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Rutgers Wins Its Third Straight Bowl Game

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Yesterday Rutgers University won the PapaJohns.com Bowl beating North Carolina State 29 to 23 in Birmingham, Alabama! Way to go, Rutgers! I join the rest of New Jersey and the student body at Rutgers in saying that this year’s team has made us proud.

I was also glad to see that Freshman Joe Martinek did some respectable running at the end of the game to help Rutgers cinch it up. Martinek is from Hopatcong, which is right down the way from where I grew up so it’s always nice to see someone from the hometown area doing well.

So Rutgers finishes this season with an 8 - 5 record and a PapaJohns.com bowl victory. Not so bad for a team that started 1 - 5. Obviously, much credit needs to be given to guys like Mike Teel, but Greg Schiano has succeeded in building a resilient program at Rutgers. Any team that can come back from a 1 - 5 start and win a bowl game (even if it’s just the PapaJohns.com bowl) is doing something right.

And what’s the deal with that stupid name for a bowl game? The PapaJohns.com bowl? Couldn’t it just be the Papa John’s Bowl? Does is it have to be the “.com” bowl game? What crap!

Congratulations, again, Rutgers!

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An Update on Asbury Park’s Redevelopment

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

There is so much going on in the Asbury Park redevelopment that if you’re not paying attention, you may miss a whole lot. One of the nice folks at Madison Marquette (a major developer along the Asbury Park boardwalk) sent me a link to a YouTube video their firm put together that shows a lot of what is going on along the beach area.

This is a great look at all of the fun things going on in Asbury Park. Not only are there people back on the boardwalk, but businesses are back, too! Plus, they are operating year-round in some classic locations. The video is posted below for your review.

Looks like there is a lot going on over in Asbury Park, huh? Here’s hoping that more good things come to this city, which has waited a long time for rejuvenation.

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OMG - The Storm of the Century!

Friday, December 19th, 2008

It never fails - there is a report on the news about a winter storm getting ready to hit New Jersey and this state loses its mind. I can understand if you’re up in Sussex, Warren, Morris, or any of the other northern counties. But if you’re in the most highly populated parts of Mercer, Monmouth, or Ocean counties, then you need to calm down. We never get blasted with huge amounts of snow and if we do, the snow melts relatively quickly.

I remember growing up in Morris County when we would get massive snow storms where you would be snowed in for a few days. Since I’ve been down in eastern Monmouth County (almost 10 years now) we’ve only been snowed in for a prolonged period of time once. Heck, they get more snow out in Las Vegas than we get in eastern Monmouth County! Okay, maybe that’s a stretch…

One of my roommates works for Wegmans grocery store and he was saying how people were stocking up on all different types of groceries yesterday in anticipation of the coming snow storm. What folly! Folks, we live in eastern Monmouth County - we’re too close to the shore to have any significant, long lasting snowfall. Plus, most of the population in this area drive gigantic sport utility vehicles so you shouldn’t have many problems getting stuck in the snow!

But anyway, everyone be prepared because here comes another “storm of the Century!” Or at least a dusting of snow that scares the locals once again… :-)

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