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Season review: Rutgers off to rocky start in Chris Ash era

The honeymoon for first-year head coach Chris Ash did not last long at Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights made their debut this season by flying all the way across the country to get bulldozed by eventual Pac-12 champion Washington. Things didn't get much better from there.

Grading the offense: F

Former Rutgers offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer jumped ship for an assistant job at Texas this month. Three of his six scholarship quarterbacks beat him out the door by transferring in the span of three days in late November. The Scarlet Knights finished the season last among Power 5 teams with an average of 15.