r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 04 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] UMass Defeats Rutgers 37-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
UMass 7 17 3 10 37
Rutgers 7 0 0 14 21
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u/GringoSalamanca Arizona State Sun Devils Sep 04 '26

Rutgers paid UMass $1.5 million for that game…

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u/Skyhav Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band Sep 04 '26

Imagine paying a team a bunch of money to lose to them on BTN. Couldn't be me. Haha... ha........

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u/Otherwise-Question70 Missouri Tigers Sep 04 '26

Big Ten Network was launched at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 30, 2007, with Big Ten Tonight as its inaugural program. The network aired its first live telecasts two days later on September 1, which included a football game between Appalachian State and Michigan

I never realized ya’ll get upset on the first day of BTN lmao

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u/wit_T_user_name Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Sep 04 '26

Hardly anyone saw it live because nobody carried the Big Ten network back then.

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u/WirlingDirvish Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 04 '26

So basically the whole B1G should be thanking Michigan for convincing people to get the Big Ten Network. We really kickstarted people’s interest in the network. 

I wonder how many Buckeyes and Spartians subscribed in the 4th quarter just to watch the end. 

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u/wit_T_user_name Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Sep 04 '26

They showed the end of it on the Jumbotron at the Shoe.

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u/zorionek0 Arizona State Sun Devils Sep 04 '26

WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER!?! Hello, FBI?

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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon Sep 04 '26

They had it on the TVs in the concourse in Beaver stadium.

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u/Fear_the_chicken Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 04 '26

More than 6 I’d say

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u/Thiege1 Sep 04 '26

Should we thank Michigan or App St

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u/WirlingDirvish Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 04 '26

Replace App state with a different roughly equivalent team and it’s the same reaction. 

Replace Michigan with another B1G team and nobody gives a shit unless it’s OSU or maybe PSU. I don’t remember the preseason rankings that year. 

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u/nosotros_road_sodium San José State • Michigan Sep 04 '26

Can you really believe it’s been near 20 years since 2007? That was such a crossroads with the Internet’s role in sports or popular culture. Back then, Youtube was not even in 480p yet! And legal streaming of TV shows was just getting off the ground, so if you couldn’t watch live you had to DVR or God forbid Torrent. Music videos were scattered around Yahoo Music, MTV.com, Blastro, etc. 

And back to college football, finding niche sports channels like BTN was at the whim of Comcast or Charter in contrast to today where the networks create their own streaming subscription services.

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u/Piglet6482 Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 04 '26

Think about us poor schmucks back when they could only show like 3 games per weekend.

Edit: not to mention no internet

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u/SusannaG1 Clemson Tigers • Furman Paladins Sep 04 '26

Our household was undoubtedly like many that day: "What the hell is the 'Big Ten Network'?"

We already knew where Appalachian was, though.

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u/Manning_bear_pig Montana State Bobcats • Miami Hurricanes Sep 04 '26

I think they might have been doing a free promotion that day or something. Because me and my friends watched the last few minutes at my house. And my parents would have never knowingly paid for the BTN.

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u/AhvenDGale Ohio State • Ball State Sep 04 '26

I happened to see it live because I was at a bowling alley. As the game stayed close and time ticked down, more and more tvs went to it. The place erupted in cheers when that kick was blocked. Beautiful.

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u/ufdan15 South Carolina • Florida Sep 04 '26

I remember Time Warner Cable had it and we saw it as it happened and were STUNNED. My parents were going on and on about how "there they go again. Michigan is gonna get away with it like always!" I wanna say OSU played Youngstown State? They seemed to always play them when Tressel was coaching to basically fund YSU.

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u/Just_Brendan Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Sep 04 '26

Nah. I seent it.

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u/reshp2 Michigan Wolverines Sep 04 '26

I remember driving around town in the Chicago suburbs trying to find a bar that carried BTN. Finally found one around half time, walked in expecting to be up big already. Instead got to get ridiculed by Illinois and Northwestern fans for the next 2 hours, good times.

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u/sully213 Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 04 '26

I was at a sports bar that day. There was a single Michigan fan in the house. Watching that man's emotional rollercoaster was pure cinema. Everyone in the bar was screaming for App State that day once we all realized there was hope of an upset and then final few minutes, OMG. It was wild!

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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich Iowa State Cyclones Sep 04 '26

I just watched a YouTube highlights video of this game and there are maybe 150 App State fans in the stands. Imagine how great this day was for them.

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u/wit_T_user_name Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Sep 04 '26

Being a fan like that is fun because there’s zero downside. You go in expecting to lose anyway. When OU was only down 13-9 in the third quarter at the Shoe last year, we were having a a great time as opposing fans.

