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/2Pollaski2Furious Washington Huskies • Apple Cup Sep 04 '26

For those wondering: Yes there will still be a TJOTW vote and no I'm not going to declare Rutgers the winner on a Thursday night.

But if there's something out there that tops this I can't wait to see it (unless it involves Washington)

Congrats on your nomination, Knights.

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

early nominee for ultimate tank job

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u/Thehomelessguy11 Washington • Georgia Tech Sep 04 '26

Early strong contender, for sure lol

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 04 '26

It's going to be very hard for anything the rest of the year to top this. Hell forget tank job of the year, this might be the tank job of the decade or even millennium.

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u/DastardlyDiz Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Marching Band Sep 05 '26

There's some stiff competition this decade (I'd personally give the award to the Miami Meltdown), but this is a strong option. UMass has been truly awful for years.

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u/ogorangeduck UMass Minutemen Sep 04 '26

Not unless we win the natty

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears Sep 04 '26

Maybe for the year, but I still remember when UNLV beat Baylor 27-24 in Waco in 1999, on a 99-yard fumble return for a touchdown as time expired.

UNLV finished that year at 3-8, dead last in the MWC.

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u/lawrence_uber_alles Kansas Jayhawks • Big 12 Sep 04 '26

Well Baylor was 1-11 that year so not that big of a shocker, but yeah rough way to lose

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u/SituationSoap Michigan Wolverines Sep 04 '26

3 wins is 3/8ths of the wins that UMass has this decade, though.

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears Sep 04 '26

True, but we’re talking about a single game tank job. I’d entertain any and all competitors to that game for the ultimate tank job title, because it’s pretty hard to beat that.

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u/Prudent_Heat23 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Princeton Tigers Sep 04 '26

We’ll take any win we can get

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u/Condom_Breaker256 Billable Hours • Jacksonvil… Sep 04 '26

It will be Rutgers and it won't even be close 

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u/lisbon_OH Notre Dame • Youngstown State Sep 04 '26

There would obviously be worse upsets (teams in top 10 losing to G6/FCS school) but they are very unlikely compared to this

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 Washington State • Oregon Sep 04 '26

Keep chopping wood!

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u/Pandemic_Academic Washington State • Paper Bag Sep 04 '26

I would very much want to see it involve Washington this week

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u/DastardlyDiz Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets • Marching Band Sep 04 '26

We sure gave our best effort

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u/ArbitraryOrder Michigan Wolverines • Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 04 '26

Early candidate for tank job of the year

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u/DuckDown00 Oregon Ducks Sep 04 '26

The only way Washington would be in on this is if they got blown out by the Cougars on national TV.

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u/BWW87 Washington Huskies Sep 04 '26

UMass and WSU are basically rated the same as 135 and 138th "best" teams. Huskies are ranked much higher than Rutgers

Luckily, Huskies won't lose so it doesn't matter.

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u/bcb354 Texas Longhorns • UT Arlington Mavericks Sep 04 '26

Wow, kinda surprising to see WSU and ORST so low after only a few years.

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u/BWW87 Washington Huskies Sep 04 '26

There’s a reason no conference wanted them. They were over achieving because in a P5 conference but their base line is pretty low so when they lost the cachet of being P5 they plummeted.

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u/SSJEv Washington State • Paper Bag Sep 04 '26

Please please please involve Washington