Chris Ash came aboard too late to have a say in the 2016 Rutgers non-conference schedule, but the challenging September slate that awaits doesn't look much different than what he would have drawn up if given the opportunity.
"The days of just scheduling easy games and victories are gone," Ash told NJ Advance Media. "It used to be you could turn around a program fairly quickly based on how you scheduled your non-conference games.
"But in this day and age, the fans, media, playoff committees, they want to see what you did in your non-conference games.