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Well, the Ice Bucket Challenge is making its way through Piscataway, from Kyle Flood to Eric LeGrand to Eddie Jordan and, not surprisingly, to Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann.

She was challenged with an old friend: Tom Luicci, who left The Star-Ledger after 57 (or something) years to become the Senior Director of Digital Media at Rutgers. So the scene was set with a big interview (cough, cough) on the 50-yard-line at High Point Solutions Stadium.

Luicci begins with a question about the upcoming season, and then Hermann immediately turns the conversation to the Ice Bucket Challenge (and the money raised for ALS). Sam Hellman, an American hero who covers Rutgers for Scout, had challenged both.

Luicci, sporting his usual summer tan, is promptly doused. Hermann protests that she, as the boss, shouldn't have to suffer the same fate, but unsurprisingly (the shadows of the people holding the bucket are a dead giveaway) she also gets soaked. She challenges the Maryland and Penn State athletic directors, curiously leaving one challenge on the table.

It's all for a good cause, and people at Rutgers -- like so many other places across the country -- have embraced the Ice Bucket Challenge and helped raise millions for an awful disease.

But couldn't have someone in Piscataway helped our new guy Keith Sargeant find some more ice for his challenge?