No, you didn’t miss a late announcement. Rutgers football is not playing in any bowl game this year.
But, in an interesting twist of good public relations, Rutgers was very present at this year’s New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. Through some good fortune, I was able to go to the game on some comp tickets from an officiating friend. Great seats....for baseball. Second level, behind the first base dugout. The view for football, not so much.
But the story. First, we all probably know that at one time Syracuse had a sign at the House that Jeter built that read “New York’s College Team”.