Rutgers @ Wisconsin: Fri 11/11/22, 7 PM CT (BTN+)

[rainbowbadger]

Wisconsin vs. Rutgers

Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT

UW Field House Madison, Wisconsin

19-3, 13-1 Big Ten		8-18, 2-12 Big Ten

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Players to Watch

#13 - OH Sarah Franklin	#22 - OH Julia Orzoł	#18 - MB Danielle Hart	#10 - RS Devyn Robinson	#5 - L Shanel Bramschreiber
#4 - S Lauren DeLo	#12 - OH Taylor Humphrey	#16 - MB Kristina Grkovic	22 - OH Alissa Kinkella	#2 - L Madyson Chitty

History

The series: Wisconsin leads 12-0.
The streak: Rutgers has won 1 set ever against Wisconsin, on November 26, 2014.
Last Meeting: Wisconsin swept Rutgers on September 25, 2021 in New Brunswick.


Did you know…?

Rutgers was originally founded as Queen's College, the second-oldest pre-revolutionary university in New Jersey (the oldest is Princeton). At that time, Rutgers athletes were known as the Queensmen. In 1825 the university was given its current name, and a century later, the mascot was changed to the Chanticleer, a fighting rooster from the medieval fable Reynard the Fox, which was used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales.



Some were dissatisfied with this foul imagery surrounding Rutgers athletes. Football coach Harvey Harman summarized the issue: "You can call it the Chanticleer, you can call it a fighting cock, you can call it any damn thing you want, but everybody knows it's a chicken."



In 1955, the mascot was changed to the Scarlet Knight after a campus-wide election.

[nuclearbdgr]

In the early 80s, the Pail and Shovel party (UW student government) had a plank in its platform that the University of Wisconsin change its name to the University of New Jersey so it could be a prestigious eastern school.

[robtearle]

Nov 11, 2022 7:40:45 GMT -5 nuclearbdgr said:

In the early 80s, the Pail and Shovel party (UW student government) had a plank in its platform that the University of Wisconsin change its name to the University of New Jersey so it could be a prestigious eastern school.

And to make the New Jersey students feel more at home, they then kidnapped the Statue of Liberty by helicopter, and brought it to Madison. Unfortunately, in was too heavy for the ice on Lake Mendota, and it broke through nd sank into the lake. Photo at the link below.


www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2015/10/02/leon-varjian-famous-for-college-pranks-dies-age/Rzu6A8ADhabqWxtQgKYudI/story.html

(The prank cost about $4000 of "student segregated funds". And some in the student body were upset by the waste of money. So - $4000 and 40K students - they got $4000 worth of dimes and drove around campus, offering ten cent refunds to anyone who wanted one.)

(Adding, that article mentions their pink flamingos prank; real, actual 1979 photo of the pink flamingos prank at this link)

madisonstories.com/2009/09/02/where-can-i-buy-my-pink-plastic-flamingos-and-will-they-look-like-the-ones-on-bascom-hill/https://madisonstories.com/2009/09/02/where-can-i-buy-my-pink-plastic-flamingos-and-will-they-look-like-the-ones-on-bascom-hill/

[nuclearbdgr]

the book "If at all possible, involve a cow: the book of college pranks" by Steinberg has a nice section on that era of Wisconsin student government

[pull3]

who voted Knights sweep? Show yourself.

[badgerbreath]

Thanks rainbow. I needed that laugh.

[badgerbreath]

GG starts. CC still out.

[rainbowbadger]

Nov 11, 2022 9:29:49 GMT -5 nuclearbdgr said:

the book "If at all possible, involve a cow: the book of college pranks" by Steinberg has a nice section on that era of Wisconsin student government

Adding this to my reading list.

[badgerbreath]

15-7 UW. After a GG ace.

The badgers look a little better with GG in there.

Still not as solid on the block with Smrek in the middle.

[rainbowbadger]

21-9 after a Rutgers hitting error. Second time out.

[rainbowbadger]

Props to the dude in section A with the sign that reads “RU READY FOR THE DUNGEON.”

[badgerbreath]

21-9 UW after a Rutgers HE. TO Rutgers.

[badgerbreath]

Robinson really needs to work on these overpasses on the net.

25-13 UW.

[savannahbadger]

Well, that was easy. I think there were as many RU SE’s as there were RU points scored.

[rainbowbadger]

Saige Damrow introduced on the Jumbotron between sets.