COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s run defense wasn’t up to snuff against Rutgers — or, at least, in the 90 yards prior to its own end zone. Rutgers, despite rushing for 232 yards as a team on 43 carries (5.4 yards per attempt), found itself stymied by a Buckeye defense that didn’t let promising drives turn into seven points. The 35-16 win for Ohio State was, at one time, a 9-7 deficit, and it could’ve been a bigger one had it not have been for the red zone stands by the defense. Rutgers had drives end at the Ohio State four, three, two, 20 and 13 yard line — and of those five possessions, got nine points. “Give us an inch, we’ll defend it,” defensive end Jack Sawyer said. “For whatever reason it is, when we get down there, everyone rises up a little more. We get those huge stops,…
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