There were not 51,000 people at the game in Piscataway on Saturday. There were big areas of fans disguised as empty seats in both endzones - especially the upper corners of the north endzone - and a bunch upstairs. Rutgers may have sold that many seats, but they weren’t used. And if they were, most were empty somewhere around 9:30.
It was a lousy night...across the board. Cold rain, temps that dropped about 20 degrees from just before kickoff to halftime. I honestly can’t blame anyone for bailing. And, of course, there was the play on the field that didn’t help.