The nuts and bolts of the story are the Rutgers AD, Pat Hobbs, was trying to calm students down at a tailgating event -- seemingly doing a pretty good job -- and someone handed him a beer, which he apparently tried to chug.
An of-age man, drinking a beer, and they shut the tailgate down. Interesting. I couldn't zoom in much on the video, but it looks like it was a Coors Light, so really, he was just chugging a water to calm students.
Of course, when it comes to the Rutgers athletic department, there's been nothing but shame of late. The old AD, Julie Hermann, was found to have mentally abused players and coaches in her past, all while Rutgers was facing allegations of failed drug tests within the athletic department. Mike Rice, the old men's basketball coach, was fired after video surfaced of him literally throwing basketballs at players (this caused Gilvydas Biruta to transfer to the good 'ol University of Rhode Island).
The coach who replaced Rice, Eddie Jordan, claimed he had a degree from the school, when in fact, he did not. Jordan was fired after posting a 29-68 record in three seasons, causing Danny Hurley to turn down a Big Ten program to stay in my godforsaken shanty town of Kingston, R.I.
Rutgers football also rose to "prominence" initially thanks to the prowess of one Ray Rice.
All this to say, while Hobbs literally did nothing wrong, it's a great reminder that the B1G chose Rutgers over UConn for inclusion into its prestigious league. Jim Delany, the B1G's commissioner, is almost as full of it as one Roger Goodell. Almost. Just check this story out from 2013.
I'm not even a big UConn fan per se, but if you can't admire what that basketball program -- both men's and women's -- has done, you're out of touch. I guess some UConn administrators have pissed off B1G and/or ACC officials, sort of like how Brad Zeigler has clearly done something to John Farrell to not warrant appearances in big spots? Who knows. All I know is that program deserves far, FAR better than the American Athletic Conference.
Then again, I'm not sure Rutgers is even worthy of the American. Until then, the Huskies must just keep fighting the good fight, hope the Big 12 comes calling, or wait for another round of greed and lust to go off.
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