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Rutgers University to Leave Big East, Join Big Ten Conference

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PARK RIDGE, IL (AP) -- Rutgers University, the flagship school of the state of New Jersey, has reached an agreement with the Big Ten Conference to become its twelfth member institution.  Rutgers will leave the Big East Conference, its home for academics and athletics for the past eighteen years, effective August 1, 2010.

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"Rutgers brings a long history of excellence to the table.," said Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delaney. "They were a part of the first football game ever (in 1869), a game that Joe Paterno has personally assured me was well-played by the Scarlet Knights.  We're very proud to have them as the newest member of the Big Ten Conference."

Since beginning their conference affiliation with the Big East in 1991, Rutgers has failed to win a conference championship in either football or basketball.  In fact, it was not until 2005 that they first posted a winning conference record (in football). 

"Also, we're pretty sure they have a basketball program,"  Delaney continued.  "Though, if anyone has any more solid information on this, we'd appreciate a call to the Big Ten office.  We're offering a $100 reward to the first person who can positively identify a Rutgers basketball player or coach, past or present."

The Associated Press is able to confirm that Rutgers does, in fact, possess a basketball program.  Though details are sketchy, it seems as if they also compete in the Big East and have compiled a total of eight conference wins in the past three years.

When reached for comment, Big East Conference commissioner Mike Tranghese was less than upset over the departure.  "Sure, they won the first football game ever, but have they won one since?  Well, of course they have -- but you paused and thought about it, didn't you?  See, that's Rutgers football for you."

 

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by KENH on May 26, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

slow news day?

The dastardly JoePa strikes again!

by phucoffaholic on May 26, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions  

should be wvu. if the program is ever going to get the recognition it deserves it needs to bail outta the big east

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by oldtimehockey09 on May 26, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions  

WVU and the Big 10/1 will not happen any time soon

…based on what I’ve read because of WVU’s academic standing/standards (what exactly that means, I’m not sure) from what I’ve consistently read over the years

by WVUIE97 on May 27, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

WTF! Why are ESPN analyst suggesting Rutger or Syracuse to the big televen. It will never happen but I think those losers would fit in well in that conference.

Big Televen is winless in their last 6 BCS games. They also have the least amount of bowl wins for a BCS conference in the last 10 years. Why would anybody want to go to the big ten. All you get is bowl beat downs and a regular season full of nail biters against the entire MAC conference.

No way in hell Notre Dame loses out on that tv money. WVU should stay put and continue the domination.

by Nasty Nati on May 27, 2009 1:01 AM EDT reply actions  

domination yes. but because of the knuckleheads at espn touting how faboulus the SEC big 11, big 12, and pac 10 are its hard to pull recruits. kids dont know any better. some kids just want to play at a school that is in one of those conferances.

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by oldtimehockey09 on May 27, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions  

Rutgers leaving

When Penn State joined the Big Ten – the name shoud have been “The Big Ten and Me too” – and they have been nothing since. Their alums complain its no fun anymore for out of town games due to the long travel time. Rutgers will join them and take their place to be another school in that conference which late Atlanta Journal columnist, Lewis Grizzard, described as “two mules fighting over a turnip”. Boring.

by atlpowderhorn on May 30, 2009 8:53 AM EDT reply actions  

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