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Rutgers RB Raheem Blackshear can exploit Ohio State’s weakness on defense

In Week 1, Oregon State could not stop Ohio State’s explosive offense. But in a very surprising series of events, the Ohio State defense could not stop the Beavers’ offense. Although there was a serious talent discrepancy between the two teams, Greg Schiano’s defense gave up seven chunk plays, which made up 82 percent of their offensive production. Against a vastly inferior opponent, that’s just unacceptable. Sure, they were missing the leader of the secondary, Jordan Fuller, but that’s no excuse to give up back-to-back rushes of 80 and 78-yards. To repeat, the Beavers gained 316 yards on those seven plays, and 76 yards on their other 56 plays.