Re: the school formerly known as queens college
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:12 pm
He doesn't get it.Rayburn wrote:No, QUEEN, to make it funny.lwjr wrote:Clean!
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He doesn't get it.Rayburn wrote:No, QUEEN, to make it funny.lwjr wrote:Clean!
Aaaaaaaaand scene!lwjr wrote:He doesn't get it.Rayburn wrote:No, QUEEN, to make it funny.lwjr wrote:Clean!
That is a cool piece of history to have. Glad we get to play y'all at least once. Sorry we are going to have to beat you, but not too sorry.HPNJRUfan wrote:Not just played, but beat Princeton 6-4 November 6th 1869 in New Brunswick.SMUPhil wrote:Rutgers played Princeton in the first intercollegiate football game, that's a pretty cool history to have. I think there's a manuscript somewhere that mentions the students left at halftime because the cell coverage was crappy.
Here is a photo of the Statute in front of the Stadium commemorating the event, the feet of which the players touch during the "Scarlet Walk" (and fans including myself touch for good luck on gameday):
MustangStealth wrote:
HPNJRUfan wrote:Not just played, but beat Princeton 6-4 November 6th 1869 in New Brunswick.SMUPhil wrote:Rutgers played Princeton in the first intercollegiate football game, that's a pretty cool history to have. I think there's a manuscript somewhere that mentions the students left at halftime because the cell coverage was crappy.
Here is a photo of the Statute in front of the Stadium commemorating the event, the feet of which the players touch during the "Scarlet Walk" (and fans including myself touch for good luck on gameday):
I'm aware that this was satirical - but, 6 "goals" to 4 in 1869 would be roughly equivalent to 42-28 today.birddogger wrote:"Neither team had a strong offense. Princeton fell to bottom of Bottom 10"
...while maintaining its #2 ranking.