aug 19, 2019 10:13:19 GMT -5
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Post by bigfan on Aug 19, 2019 11:07:13 GMT -5
As a grad school alum and a former volunteer assistant there (waaaaaaay back in the day), seeing how bad RU has become has been dispiriting, to say the least. But the snobbery about Rutgers as a university is misplaced. It is a very solid school academically, and although I didn't really enjoy my time in New Brunswick very much, it was crystal clear to me that the vast majority of undergraduates really did. They always seemed to be pretty excited about their school, which -- considering how mediocre RU sports has historically been in everything outside soccer -- is pretty remarkable. And despite all the alleged RU love, there is only one prediction for the Scarlet Knights in the "predict your team's regular season record" thread. I started this htread and love Rutgers even though Julie Hermann tried to destroy it. We only get 3 picks in the regular season record and i used mine on Stanford, long Beach state and southern cal. If allowed more i would have picked Rutgers and NJIT.
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Post by vbshrink on Aug 19, 2019 12:09:36 GMT -5
I wasn't trying to call anyone out specifically, just express a little bit of skepticism about how much "love" there was for RU, in general. I get the sense (sort of like Kingsley pointed out) that a lot of it is the easy kind of affection you have for the "slow" distant cousin in the family.
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Post by volleyfan1994 on Aug 19, 2019 15:36:45 GMT -5
EIGHT of the 13 players on this year's RU roster come from overseas, namely Serbia and Russia. Does any other team have as many foreign recruits?
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Post by bigfan on Aug 19, 2019 15:40:03 GMT -5
EIGHT of the 13 players on this year's RU roster come from overseas, namely Serbia and Russia. Does any other team have as many foreign recruits? Arizona State
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Post by vbjustice on Aug 19, 2019 15:44:22 GMT -5
EIGHT of the 13 players on this year's RU roster come from overseas, namely Serbia and Russia. Does any other team have as many foreign recruits? Hofstra 10/16
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Post by redcard on Aug 19, 2019 16:26:39 GMT -5
EIGHT of the 13 players on this year's RU roster come from overseas, namely Serbia and Russia. Does any other team have as many foreign recruits? St John’s 8/14 Syracuse 7/14
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Post by eldorado on Aug 19, 2019 18:09:34 GMT -5
7 isn’t as many as 8. Just sayin
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