“Yes, it’s our defense”, Meyer said.
Four-star quarterback Danny Clark decommitted from the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday. If NU’s defense can hold it down again, one goal might be all it needs – the Cats have already won four games 1-0.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) When then-Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Chris Ash came to Urban Meyer a year ago seeking his opinion on the open Rutgers coaching job, Meyer advised him it was a “no-brainer”. Seven of Ash’s staffers have Ohio State ties, and Buckeyes’ co-defensive coordinator Greg Schiano was head coach of the Scarlet Knights for 11 seasons (2001-11).
It may not make much of a noticeable difference in what we see from Rutgers on the field on Saturdays, but the 2-2 Scarlet Knights will be a work in progress and that work starts off the field. The early line has Rutgers as a five-touchdown underdog.
Offensively, Ohio State football is averaging 239.0 yards in passing and 306.0 yards in rushing, and 56.7 points per game. You have to give Ash a chance to build. Up above in this article are several people who know Ohio State’s offensive and defensive tendencies quite well. Defensively, Ohio State football is yielding 12.3 points per game against the opposing team. CB coach Kerry Coombs says Gareon Conley will play vs. Rutgers. “I really worry about that”. And if they aren’t they can just watch this quick trailer and they will be.
For better and sometimes worse, Meyer has put a number of his assistants in a similar spot.
Ash had some other head coaching opportunities at the time also, Meyer said, and Rutgers was a good one.
Former Boise State coach Chris Petersen appears to have found a home in Washington, which will play Stanford in a top 10 showdown Saturday. My family and I drove past The Shoe on 315 over and over through my childhood, and even still as I’m 18 years old, my dad said the same thing, ‘Boys, that’s where the greatest college football team in history plays, and that’s where you guys will be one day!’ I never, for one second, pictured a scenario where I wasn’t wearing the scarlet and grey.
Victor, from Coconut Creek, Fla., was rated a 4-star recruit when Ohio State signed him in February.
The Buckeyes coach had recounted his conversations and relationship with Chris Ash, and he had addressed the challenge of coaching against his former assistants and his previous experiences doing it.
“Big Ten football is the real deal”, the junior linebacker pointed out. “I wouldn’t want the bye week to be later because then maybe it messes up the rhythm we have”. Drew was a big part of our success.
And now Meyer is seeing familiar things in Rutgers’ offense.
“We’ll (apply), but someone else has to make the decision”, Ash said, “whether they are going to allow it to happen or not based on all the criteria”. It was always Ash’s intention to use that blueprint from the Buckeyes to build his own empire with the Scarlet Knights, with a dash of what he’s learned at previous stops mixed in, to rebuild a team that had hit a rough patch since joining the Big Ten. That kind of means something, right? As impressive as they were, Norman is not the ideal place to get your feet wet in a road environment. “When someone goes to the National Football League or their career is over, there is another talented player waiting to burst on the scene and became another Ohio State legend”.
