Michigan football: Everything you need to know about Rutgers

The Scarlett Knights are the doormat of the Big Ten, and while Michigan football was just laid on the ground and stomped on in Madison, Rutgers will be an easy victory.

The Scarlett Knights are terrible. Not like the terrible showing Michigan football had against Wisconsin. They’re terrible in a much more historical sense.

This Rutgers football administration is in a rebuild that is on the trajectory of succeeding sometime next century. What might have seemed like a breakthrough year for Rutgers in 2017, under then second-year head coach Chris Ash, was a false hope for their fan base. That year, coming off a two-win 2016, the Scarlett Knights won four games.

What does Chris do in year three? 1-11. They beat Texas State in the season opener and then went on an epic losing streak. The kind of losing streak you only see on the floor of a Vegas casino.

Year four is no different. Rutgers, staying true to their ways, scheduled Massachusetts as their first game and slaughtered them, 48-21. Since then, winless.

Losing to a ranked Iowa team is understandable. The Hawkeyes are two years removed from a victory against the eventual Big Ten Champions, Ohio State.

But losing to Boston College is inexcusable. The Eagles came in after being completely dismantled by a Kansas squad that could only muster 12 points at home against Coastal Carolina in week two.

Will Chris Ash continue to trend of win one and lose the rest? Considering his head coach record of 8-31, it’s highly likely. And the fan base and local media have taken notice.

As Jerry Jerry Carino from the Ashbery Park Press writes, “football drives the bus, as they say, and Ash has steered the bus into a ditch. He’s taken the perception of Rutgers with him. That can’t be allowed to continue.”

Should Rutgers walk away with the victory, this game would be the turning point for the rebuild of their institution and the demise of the Jim Harbaugh era.

Here’s what you can expect from Rutgers on Saturday.