Rutgers goes ahead with fireworks after being walloped by UMass

The only fireworks provided in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Thursday in the UMass-Rutgers game were by the Minutemen. That was until after UMass clocked the Scarlet Knights 37-21 in the season opener as an almost 30-point underdog. Someone with Rutgers forgot to tell the people charged with setting of

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only fireworks provided in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Thursday in the UMass-Rutgers game were by the Minutemen.

That was until after UMass clocked the Scarlet Knights 37-21 in the season opener as an almost 30-point underdog.

Someone with Rutgers forgot to tell the people charged with setting off the fireworks after the game it was a terrible idea.

Rutgers’ postgame fireworks still went off after a stunning upset loss to UMass. pic.twitter.com/KdzNFaddUK
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