I will take a stab at this. 95% of your fans were respectful and nice, the other 5% were ronny from Jersey Shore. I've never seen so many cops and security at a football game. I noticed there was 1 big fight in the stands and someone got carted off in an ambulance in the middle of the game. Must be common, there has to be a reason for all those cops. I was really surprised at how "big time" the atmosphere felt and the amount of fan support/tailgating there was. Your Visitors center is awesome. This was the nicest Ohio pre-game event I have been to. Really liked your stadium, big yet somewhat intimate feel. Stadium scoreboard is very nice as well. Parking situation wasnt great, we lucked out but I know alot of people had to wait for shuttles. Impressive dance team and cheerleading squad. Surprisingly decent talent from the co-eds in the stands too.

Well, we found the Rutgers fans very friendly.  In fact, my wife and I were invited into a tailgate right near the stadium and offered food and beverages.  We had a nice talk with these fans for about 20 minutes before going into the stadium.  We had some good spirited but very friendly discussions about the strengths and weaknesses of both teams.  As we left one fan said to us as friendly joke, given the recent conference shuffling, "We'll see you in a few years in the MAC Championship game."  We talked to these same fans briefly on our way back to the shuttles.  They were very nice and wished us well in the MAC and praised our offensive and our QB.  I told them that you just can't win games with the kind turnovers and penalties that we had.  They nodded in agreement.  Overall, we had a very good fan experience in NJ, and I would love to see us sign a 1-1 with Rutgers and have them come to Athens sometime.  I'll be rooting for you guys the rest of the way. 

I had a great time at the game. We stopped at the grease trucks on the other side of the river before the game. It was every bit as disgusting and delicious as I anticipated. Saw a couple other Ohio fans there as well.  Lots of RU students, but surprisingly none of them said anything to us there. Maybe they respect us for seeking out their tradition.

Talked to a couple fans in the parking lot when we realized we forgot a bottle opener. They were very friendly.  Got booed by a few groups as we walked to the stadium (a nice little hike from the UMDNJ lots), but that's to be expected. Nobody was out of line about it.

Really impressed with the stadium. Loved the score board. Great atmosphere for a college football game. The lots closest to the stadium seemed to have some serious tailgaters. Way more than I thought I'd see.

Sat right in front of this crazy loud RU fan in section 111. He said at the beginning that he was going to be loud, but not vulgar, and he kept his word the entire game.  Talked to him and his friends throughout the game and they were all really nice.  They were really impressed with Tettleton.  They kept praising us and RU for being clean programs and talking more smack about O$U and Tressel than Ohio.  At the end they wished us luck in the MAC and said we might see them there in a couple years.

Only negative things I can think of are a bad funnel cake and the band. But I'm so used to the 110 that every other band sounds like crap.

Two things here. The reason for so many cops is 9/11. Since then things changed with security at the stadium and big crowds. It's just the world we live in here by NYC, I don't even notice it. As far as the ambulance, there was no fight. A man had a heart attack and it was serious. Defribulator, manual compressions etc. A Bobcat cheerleader even hopped into the stands at first to try an assist with CPR. 

695, The cannon guys were attired in Revolutinary War gear. :-) We were very close to them. My wife was very annoyed. It didn't bother me at all, except what it usually signified.

We had a nice weekend in your area except for the game outcome. Fans and staff at the stadium were very friendly and helpful. We stayed at the Tri Towers Hilton and found great accomodations and some fun area restaurants.
I would come back for sure if we ever have Rutgers on our schedule again. Good luck the rest of your season

We just got back this evening. Other than it being too short a weekend, it was a good trip. Would have liked to do more sightseeing.

Pretty much everyone we came in contact with were very friendly.

We went to the grease truck that was on the Man vs food show, and it was not too great, just novelty... But after the game, we had dinner at the Ale House in New Brunswick, which was great. They also had a nice selection of beers, most that I hadn't seen in Ohio.

The alumni center building was very nice. Probably the nicest Bobcat Bash I've been to. Saw a lot of new faces as well as a lot of the familiar ones that made the long trip to NJ. It was nice to see some of the folks from other parts of the country you only see a couple times a year.

The game was so-so. We were in it, and just couldn't afford to make the mistakes we made. Missed opportunities. That, and the fact that Carrie got hurt and he was our only chance at containing Sanu. That guy was too big for the rest. I thought the cannon was pretty cool. But it was so loud that it would startle you even if you were watching it and saw it coming(and unfortunately we heard it too much). One thing I noticed that Rutgers did to combat the no huddle offense was to blast the music all the way up to the snap. Not sure what is allowed/proper, but I know it didn't seem normal to me.

Dance team. Awesome.

The stadium was pretty nice. From one side on the outside, I thought it looked pretty old. However driving back, we passed another side of the stadium that looked a lot newer. Like someone else said, they have a very nice video board. Those really enhance the experience, Ohio is really lacking in that department. They also had a pretty nice highlight segment on all of the players in NFL from Rutgers. I hadn't heard of a few of them, but I was surprised there were so many pros from RU! I'm guessing that stadium will be rocking vs Pitt & WVU.

One last thing I noticed about the day was that the students seemed to be having a blast. They were doing lots to keep students involved, and putting them up on the video board. I think OU people in charge of gameday ops could learn something by attending a Rutgers game and seeing how they do it, because I was impressed. Might keep a few more students past halftime (although their student section did dwindle somewhat in the 3rd Q also).

ben

Ben--What do you think of the Rutgers team?  How good are they? 

Did I hear correctly that their split the pot was almost 15k?