Ohio State vs. Rutgers Enemy Territory preview. Get to know the Scarlet Knights

Ohio State travels to New Jersey to take on the state school better known as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Uh-oh, things could get messy.

Current (Interim) Head Coach

Nunzio Campanile – 1-4 overall

Offensive Style

Rutgers hired a new offensive coordinator over the offseason and the heavy pro-style is now gone. John McNulty believes his personnel is best suited to do what almost every team is doing these days, and spread things out a bit. You’ll still see some varied formations that look like the old Rutgers offense, but there’s much more spacing and attempts at mismatches in space than before. The problem is not the scheme, but the ability to execute.

Defensive Style

With the fingerprints of former Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash all over the program, you’d think the defense would be mainly a 4-3 aggressive unit, and you’d be right — kind of.

Officially, the defense is still listed that way, but the team has morphed into more of a 3-4 scheme with an additional hybrid linebacker now patrolling the field. New defensive coordinator Andy Buh believes the team has to be able to cover in space, and so there it is. And with linebacker being the deepest position for the Scarlet Knights, it all makes sense.

That unit will be tested in this one.

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