3:30 was also expected since BTN doesn't like competition with OSU/UM
Yes. It would be embarrassing if the enormous New York audience that Rutgers brings to the table favored our game over OSU/UM. Hell, the whole East Coast would prefer us to them.
"In the Gilded Big Ten, Rutgers is Still a Have-Not"
From the New York Times:
Schiano has met with the Rutgers board of governors, according to NJ.com, arriving with a set of demands that included a new practice facility. The website also reported that Schiano met with Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey. Ohio State’s athletic director, Gene Smith, said on Saturday that he was asked by Hobbs in August if Ohio State had turned up any evidence that Schiano, when he was an assistant at Penn State, had been aware of sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky.
Smith said he told Hobbs “there was nothing there.”
The former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary said in a 2015 court deposition that another assistant had told him Schiano witnessed Sandusky assaulting a boy in the shower. Schiano has denied knowing about any abuse by Sandusky, but protests by fans over McQueary’s deposition prompted Tennessee to withdraw a job offer to Schiano in 2017.
Smith, the Ohio State athletic director, said it was possible for Rutgers to be competitive in the Big Ten, in the way Northwestern and Minnesota have been in the last two seasons. “This is an environment where it can be done,” he said. “It’s just finding the right leader.” It would also require funding the maximum five strength and conditioning coaches and having a robust social media department to help recruiting.
I'd love to know what exactly "Gene" and all his cronies did to "turn up" any evidence on Schiano... ... "Gene" .... I can't even with both our neighbors. Throw in the Twerps while we're at it.. WE NEED THIS ONE SATURDAY. LET'S GO