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The Hoosiers' Comprehensive Guide to Refuting Purdue Fans
The intent of this article is to shed light on, refute or plainly trivialize Purdue memes that are incredibly inaccurate. The rivalry has a ton of chatter from both sides, but it appears that Purdue's side has less of a leg to stand on when it comes to historical comparisons, inferiority complexes...
The Longest November
The following post is a modified and truncated version of a future column covering the history of Rutgers athletics from 1997 to the present. ''I'm looking forward to the challenge. I understand it is a challenge and a hot seat is involved. You don't have to keep reminding me. My career is about...
A Walk on the Banks, pt. 2
A beginner’s guide to the history of Rutgers and its football program. This entry is largely concerned with the period from 1979 to 1996. With Syracuse playing Penn State this weekend (giving the press another opportunity to open old wounds), I figured this would be a timely opportunity to...
A Walk on the Banks, pt. 1
A beginner's guide to the history of Rutgers and its football program. The history of Rutgers is the history of disappointment and poverty. In 1674, as a result of the third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch ceded their colony of New Netherlands to the English. In 1746, those limeys created Princeton...
It was 40 years ago today
We here at TheUConnBlog strive to cover every aspect of UConn sports. However, seeing as Jim Calhoun has a longer tenure at UConn than any of us have on this earth, we are not exactly experts on UConn's history. So whenever we want to travel back in time, we dip into the bullpen and bring in Robert...
It's a Great Day in Bulldog Nation: Three Reasons to Celebrate This Date in University of Georgia History
Today, January 27, represents a momentous date in the history of the University of Georgia, for three reasons. On this date in 1785, the Georgia General Assembly became the first American legislature to charter a state university. The 224th anniversary of the birth of the University of Georgia...
Fear of Heights
It was a bit embarrassing, or at least I thought so, when The State took up two thirds of its sports page Monday to hail the No. 7 Gamecocks.The reason was something along the lines of "act like you've been there before." Granted, the Gamecocks have rarely been "there" -- that is, in the Top 10 --...
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