Johnny Langan has been known around the Rutgers football team as ‘Johnny Offense,’ given his versatility around the program. But it might be time to start calling him ‘Jersey Johnny’ instead.
Such is the love that Langan, a senior tight end, has for Rutgers and his home state of New Jersey.
In an interview with NBC Sports’ Matt Cassell during Big Ten Media Days, Langan was asked a series of questions to survey his thoughts about the Big Ten. His first question was about the top uniform in the conference, and he said that the Rutgers black-out uniforms were the best.
Two questions later, Langan was asked to give the best student section in the Big Ten.
“I have to go with the Scarlet Knights again. They show up every week, they bring the energy,” Langan told NBC Sports.
“Just great to have them on our side.”
He was then asked by Cassel to name the worst visiting locker rooms in the Big Ten. Langan’s answer likely resonated with other players from around the Big Ten.
“I remember my first year here, and then we’re going to go back this year. I remember Iowa they have that all-pink locker room,” Langan said.
“I’m sure that’s on purpose, they’re trying to have the worst locker room in the Big Ten and I think they take the cake.”
A 14-year veteran of the NFL, Cassel notably played at USC but never started a game during his college career. He is part of NBC’s lineup for Big Ten games this fall.
Cassel had a final question of Langan that was specific to tthe Scarlet Knights. He asked Langan who was the “best athlete to come out of your school all time, at the (sic) Rutgers.”
“I’m going to have to go Marco Battaglia,” Langan said.
Battaglia spent eight years in the NFL and won Super Bowl XXXVII with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is currently the Senior Advisor to the President of the Rutgers Foundation.
The full interview featuring Cassel and Langan can be found here:
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