Hello and welcome to Stream Punk Sports. I'm Obe Spencer and this week we're going to focus on
college football. We're going to talk about the oldest school, the FBS, Rutgers. R-U-R-R
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Let's take a close look at RU's history. They have a career record of 657, 667, and 42
That's a 496 winning percentage, dating back to the Regency era, specifically November 6, 1869
The Rutgers' Queensmen beat the New Jersey Tigers, and now the Princeton Tigers, 6-4
Although it is considered college football, first game, it had 25 players on each side, more closely resembling football, even using a soccer ball
The first true football game with running and tackling didn't occur until 1875
Rutgers is 6 in bowl appearances Their first bowl appearance was 1978 The rest have come post Coach Graziano currently in his second stint with the team is responsible for five of those wins and six of those appearances
Rutgers has campuses up and down New Jersey, including Camden and Newark. The main campus
where the football team is about is in Piscataway. Bears coach Matt Nagy and Saints defensive back Malcolm Jenkins are both from
Piscataway, letting them go to Rutgers. Looking at the Etherweb, Two folks from New Jersey, Jason and Devin McCourtney, both are Rutgers alumni and they play football there
Before becoming the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers was a queensman. When picking a color, the student body was highly in favor of orange to represent the school's Dutch heritage
However, in 1869, the Daily Targum, the school's newspaper, suggested scarlet due to its striking color
And of course, a good scarlet ribbon is easily attainable. After Rutgers' 2014 quick lane bowl victory over North Carolina, they joined the Big Ten
Rutgers promptly recorded six straight losing seasons, going 20-57, while their record in
three of those seasons was 2-10 or worse. Well that's it for me today
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