Four years ago Wednesday, Rutgers made its ninth bowl appearance in a 10-year span, beating North Carolina in the Quick Lane Bowl. Both Rutgers and Maryland have been receiving only partial shares since joining the conference on July 1, 2014. 247Sports rated Rutgers’ early recruiting class 12th in the Big Ten, which isn’t great, but better than it could have been given the circumstances. Certainly Ash needs to win more than one or two games next season to make a case to stick around. "Obviously we were going through a tough stretch during the season," Ash said at a news conference announcing the signings.

Source: Forbes December 27, 2018 15:28 UTC