Yeah it is a joke. I mean really, Rutgers plays football? OK maybe I am being harsh but they ARE not a NY team. They are from Piscataway New Jersey. A New Jersey team. In fact, my guess is there are more Notre Dame college football fans in NY than Rutgers fans. Maybe the Empire State Building should put the color of that up.
It's always been a pet peeve of mine when everything New York is assumed to be partially owned by NJ too. No. We are 2 different states. I have met plenty of NJ people and the first thing they tell me is how close to NYC they are. That's what they measure their coolness factor by...how close to Manhattan they live. It's like their litmus test of relevance. I don't care where in NJ it is though...even Hoboken. NJ is not the same state as NY. Tired of NJ trying to ride on the coattails of big brother NY. Get your own culture and prestige going.
I live in NJ and had nothing to do with the ESB putting Rutgers colors on it. I was rooting for Rutgers last night when the Johnnies game was over, but don't care if the RU colors are on the building. No need to project your thoughts onto the rest of us.
I'm with the poster who said we should call it St. John's whenever it's red.