'This game is under attack': Rutgers' Chris Ash uses rugby to tackle football safety

The Scarlet Knights coach wants to reduce head injuries using rugby technique. On Saturday he faces Ohio State, another team looking to the other oval ballOn a hot practice field at the Hale Football Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, Chris Ash rolls a large rubber ring across the FieldTurf. A member of the Rutgers defense runs forward, low-slung, helmet glinting in the sun, and hits it with his right shoulder. Related: NFL limps toward modernity after severing ties with maligned CTE 'expert' Players naturally were doing rugby-style tackling. We felt it was a more effective way to tackle, a saf…