(so its not going under the cut tonight-will adjust later!!!)
Just a quick shout out to say GO RUTGERS!!!! Tonight at 7:30 on ESPN they are playing Louieville and its a HUGE HUGE game-everything around here is Rutgers Red tonight! Even the Empire State Building!!
Click here to see:
http://www.esbnyc.com/index2.cfm?CFID=19677151&CFTOKEN=57312924Roll your mouse over the red top and you will see it say Go Rutgers!
Its such a huge game and will be wonderful for the college and this area. The police are using Ben's work as a mobile police station after the shop closes at 10pm tonight! People began tailgating at noon!
So PLEASE -even if you dont want to watch-GO RUTGERS!!!
“Scarlet Fever” Spreads to Empire State Building
NEW YORK, N.Y. - With the national college football world converging on the Rutgers campus in anticipation of Thursday's showdown between the 14th-ranked Scarlet Knights and No. 3 Louisville, the rush of excitement and "Scarlet Fever" has reached the Empire State Building as one of the world's most famous office buildings. The Building's iconic tower will be lit in "Scarlet" Thursday evening.
Rutgers is 8-0 and ranked 14th nationally, its highest ranking in school history. The Scarlet Knights are off to their best start in 30 years and ranked 13th in the BCS Standings.
The Empire State Building's tower lights are frequently referenced by line-of-sight residents in neighboring New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The Empire State Building has 103 floors and has a total height of 1,454 feet.
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Students Camp Out in “Schianoville”
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers student section ticket allotment of 10,500 seats were distributed in just four hours Tuesday morning at the Student Ticket Gate at Rutgers Stadium. More than 1,000 Rutgers students camped out overnight outside Rutgers Stadium in anticipation of Tuesday morning's student ticket distribution for Thursday night's BIG EAST showdown between No. 14 Rutgers and No. 3 Louisville.
When ticket distribution commenced at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, the line had grown to over 5,000 students, stretching halfway around the stadium's perimeter.
Head coach Greg Schiano greeted the students in line late Monday evening, handing out 50 pizzas to the enthusiastic supporters, igniting several Rutgers chants.