PISCATAWAY, N.J.
At times on Saturday, it felt as if a group of young men had gathered to lob a greased-up watermelon around the confines of a swimming pool. This was football, of course, but there was little rhythm. There was little flow. There were moments of bizarre execution, such as when a defensive back lined up a yard offsides on a play by the end zone. That, by a player from the winning team.
In a football game that was neither aesthetically pleasing nor all that dramatic, Kansas suffered a 27-14 loss to Rutgers, a reeling program without its coach on the sideline.