EAST LANSING, Mich. -- If you are looking for an explanation of how a game between teams with identical records from the same conference ends up decided by 49 points, Rutgers coach Chris Ash and some of his stars gave you a staring place.
"More disappointing than the score," Ash said after a 49-0 loss Saturday to Michigan State, "I think there were some things that were happening out there that took us away from doing our job. We got distracted. We got caught in some things that we can't do if we want to win football games.