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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich Iowa State Cyclones Sep 04 '26

yeah down by four at the Shoe for OU is a great result. Never mind the final score.

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u/14Calypso Nebraska • Minnesota State Sep 04 '26

We received it, and we watched the end of that game.

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u/AppMtb Appalachian State Mountaineers Sep 04 '26

The big 10 should pay App fucking royalties for making their network

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u/bruhstevenson UCLA Bruins • Team Chaos Sep 04 '26

Poetic for this to happen on the 20 year anniversary then

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u/ResidentRunner1 Saginaw Valley State • Mic… Sep 04 '26

Interesting, BTN launched on my 2nd birthday

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u/Funwithfun14 Toledo Rockets Sep 04 '26

Fair number of teams do that with Toledo

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u/mishra1111 Michigan State Spartans Sep 04 '26

Please no, I'm begging you

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u/confirmd_am_engineer Michigan State • Toledo Sep 04 '26

It’s happening. Just prepare for it.

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u/GoGreeb Michigan State • Virginia Tech Sep 04 '26

I think it's too obvious to actually happen

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u/dbtizzle Purdue Boilermakers • Paper Bag Sep 04 '26

No, he fakes the fake….where am I?

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u/MaizeRage48 Michigan Wolverines • Rose Bowl Sep 04 '26

I hope one of the teams in your flair wins

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u/grrgrrtigergrr Purdue Boilermakers Sep 04 '26

Been there

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u/Difficult_Trust1752 Eastern Michigan • Penn State Sep 04 '26

Hello

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u/OnionFuturesDealer Purdue Boilermakers Sep 04 '26

Where is NIU?

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u/Sorta-Morpheus Western Michigan Broncos Sep 04 '26

I think theres a good chance that happens tomorrow

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u/honeybearbandit Mississippi State Bulldogs • Sickos Sep 04 '26

Manhandled by Toledo in a buy game? Couldn’t imagine it… shivers

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u/Proteinchugger Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 04 '26

Toledo has winning record against PSU and Michigan is one of my favorite cfb facts

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u/IvankasFutureHusband Arizona State Sun Devils Sep 04 '26

OPs flair, we did the same to Eastern Michigan 3 years ago lol

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u/ToddUnctious Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Sep 04 '26

NBC or nothing. That's my motto.

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u/Aquaman33 North Carolina • Carolina… Sep 04 '26

At least App State is a program that wins in conference. Yes, Rutgers doesn't really win either but UMass has been the worst team in CFB for 2 years

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u/Super_DAC Toledo Rockets Sep 04 '26

Worth every penny

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u/andy_nony_mouse Michigan State • Western Mich… Sep 04 '26

Rockets game tomorrow is a huge unknown. I could see them beating MSU.

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u/Kooky_Molasses_2270 Toledo Rockets Sep 04 '26

It be my 1st time at Spartan Stadium. Our new head coach looks like a guy who is going to be hired by a P4 school within 3 years.

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u/Bobby-Samsonite Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Sep 04 '26

November 11. The Minutemen play in Toledo. It could be a wild game.

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u/vitey15 Marshall Thundering Herd Sep 04 '26

To the moon?

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u/Insectshelf3 Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Sep 04 '26

“game”

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u/EastonMetsGuy Oregon Ducks • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sep 04 '26

ass beating

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u/discofrislanders Fairfield • St. John's (NY) Sep 04 '26

My fucking tax dollars down the drain

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u/hjiedueh Miami Hurricanes • St. John's (NY) Red Storm Sep 04 '26

Damn didn’t think I’d see another ny St. John’s flair 🫡

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u/mageta621 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sep 04 '26

Same, but it's even worse for me 🙃

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u/Top_Ladder6702 Boise State Broncos • Maryland Terrapins Sep 04 '26

It’s even funnier considering how broke Rutgers is

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u/plinywaves Northern Illinois Huskies Sep 04 '26

How are they broke with big 10 dustributions???

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u/BlueRaider731 Ole Miss Rebels Sep 04 '26

They’re spending more than they’re bringing in trying to keep up with the big dogs. They made promises to Schiano when he was hired. They applied to the, if you build it, they will come, mentality. Not paying off presently.

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u/Cal_858 California • San Diego State Sep 04 '26

Build it until you make it philosophy

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u/Wide_right_ Pittsburgh Panthers Sep 04 '26

that’s not true I’m pretty sure every umass fan came tonight

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u/rocketboi10 Ohio State • Rutgers Sep 04 '26

They aren’t getting the full payout until this year and have been paying the 25th highest coaching staff for a while

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u/default-username Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Sep 04 '26

These types of posts are usually dumb, because the home team makes plenty of revenue to cover the double the cost, and the payment is really just a smart business decision - win or lose. But Rutgers lost money on this game.

