Comments on: The Magical Suitcase; or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the RAC http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687 Your Home Away From Dome Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rutgers = Record Setters - Cuse Country http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-11582 Rutgers = Record Setters - Cuse Country Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:48:15 +0000 http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-11582 [...] twice purchased tickets to the RAC to see SU play Rutgers, I have ended up on the Rutgers Athletics email spam list. Today my inbox was graced with an email [...] [...] twice purchased tickets to the RAC to see SU play Rutgers, I have ended up on the Rutgers Athletics email spam list. Today my inbox was graced with an email [...]

]]> By: Daz http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-6322 Daz Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:13:06 +0000 http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-6322 The quote from the wise man ("What the shit are you talking about") comes two minutes in. Ah, Zoolander, gotta love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7WdkJm3H0&feature=PlayList&p=84244176E5DDB162&playnext=1&index=64 The quote from the wise man (”What the shit are you talking about”) comes two minutes in. Ah, Zoolander, gotta love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7WdkJm3H0&feature=PlayList&p=84244176E5DDB162&playnext=1&index=64

]]> By: Jer http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-6321 Jer Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:11:27 +0000 http://cusecountry.com/?p=1687#comment-6321 Ah, memories. As great as my last two trips to the RAC have been, our 2005 journey was certainly the most dramatic, on and off the court (as recounted in your post). I do need the historical record to be accurate, so here are a couple of adjustments to my role in the night. While I live in NYC now, at the time I was living in Philly, so I was taking NJ Transit (and SEPTA) from the other direction. And as much as I wish I could blame NJ Transit for not stopping in New Brunswick, I actually missed the stop (not realizing how close it was to Trenton). I believe it was Linden I ended up in, taking a $50 cab in order to show up to a game extremely late and finding us down double-digits. But, thanks to one of the most dramatic comebacks I have ever witnessed, it couldn't have turned out better. Since I'm sure everyone reading your post, Josh, couldn't help but wonder what became of the magical suitcase, I will continue. The suitcase has long since been donated to Goodwill, but I would like to think it was purchased by an SU alum living in West Philly and has found its way to the RAC in recent years. This year's trip to the RAC was a little different. The last two games in the RAC found us in the bleachers, but by the time we got our act together this year, the bleachers were sold out and they had just released tickets from the student section. What we found was a sea of orange in what should have been Rutgers' home base. Every time a 'Let's Go Orange' chant was started, it echoed around the stadium. The mundane 'R U' chant sounded like someone had unplugged the surround sound function on their speakers and sound was coming out in mono. One might say I shouldn't be too hard on the fans of a school that is not back in session until the 19th and was suffering through their 5th loss to a ranked opponent in a row, but considering 90% of the students who attend Rutgers are from Dirty Jersey, I would have thought they could rustle up the few hundred students it would take to fill up their student section. All I can say is that at least Rutgers has more fan support than St. John's will at their upcoming SU match in MSG. That can't even be considered a home game for the Red Storm. Ah, memories. As great as my last two trips to the RAC have been, our 2005 journey was certainly the most dramatic, on and off the court (as recounted in your post).

I do need the historical record to be accurate, so here are a couple of adjustments to my role in the night. While I live in NYC now, at the time I was living in Philly, so I was taking NJ Transit (and SEPTA) from the other direction. And as much as I wish I could blame NJ Transit for not stopping in New Brunswick, I actually missed the stop (not realizing how close it was to Trenton). I believe it was Linden I ended up in, taking a $50 cab in order to show up to a game extremely late and finding us down double-digits. But, thanks to one of the most dramatic comebacks I have ever witnessed, it couldn’t have turned out better.

Since I’m sure everyone reading your post, Josh, couldn’t help but wonder what became of the magical suitcase, I will continue. The suitcase has long since been donated to Goodwill, but I would like to think it was purchased by an SU alum living in West Philly and has found its way to the RAC in recent years.

This year’s trip to the RAC was a little different. The last two games in the RAC found us in the bleachers, but by the time we got our act together this year, the bleachers were sold out and they had just released tickets from the student section. What we found was a sea of orange in what should have been Rutgers’ home base. Every time a ‘Let’s Go Orange’ chant was started, it echoed around the stadium. The mundane ‘R U’ chant sounded like someone had unplugged the surround sound function on their speakers and sound was coming out in mono.

One might say I shouldn’t be too hard on the fans of a school that is not back in session until the 19th and was suffering through their 5th loss to a ranked opponent in a row, but considering 90% of the students who attend Rutgers are from Dirty Jersey, I would have thought they could rustle up the few hundred students it would take to fill up their student section. All I can say is that at least Rutgers has more fan support than St. John’s will at their upcoming SU match in MSG. That can’t even be considered a home game for the Red Storm.

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