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tOSU at Rutgers, Oct 2nd, 3:30 ET on BTN

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Ohio State has played Rutgers annually since 2014. Will this be the best Rutgers team Ohio State has played?

Kratch: Without a doubt. The personnel is roughly the same compared to last year's meeting, but obviously improved after building confidence during last season and getting a full, “normal” offseason in the strength and conditioning program. This is the deepest Rutgers has been since becoming a Big Ten member. The Scarlet Knights have had Big Ten-caliber starters at most positions (not all, but most) in the past, but the depth has always been extremely suspect. That is no longer the case. They're not all the way there yet and there are still some weak spots, but there is less of a drop-off now across the board if a backup is forced into action.

How different is the feeling around Rutgers football right now than it was during the Chris Ash era? How has Greg Schiano elevated Rutgers football since his return?

Kratch: Night and day. Rutgers hit rock bottom at the end of the Ash era in large part because he should have been fired after the 2018 season. There was just no real buzz or hope in the fanbase from there on, so all of the air had been taken out of the room by the time Ash got canned four games into the 2019 season. But once Schiano was re-hired after the wild coaching search, everything changed. The strange COVID year threw a wrench in things, but the Scarlet Knights' surprisingly competitive 3-6 finish and early 2022 recruiting success really set the table for this fall, where it feels like the program is on the verge of getting back to where it was during Schiano's first tenure and then growing from there.

Rutgers and New Jersey itself are interesting places with sometimes strange dynamics. Ash had no clue how to manage any of them, while Schiano has proven to be one of the few (the only?) coaches who can bring everyone together and get the program moving in a unified direction.
 
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Thump said:
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bukIpower said:
I wouldn't say major issues...

I think we will be surprised by this offense this weekend. We are a better team now that we are rolling with Trey the majority of the time and I think this will help our QBs with play action even more so now..

I think we'll get to 500+ yards and 40 points personally.
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This week should be a good guage for just how much we've improved. I want to see a composed, decisive CJ out there. If we see more of the same from him that we did the first 3 games, then I'd rather risk more mistakes with the other QB's as long as they don't look timid.
 
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I think Rutgers front 7 is pretty good, that's what allowed them to stay in that scum game. Pretty stout against the run but scum don't have our Oline. Scum definitely dont have our WRs so if CJ/Jack/Kyle whomever it may be is on, so is the rout.

They should score a couple times and may even be close at the half but the 3rd Quarter belongs to Ryan Day and the Buckeye adjustments will kick in. Schiano gets his guys to play hard I'll give him that but they dont have the talent to hang with tOSU yet. Once they start winning those East Coast recruiting battles with ttun they'll win those games and be more ready.
 
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bukIpower said:
I wouldn't say major issues...

I think we will be surprised by this offense this weekend. We are a better team now that we are rolling with Trey the majority of the time and I think this will help our QBs with play action even more so now..

I think we'll get to 500+ yards and 40 points personally.
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Saturday? I m confident tOSU wins. I don’t have faith(supreme confidence) that it’s total domination. Angst will be there Saturday guaranteed.
 
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I took Rutgers +15 at my book. I hope I’m wrong.

It’s not just the way we’ve played…just feels like there’s a lack of connectivity too. Things feel off. I think line is a touch inflated after hammering Akron too….we needed a “get right” game. But it will be interesting to see if it was actually a “get right” game or cover for continued issues……on both sides of the ball, tbh.
 
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