All the best memes and tweets from Rutgers' embarrassing loss to UMass

Nothing else mattered on Thursday night other than Rutgers football becoming the joke of social media after their most embarrassing loss in the history of their athletic department. Rutgers, the birthplace of college football, lost to UMass on Thursday night 37-21. UMass had the longest active losing streak in FBS at the time (16 games) and hadn’t beaten an FBS opponent in their last 29 games. 

When you get embarrassed at home like that on the first official week of the college football season, you deserve any and every joke that comes flying your way. Don’t take my word for it, though. Here’s what college football fans had to say about how far Rutgers football has fallen. 

Best memes from UMass shocking win over Rutgers football

Rutgers fans are in shambles after historic loss

The radio call-in line was active after the Rutgers game last night. So much so that a 20-year season ticket holder has had enough. He's already purchased tickets to away games against Wisconsin and Boston College and is ready to throw in the towel.

Honestly, you can't blame him.

As if the loss itself wasn't embarrassing enough, the school had a pre-schedule firework show after the game they did not cancel. So yes, the fans that were forced to watch the Rutgers football team look lifeless and effortless were treated to one final gimmick to remember the game by.

As the caller said at the end of that clip: "Fireworks? Forget about fireworks, we need a firing squad." That pretty much sums up how Rutgers fans feel right now.

Greg Schiano simply at a loss of words for the loss

Greg Schiano put the loss in the simplest terms possible: "We got licked tonight."

For what it's worth, there's probably no other way he could have put that. It was bad. It's one thing if it would have been close game, but UMass, a football team that has been synonymous with disaster, had a punt highlight that generated some attention as they were up 27-7.

Schiano deserves just as much blame as the rest of the Rutgers team themselves.

This was as bad as it gets when it comes to games and performances. Rutgers didn't just get licked, they got dragged up and down the field and got exposed. Quarterback Dylan Lonergan looked far from the four-star recruit that spent a year at Alabama. This is a team that has hit rock bottom in Week 1. It can only get better from here, right?

Maybe not...

Boston College is hosting Rutgers for their Red Bandana game, honoring former Eagles lacrosse player and Sept. 11 hero Welles Crowther, who lost his life while saving as many as 18 lives in the attack on the World Trade Center. That's a game the Eagles always play up for.

The birthplace of college football and 160 years of regret

In case you didn't know, Rutgers is the birthplace of college football. Considering they were the pioneers of everything we know and love about college football, it's crazy to see how far it's come since then. The loss to UMass, in a way, is a summation of just how bad football has been at Rutgers. Their only national championship was in their first year as a football program, and their only conference championship was in 2012 in the Big East. Simply put, that's a lot of years of disappointment.

Rutgers football couldn't be in a worse position. They were already the bottom feeders of the Big Ten, and now they've reached the depths of college football as a whole. For a team that hasn't really had success, this couldn't be a worse moment for them. There's a chance the Scarlett Knights win the next 11 games and this doesn't hang over their heads. It's more likely, though, this game becomes the punchline for Rutgers' season.

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