It was a major announcement that Rutgers football was getting a revamping of its practice fields. No more erratic sprinklers. No more tilted telephone poles holding the lights. We were going state of the art.
The construction, made possible by a gift by Jeff and Amy Towers - and named for former Rutgers player and now-athletic fundraiser Marco Battaglia - is well underway adjacent to the stadium.
Back on May 22, the RU Operations folks tweeted what things looked like then.
A month later, and you can see the progress as the brick work continues.
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If Pat Hobbs does one thing during any construction, I beg him - be-e-e-e-e-eg him - to stop with the chainlink fencing and cheap appearances.