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Sep 04 '26

I'm confused about the broke comment. Rutgers got rid of many good sports programs to invest more into football. Like they even cut the crew team. Is that what you mean?

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u/Dennisfromhawaii Rutgers • Hawai'i Sep 04 '26

On top of that, Schiano's buyout this year is 17.3 million.

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u/Difficult_Trust1752 Eastern Michigan • Penn State Sep 04 '26

Why does a Rutgers coach have a fucking buyout?

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u/DryMission5506 Florida State Seminoles • Paper Bag Sep 04 '26

Virtually every FBS coach has a buyout, and you can typically negotiate a lower salary if you’re willing to accept concessions on a buyout.

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u/Kooky_Molasses_2270 Toledo Rockets Sep 04 '26

MAC head coaches have buyouts.

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u/Difficult_Trust1752 Eastern Michigan • Penn State Sep 04 '26

Not 17m buyouts

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u/WaftyGrowl3r Minnesota • Ohio State Sep 04 '26

How many Jimbo's is that?

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u/suzukigun4life North Texas • Summertime Lover Sep 04 '26

UMASS snapped a 16-game losing streak and got paid 6 figures for it 😭

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u/sevenohfobro Sep 04 '26

7 figures $1,500,000. Even worse

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u/whatdoyacallit Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 04 '26

It's north Texas, give em a break on counting.

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u/OpportunityDue90 Scottsdale CC • Arizona State Sep 04 '26

You might wanna recheck those numbers Harvard of the west

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u/Swipet Kansas State • Fort Hays State Sep 04 '26

I thought they were the Hawaii of the east?

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u/Jiveanimal SMU Mustangs • Tennessee Volunteers Sep 04 '26

They're more like the Nebraska-Kearney of the south.

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u/bub166 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys Sep 04 '26

As a UNK alum, I would be very upset about this if I could read.

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u/Mundane_String5998 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 04 '26

I spent the night in Kearney once. Driving from CA to the east coast 

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u/Seniorsheepy Nebraska-Kearney Lopers • Iowa Hawkeyes Sep 04 '26

As a unk alumni should I be upset about this? I can’t read

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u/maliki2004 The Wagon Wheel • Ohio State Sep 04 '26

North Texas admission standards on display

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u/AppMtb Appalachian State Mountaineers Sep 04 '26

He didn’t go to unt to play school

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u/smitherenesar Pac-10 • RPI Engineers Sep 04 '26

College football is so back!

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u/iHasMagyk Coastal Carolina • Garðabæ Sep 04 '26

So that’s the UNT education I hear about

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u/FightOnForUsc USC Trojans • Pac-12 Sep 04 '26

That’s 7 figures…

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u/discofrislanders Fairfield • St. John's (NY) Sep 04 '26

7 figures

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u/jvpewster Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 04 '26

Close, but you forgot to carry the 1.

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u/misterurb Navy Midshipmen • Oregon Ducks Sep 04 '26

DAMN good deal

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u/Weave77 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 04 '26

I’d take that deal!

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u/rumblepony247 Sep 04 '26

Thus adding to their $500million+ athletic deficit over the past decade. God I love a good dumpster fire lmao

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u/i_hate_toolbars Penn State • Tulane Sep 04 '26

My tax dollars at work.

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u/Theduckisback Ole Miss Rebels Sep 04 '26

A bargain at any price tbh

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u/TaroNecessary5350 Fresno State Bulldogs Sep 04 '26

Enough for a lifetime's worth of clam chowder

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u/SMUHypeMachine SMU Mustangs Sep 04 '26

1.55MM to be exact!

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u/DrHousePls Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 04 '26

Money well spent. I loved it.

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u/batchTwining1 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sep 04 '26

Could have saved that towards Schiano’s fucking buyout

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u/razor21792 Michigan Wolverines Sep 04 '26

Rutgers was eaten by the cupcake.

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u/4friedchicken Sep 04 '26

$1.55 million 🤑

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u/Dizzy_Amphibian Maryland Terrapins Sep 04 '26

A lot of people pay a lot of money to be humiliated. Don’t kink shame

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u/Green-Survey9189 Sep 04 '26

There should be protests in New Brunswick and Trenton today. This program has been getting by on a 3 year run from 20 years ago. Meanwhile they’ve kept jacking up tuition on the students. Sell everything for parts, go to D-2.

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u/tdatcher Navy Midshipmen • Sickos Sep 04 '26

Boat race