UMass football went viral not even a year ago for setting off a season’s worth of fireworks to celebrate a fourth-quarter field goal. The kick helped the 0-9 Minutemen cut their deficit against Northern Illinois to 42 points, 45-3, and a small group of male students who made up most of the crowd went “tarps off” to join in the irony. UMass would go winless, 0-12, in its first year as a member ...