Although their most recent outcomes were very different, No. 11 Ohio State and Rutgers enter their game in New Jersey on Saturday with confidence. The Buckeyes (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) have not lived up to their preseason hype, especially in a 35-28 home loss to Oregon on Sept. 11. However, they regained some swagger Saturday by drilling overmatched Akron 59-7 in an impressive debut by freshman No. 2 quarterback Kyle McCord. “For us, certainly there’s been a little bit of a recalibration,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Tuesday. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said he doesn’t view last week’s 20-13 loss at No. 14 Michigan as a moral victory, but hopes the lessons learned will gird the Scarlet Knights (3-1, 0-1) for the challenge of upsetting the Buckeyes. “You’re playing in what I think is the elite conference in college football, right?” said Schiano, who was head coach of the…
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