Defensive coordinator Jay Niemann was under a lot of fire last year (though not as much as Drew Mehringer), but he has rebounded nicely in 2017 to the point that some OTB commenters have worried he could get scooped up by another, bigger program. I’ve been very impressed by the defensive game plans, even last week when RU was defeated after confusing Penn State early in the contest. The plan against Purdue was probably the number one difference in that victory, and ever since that game, I had the Indiana game circled on my calendar thinking Rutgers would certainly employ the same tactics.
Can The Rutgers Defense Shut Down The Indiana Offense?
