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Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand wins the internet with his New Jersey earthquake tweet

Eric LeGrand tweets about the New Jersey earthquake that happened on Friday.

Eric LeGrand was just saying what we were thinking on Friday night, adding some much-needed levity to a strange day in New Jersey. An earthquake on Friday morning was followed up by an aftershock hours later, creating a very surreal day for inhabitants of the tristate area.

The earthquake rattled New Jersey on Friday at 10:23 A.m. ET. The strong tremors were felt throughout the state with the 4.8 magnitude earthquake having originated in the vicinity of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Later on Friday at 5:59 p,m. ET, another smaller earthquake of 3.7 magnitude was registered.

The earthquake, an unusual occurrence in New Jersey, was all the talk throughout the area on Friday. It was the most powerful earthquake felt in some parts of New Jersey in over two centuries.

And it led LeGrand, a former Rutgers football player, to crack a joke about the seismic cause for Friday’s earthquakes in New Jersey. Well, we’re assuming it is a joke.

 

LeGrand, now a radio analyst on Rutgers football broadcasts, is also an entrepreneur. He owns LeGrand Coffee House, based in Woodbridge Township.

Although with the price of gas at the pumps today, LeGrand might want to figure out a way to…ahh…nevermind.

How did the New Jersey earthquake impact Rutgers football on Friday?

Rutgers football and their facilities were not impacted by Friday’s earthquake.

An earthquake in New Jersey on Friday morning was felt on the Rutgers campus, but there was no noticeable damage to the university. And for Rutgers football, there was no change to the normal route for Rutgers football.

On Friday at 10:23 A.m. ET, much of New Jersey felt the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that originated in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Then at 5:59 p,m. ET, another smaller earthquake of 3.7 magnitude, considered an aftershock, quickly occurred.

Following the morning earthquake, the university sent out a message to the Rutgers community including all students, faculty and staff. The message noted that there was no damage to the campus’ infrastructure.

This includes the Rutgers football facility, a team spokesperson confirmed.

“Football went business as usual,” a team spokesperson told Rutgers Wire.

In a message to the Rutgers community, executive vice president and COO Antonio Calcado said that there were no reported injuries on the New Brunswick campus. In terms of infrastructure and buildings, Calcado said that “no damage has been found.”