Rutgers 2016 Season Game 9: Indiana
WHO: Indiana (4-4, 2-3 Big Ten) at Rutgers (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten)
WHEN: Saturday at noon ET
WHERE: High Point Solutions Stadium; Big Ten Network (TV); WOR 710AM, WCTC 1450AM, WENJ 97.3FM, WNJE 920AM, WRSU 88.7FM (Radio)
COACHES: Rutgers: Chris Ash (first season, 2-6); Indiana: Kevin Wilson (sixth season, 24-45)
SERIES: This will be the third meeting between the schools. Rutgers won the first two by scores of 45-23 in 2014 at home and 55-52 in 2015 on the road.
LAST WEEK: Rutgers was one of the final two Big Ten teams (Iowa) to have a bye week. Indiana won at Maryland, 42-36.
RUTGERS WINS IF: The Scarlet Knights’ improved health at linebacker and safety manifests on the field. Rutgers is dead last in the Big Ten in run defense (261.1 yards per game). Coming off a bye, that figure must improve against the Hoosiers’ up-tempo zone-read system. Assignment football along the perimeter is paramount, or Rutgers’ improving yet still inefficient offense will be in for a dangerous shootout.
INDIANA WINS IF: The Hoosiers own the turnover battle and play smart in the secondary. Rutgers has coughed up the football eight times over its last two games. Quarterback Gio Rescigno, still learning the tendencies of defensive backs on reads, was responsible for four of those turnovers.
EXTRA POINTS: For the 10th anniversary of the 2006 team, Rutgers will honor more than 50 members at halftime. Those Scarlet Knights finished 11-2, won the school’s first bowl game and were ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in November. ... The only Indiana player from New Jersey is Hillsborough native Joshua Brown, a redshirt freshman defensive lineman.
PREDICTION: Indiana 34, Rutgers 28
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— Greg Johnson
— Greg Johnson
posted by Trentonian Sports @ 4:58 PM
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