Yes, I went back to the grease trucks. No, I didn't really need to do that. I apologize to you and my arteries.
Four years ago, when USF first came up to play Rutgers, we did our game advance story on the silliness that is the "Fat Sandwiches" on Rutgers campus. They call them the grease trucks, with ridiculous overstuffed sandwiches that one magazine touted as "arterial cluster****s" a while ago.
I went back in 2007, and felt a nostalgiac need to stop at College and Hamilton on Rutgers' campus in New Brunswick, across the river from the stadium here in Piscataway. When I first did the story in 2005, the sandwiches were just $4.50, and now they're $5.75, but plenty of food just the same.
The menu at the "RU Hungry" truck actually has a "Fat Bulls" sandwich -- combining cheesesteak, gyro meat, French fries, lettuce and white sauce -- and it's one of the more heart-healthy options on the menu. The Fat Phillipino -- their spelling, not mine -- has the same, but with chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks piled in, too.
Weather update here in Piscataway? It's cold, just under 50 degrees, with a 15 mph wind that could be a factor on kicks and punts tonight. It hasn't rained since I've been here and the field looks sharp.
Times sportswriter Greg Auman, who covers USF, will post news and thoughts on the Bulletin and we invite your participation in the comments area.
Dave, was telling somebody tonight that Primanti's has it beat ... and had like a 50-year head start ...
Posted by: G.A. | November 12, 2009 at 08:36 PM
Geesh! That "Fat Bulls" sandwich doesn't even sound that good right now. (Must still be full from supper).
Posted by: Cat | November 12, 2009 at 07:24 PM
Sounds awful.
Posted by: Ken | November 12, 2009 at 07:21 PM
It's not Primanti's...
Posted by: David Weber | November 12, 2009 at 07:11 PM
That's a puny little sandwich compared to the "Big Fat Ugly" sandwich they serve in Norman, Oklahoma and Champaign, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.
http://www.aldenteblog.com/2008/10/fat-sandwich-co.html
Posted by: Done with the Jim | November 12, 2009 at 07:01 PM
I am an alum living 10 minutes from the stadium and the 50 degrees is misleading. It is cold, windy and wet, not the kind of weather that Florida kids are going to like playing in. My son is at the game, as for me, I am watching on HD and lighting up the fireplace... I hope the weather isn't a factor.
Go Bulls!
Posted by: jerseybuc | November 12, 2009 at 06:32 PM