Interesting facts about your school

[jwoods9]

I must disagree with the person who stated their University is the 9th oldest and was established in the 1740's.....

- Rutgers is the 8th oldest University in what is now the U.S. and was established in 1766....

- The first intercollegiate football game was "On the Banks" between Rugers and Princetons....guess who won???

- The Ivy League was started as a football league between some of the oldest universities....apparently a comment was made that it was more entertaining watching the ivy grow on the walls than watch the games....Rutgers never attained full membership once the Ivy League became official b/c by that time it had become a state school.

- Rutgers used to be "Queens College" before the Revolution...our sister school was "Kings College" now known as Columbia University

- Rutgers has the 2nd largest bus system in the nation (Disney World is #1)

- We have an ongoing rivalry with Princeton with our cannons...apparently there was some mischief and misunderstanding and a lot of stealing of cannons. To solve the problem, both schools have matching cannons buried face down in concrete on their campuses....each year some Knights go down to Princetown and paint their cannon scarlet....or cover it in ketchup....whichever works best at the time...

- Grease trucks.....the Fat Darrel was named the Best Sandwich of 2004, I forget by whom....and you can only find it on The Banks...nothing like a Fat Anything at 2 in the morning...

I've got a million, but I'll stop at that for now...