First-year Rutgers coach Chris Ash knows his program has a long way to go before it’s considered one of the best in the Big Ten East -- but he’s confident it will get there eventually.
"We have all the key ingredients needed to build upon a great foundation, to build upon this season and future seasons, to be one of those better Big Ten teams that people don’t want to play each Saturday," he said last month.
But, this season, Ash and the Scarlet Knights will certainly have their work cut out for them. Ash inherits one of the nation’s worst defenses, statistically, from last season and he loses one of the league's most talented players in wide receiver Leonte Carroo.