PISCATAWAY -- If, between Rutgers coach Chris Ash being an Iowa native, the Niemann family rivalry and A.J. Blazek's ties to Kirk Ferentz, you thought last week's Rutgers-Iowa game had a lot of subplots, welcome to Ohio State week.
As Ash returns to Columbus -- where he was a star pupil of Urban Meyer's during two years as defensive coordinator -- for the first time, his successor Greg Schiano will be coaching against Rutgers for the first time since the end of his 11-year tenure as head coach of the Scarlet Knights.