Using the word \u201cever\u201d in a sports column, generally speaking, is a bad idea. We\u2019ve been playing these games for a very long time, after all. To suggest that something \u2014 anything \u2014 is unprecedented in sports is to invite challenges from knowledgable readers. <\/p>\n
And it is especially difficult to use that word with the Rutgers<\/a> football program, which participated in the first intercollegiate game. You think any setback this century is bad? Well, just ask the boys how they felt about that 82-0 loss to Princeton back in \u201888 \u2014 1888, that is \u2014 or maybe their great, great grandkids. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Using the word \u201cever\u201d in a sports column, generally speaking, is a bad idea. We\u2019ve been playing these…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":294531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[2871,1318,65253,1317,1315,1316,14149,62,67,132,68,26109,150621],"class_list":{"0":"post-294530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-huskies","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-rutgers","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-uw","20":"tag-wpresize"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115355316662322906","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}