Hoosier Daddy? Social media reacts to Rutgers football’s win, bowl eligibility

Rutgers football got a huge Big Ten win on Saturday that makes them bowl eligible. Social media reacted to the win.

Rutgers football got a win on Saturday at Indiana, and social media reacted not just to the Big Ten win, but the fact that the program is bowl eligible. It is huge news for Rutgers.

It has been eight years since Rutgers was a bowl-eligible. That 2014 season, under former head coach Kyle Flood, saw Rutgers finish 8-5 and win the Quick Lane Bowl.

That was Rutgers’ first season in the Big Ten. And Rutgers is back in the postseason talk, an important step for the program in what is now the fourth season of the rebuild under head coach Greg Schiano.

Social media reacted in a special way to the news that Rutgers is now 6-2 (3-2 Big Ten) and going bowling.

Scroll down and check out the best reactions from Saturday’s Big Ten win at Indiana. Rutgers football is going to a bowl game: