Actually at one point, the GW team could have been called "Rutgers - Foggy Bottom", as the team featured me, Guy, John Rambo, Amy Kroll, Jeff Boulier (briefly a native) and Gary Greenbaum - all NJ natives. At GW practices from 1992-96, questions on Bruce Springsteen, organized crime, toxic chemicals and Uncle Floyd were NEVER missed. :) As for the lack of a New Jersey college quizbowl circuit (only Princeton has had a regular team in recent years, but Rutgers is trying), I think it partly has to do with the fact that many Jersey colleges have a reputation of being "commuter" schools, making it difficult to recruit interested students (Four of the five players on MSU's 1996-97 CBI team, if I remember correctly, were commuters). Having advised Montclair State's team in 1996-97, it was very hard to find students interested in doing quiz bowl full-time - of the 30-40 students who participated in CBI IM's - only 1-2 expressed interest in playing in non-CBI tourneys. As always, money plays a factor as well. There have been many NJ schools over the years who have appeared in Region 3 - Seton Hall, Ramapo, Essex CC, William Paterson and the College Formerly Known as Trenton State come to mind - but full-time quizbowl in NJ, outside Princeton and hopefully Rutgers, is almost non-existent. James
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