What that means, Ash said, is his team needs to "cut down on the mental errors.''
"That’s something,'' Ash said, "we need to get fixed.''
Ash pointed to his team's inability to convert third downs — the Scarlet Knights rank 11th in the Big Ten at third-down efficiency after converting just 2-for-18 in last Saturday's loss to Buffalo.
"We have to get more mental toughness out of our players in this program — mental toughness, to do our job consistently in a game, regardless of the opponent, the location, the score,'' said Ash, whose Scarlet Knights play host to Indiana in a Big Ten matchup Saturday (12 p.