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Rutgers Isn't Just The Cradle Of College Football Anymore

By John RadcliffJul 7th 2008 – 6:10PM

Rutgers fans are very quick to remind you that their school hosted and won the first college football game. As well they should. It's an important distinction in this beautiful thing we call college football. The 1869 game between what is now Princeton and Rutgers was the first recorded instance of a football game being...

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  • 05/29/12 When does social drinking become binge drinking? Source: NBC - WDIV Local 4 - Detroit MI Binge drinking was often thought of as something college students do.
  • 01/17/12 Binge Drinking in the U.S. Source: Buncombe County Government - Asheville NC Did you know that one in six U.S. adults binge drink about four times a month and on average the largest number of drinks consumed is eight.

Background on binge drinking

Binge drinking or heavy episodic drinking is the modern epithet for drinking alcoholic beverages with the primary intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.

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