Rutgers will close out the regular season on Saturday at Maryland in what will be a program record eighth Big Ten game played in eight consecutive weeks. The grind appears to be wearing on Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano acknowledged that possibility earlier this week, commenting “The logical question would be, ‘Do you think it had an effect on us last week?’ Maybe, I don’t know. We didn’t play well.’’
The 20-7 loss to Penn State was a reminder that the closing the gap against the most heralded and talented teams in the Big Ten will take several recruiting cycles.