Rutgers is not in a bowl, but since college football is so great; inevitably while tuning in with family around the holidays I will be asked who I am rooting for. Or if you need to convince your spouse why you absolutely can’t run errands, wrap gifts, or cuddle by the fire because of an important football game, here is your ammunition. There won’t be any “Upstream Maroon team” chants when B1G foe Minnesota takes on Washington State in the Holiday Bowl but that doesn’t mean you or I can’t have a rooting interest.
Just so we have *general* rules like the college football playoff committee:
- Root for your conference, the B1G!