Before he named his starting quarterback, Rutgers coach Chris Ash was pressed on how long of a leash he planned to give whoever won the job.
"After every game we'll sit down and evaluate every player,'' Ash told NJ Advance Media in late July at Big Ten Media Day. "Quarterback especially. We'll go through a number of things to determine whether, one, he performed at a championship level and gave us a chance to win the game. If he didn't why? What is the path as we move through the season? Is that something that continues week after week after week?