The weekend before Thanksgiving is known as Alumni Weekend at Syracuse University. Many of the the alumni come and visit the campus while several clubs and organizations plan events. One such club has a very unique tradition and that is the Syracuse Hammerheads.
The Syracuse Hammerheads is the rugby club. Every year they have an alumni game in which the current team plays a team comprised of alumni, some of which graduated back in the 70s. Coach Bob Wilson tells us " It give a chance for alumni to come visit and see how the club is doing."
Although this game is for fun, the alumni have a reputation to up hold. Current rugger Tyler Rowell or "Scruffy" tells us "We have a losing streak of pretty much forever against the alumni." He does later attest that the reason they have lost so many times is because the ref for the games is usually a coach who is also playing for the alumni side. On occasion the penalty calls can stretch from shorts looking to nice to throwing a pass too well.
Regard of the final score the real point to the game is to bring the generations together to enjoy one last rugby game of the year.
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