2007 Navy vs. Rutgers

GreatAmerican
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:30:08 +0000

Booing military schools unacceptable
by Tom Luicci
Monday September 10, 2007, 4:00 PM

It’s hard to be too critical of Rutgers fans with the way they have turned out in record numbers lately, but there is one reason to be: Whoever among them booed lustily when the Navy players came onto the field on Friday night should be sentenced to a week in Iraq.

The noise was clearly audible, and that’s a shame. Booing college opponents is acceptable with three exceptions: Army, Navy and Air Force. Whatever your feelings are on the war, those are the men who will put their lives on the line for us after they finish college. If anything, they deserve a standing ovation whenever they take the field. Wanting to beat them is one thing; booing them is a disgrace.