Rutgers notes: Curtis Samuel, Noah Brown, Ash emotions

Curtis Samuel and Noah Brown will provide a stern test for the Rutgers defense on Saturday afternoon when the Scarlet Knights take on No. 2 Ohio State at Ohio Stadium Buy Photo Rutgers football coach Chris Ash, shown speaking at the 44th annual Vince Lombardi Awards Banquet on March 10 in Eatontown, attended the Coach Chris Ash Charity Golf Classic Monday at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster.(Photo: Jason Towlen/Staff Photographer)Buy Photo PISCATAWAY — Wednesday evening on his radio show, Rutgers head coach Chris Ash was asked about how Ohio State junior H-back Curtis Samuel is similar to Janarion Grant. Grant, who is out for the season with a fractured right ankle suffered against Iowa, was notably a do-it-all weapon capable of hammering a defense in any number of ways. Samuel is of the same mold, so how does Ash, Ohio State’s former defensive coordinator, plan to defend the Brooklyn native when the Scarlet Knights and Buckeyes meet on Saturday afternoon (Noon, Big Ten Network)? “We just gotta know where he’s at,” Ash said Thursday morning with a slight laugh. “It’s hard to prepare for a guy like that. Curtis Samuel’s one of the more talented players in the country. I watched him…

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