I have this thing about getting big crowds at home. All the time. Regardless of the opponent.
I’m trying to get past that. Trying.
Rutgers drew 45,245 to HPSS last Saturday. That’s a bit over 86% capacity. Which, if you’re Purdue or Northwestern or even Minnesota, is a figure to be coveted. We were playing Howard (I still think it shouldn’t matter) and it was brutally hot (my friend is the TV coordinator at Rutgers; he said it was 147 degrees on the field). And a lot of people still yawn if it isn’t a top tier team.