Ohio State, shaking off a slow start, emerged Saturday evening with a 49-10 win over Rutgers. For the Scarlet Knights, penalties, mistakes and issues on offense continued to plague them against the best team in the Big Ten.
Rutgers made a surprise at the start, rolling out to a 7-0 lead when Evan Simon hit Sean Ryan for a 14-yard touchdown completion.
Ohio State then rolled off 28 unanswered points to take control of the game.
It wasn’t terribly unexpected for Rutgers to get controlled the way they did at Ohio State. The Buckeyes, after all, are the consensus third-highest ranked team in the country and are favorites to make the College Football Playoff.
Five things we learned about Rutgers football in their loss at Ohio State.