Yes, the 14-12 victory over Purdue was the definition of "winning ugly" for the Scarlet Knights, but the key word right now is winning.
Forget the ugly part -- let's hand out style points another day when this program has taken a bigger step in its rebuilding process. Getting a W and insuring that, no matter what happens in the final five games of the season, the win total will go up in Year 2 for Chris Ash was an important development.
Is there room for improvement? Oh yes. Rutgers still lacks any semblance of a passing game -- the grades here reflect that -- and owes its first Big Ten winning streak to the mistakes/general incompetence of the opponent.