[Postgame Thread] UMass Defeats Rutgers 37-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
UMass	7	17	3	10	37
Rutgers	7	0	0	14	21

[u/brobroma]

Rutgers has lost $500M on athletics since joining the B1G. I'm not sure they have the ~$20M it would take to fire Schiano....

Given where UMass has been this decade, this might be the worst loss by a power conference team in a LONG time. I know BIll Connelly's SP+ had UMass ranked below like half the FCS.

[u/noah_divine → u/brobroma]

wonder if this is the game that helps them realize they have no business being in the big ten

[u/discofrislanders → u/noah_divine]

They're not going to voluntarily demote themselves and give up the revenue

[u/IowaJL → u/discofrislanders]

That revenue doesn’t mean shit when you’re half a billion in the red 

[u/discofrislanders → u/IowaJL]

Sure, and going to the American or whatever means you'll be deeper in the red because you don't have the income

[u/Caunotaucarius → u/discofrislanders]

It doesn't when you can cut your athletic department's budget by 90% and compete for conference titles in CUSA.

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/Caunotaucarius]

This Rutgets team can't even compete for titles in CUSA at their current budget, let alone with a tenth of it

[u/Dijohn17 → u/IowaJL]

It's gonna be worse if they leave

[u/The_No_Lifer → u/discofrislanders]

It's not going to happen, but if they wanted to bow out they could get a really big check from the B1G to buy them out.

[u/rowdyroddysniper → u/The_No_Lifer]

I only see that happening if Notre Dame, or a Florida school is ready to take their place. I don’t think it means as much as it used to, but still having those east coast eye balls on the B1G matters.

[u/133112 → u/rowdyroddysniper]

Maybe this is naive to hope, but maybe a Cal + Stanford + ND? I remember people saying when the Pac-12 broke up that ND was interested in joining if Stanford did, but Stanford and Cal were set on going together. Now that Cal is actually exciting to watch consistently, I could see them both being invited and joining. It would also make the B1G the definitive premiere academic conference by a large margin, with elite privates like ND, Stanford, & Northwestern paired with the nation's best public schools in Cal, Michigan, Wisconsin, & Washington. Or at least, I hope so.

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/rowdyroddysniper]

USF would make the most sense imo.

[u/FairlyOddParent734 → u/BabyBearBjorns]

B1G would rather drag along the corpse of Rutgers than let USF in when their eyes are clearly on ND/UM/FSU

[u/discofrislanders → u/FairlyOddParent734]

They're probably waiting for the ACC to get Pac-ed so they can pick at the scraps and kick out teams like Rutgers and Maryland to make room

[u/nosotros_road_sodium → u/discofrislanders]

Washington State and Oregon State enter the chat

[u/discofrislanders → u/nosotros_road_sodium]

They weren't invited to go anywhere

[u/RelevantIAm → u/discofrislanders]

Exactly lol

[u/MediumStrange → u/noah_divine]

I think they realized that a while ago,

[u/Agreeable_Wind3751 → u/MediumStrange]

Checks keep coming though

[u/TallBoy24 → u/Agreeable_Wind3751]

So do the expenses trying to keep up with the joneses

[u/Tarlcabot18 → u/noah_divine]

At this point the Rutgers athletic department is just 2 kids in a hat and trench coat that has "Big Ten School" written on it in crayon.

[u/rowdyroddysniper → u/noah_divine]

Do you think they are going to decide leave?

[u/slidingscrapes → u/noah_divine]

Some of us have been saying that since the moment Delany invited them

[u/StoicFable → u/noah_divine]

Do you think the networks have learned it yet?

[u/SouthCopy8453 → u/noah_divine]

They would be decent in the American. You know, if the B10 wanted to stay at 18 kicking out Rutgers and adding Notre Dame is a move that could be made

[u/Humble-Ad-9571 → u/SouthCopy8453]

I don't think it's a given that they would be decent in the American based on the results of this game.