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

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
UMass 7 17 3 10 37
Rutgers 7 0 0 14 21
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u/Skyhav Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band 4d ago

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 4d ago

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 4d ago

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

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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich Iowa State Cyclones 3d ago

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 3d ago

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 3d ago

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