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PISCATAWAY — So you're a Rutgers fan today and still morose over watching your team lose its last two games by a combined 136-0.

Just imagine how the players feel.

They're the ones, after all, who spend the better part of 12 months a year grinding through early-morning workouts, winter- and summer-conditioning, grueling spring- and fall-camps. No one wants to lose, let alone lose by a whopping 78 points against a Big Ten rival.

So it's understandable that Chris Ash was asked following Saturday night's blowout loss to Michigan to assess the morale of his players.