For Has She Not Stood, Since The Time of the Flood / On the Banks of the Old Raritan?

Congratulations are in order to the Scarlet Knights (4-0), who with a 56-7 win over Howard emerged today at #23 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls. They have not been in the top 25 since 1976. Thirty years ago. Our nation's bicentennial. Within a year of Gentleman Farmer arriving in D.C. with a full head of hair.

Think about it.

On the other coast, your humble correspondent's alma mater continues its run at perfection (0-4) after losing 36-10 at home to Washington State. Coverage from the SF Chronicle's Michelle Smith here. Incidentally, Michelle Smith, who also covers the 49ers and Stanford women's hoops, is a former 'journalistic' colleague of yours truly, if 'journalism' consists of sharing runny scrambled eggs in a Spokane hotel before a game in Pullman attended by 700 people.

[UPDATE by the Gentleman Farmer: You may wish to go HERE for the official words to the Rutgers alma mater, including offical glee club sound files. I must confess, however, that my favorite song is "Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers, the second verse of which goes:

Nobody ever died for dear old Rutgers,
Giving away your life would be extreme
When the coach says smash the Princeton line,
His reasoning is fine,
But it's no good for your spine,
So nobody ever died for dear old Rutgers
But there's a lot of valor on the team
You can get a little black and blue, but
Nobody ever died for Rutgers U.