At a recent football game at the university, Rutgers fans yelled and hurled profanities at Navy players. They also cursed the bleachers section containing Navy fans and uniformed Midshipmen with “F— you, Navy. F— you, Navy. F— you, Navy.”

“Nice talk,” as the New York Post editors write, “given that many Midshipmen will be going off to war as naval or Marine Corps officers in the spring. Some likely will die in the service of their country.”

A very public apology is in order.