Rutgers hosts the Ohio State football team on Saturday and the Scarlet Knights (2-7, 0-6 Big Ten) have experienced a rough season. After an opening win over Massachusetts, Rutgers lost six games in a row by an average margin of 34.5 points.
Head coach Chris Ash – co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State from 2014 to 2015 – was fired during that losing streak on Oct. 5 after losing 48-7 to Maryland, falling to 1-4 on the season.
Rutgers scraped by for a win against Liberty 44-34, but have shown no signs of being competitive against ranked opponents, losing to Iowa 30-0, Michigan 52-0, Indiana 35-0, and Minnesota 42-7, being outscored 159-7 in those games.