When it was announced Rutgers was going to join the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights (rightfully) became the butt of a lot of jokes.
But as it turns out, people in Columbus don't really know a whole lot about the school they were making fun of months ago.
Harvey Araton of The New York Times recently visited Columbus to find out just how much Ohio State fans know about the team they'll be facing today. They didn't do so hot.
You can read the full story here, but this is our favorite excerpt:
Despite warnings from Coach Urban Meyer not to take this week’s Big Ten opponent lightly, the Ohio State football community flunked its Rutgers pop quiz late Thursday afternoon. Some test scores were zero.
“It’s in New Jersey? I didn’t know, sorry,” said Adrienne Hennessy, a junior who added she would, as always, be in the student section Saturday at Ohio Stadium, known as The Horseshoe, for the Buckeyes’ first-ever meeting with Rutgers. Her face would be painted with her school’s colors, scarlet and gray.
Speaking of which, did she want to take a shot at the Rutgers’ team nickname?
“Um, is it the Nuggets?”
It looks like Rutgers may have a new nickname.
