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Game thread for Duke vs. Northwestern

You aren't going to win many games when you go down 21 - 0. Bowl game looking unlikely again, but chance this is a hangover after the big week 0 game.
 
That last Duke TD was an incomplete pass. Ball was juggled and did not gain possession until feet were out of the Ned zone. FItz should have challenged.
Or the replay official could, you know, do his job. I hate replays for this reason. They are random and stupid and often wrong.

This is such a disappointing game. I am not shocked. Duke has beaten us 4 straight and has been a better team, even if they are consistently THE WORST TEAM IN ACC!!!
 
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Even Skoronski is getting abused.. twice now that they've run right around him and almost got a sack
 
Find better wideouts. Our best wideouts are our running backs.
Our WR recruits have generally underperformed expectations since Springer arrived.

NU tried the same concept on that fourth down as on the successful one. Hull was isolated and tried to sneak out, but Duke’s safety was on it.
 
They have an analytics team making these sort of calls. Obviously Fitz gut is the end all/be all but those calls come from upstairs usually
Fitz blamed it on the analytics program in ‘19 when after a failed two point play the team was two scores down the rest of the game.

Change analytics programs.
 
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Duke is just a better team today at almost every position including quarterback
 
Their DBs are making the plays against our WRs. Hilinski’s throws are consistently a little behind though which gives them the ability to break them up.
 
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Yeah bye excuse doesn't work this week. And can't say we didn't see this coming; Fitz knows we've started slow against Duke past 3 times we've played them.

Everybody here was talking about it, so the coaches have to know. Just thought we'd be ready and instead it's just a replay of the past 3 Duke games.
 
Duke is just a better team today at almost every position including quarterback
Hilinski doing OK, although most yardage is YAC by Hull. He had a good rhythm with Gordon for a bit. He's less of the problem than not being able to run or play defense
 
We need something other than screen/flare game the rest of the way.

Hull can’t do it himself. What a player.
 
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Hilinski is floating a lot of passes. He doesn’t throw that well when he’s hurried in setting his feet. That’s probably most of what we saw last year.
 
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Credit to the defense, has done enough since the 2nd quarter to keep us in this game.
 
Too many passes behind the WRs, that was bound to happen. Should have run it with Hull on 3rd and short.
 
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As stated earlier, he’s just a littlebitoff. Thrown to his spot, or with a bit more arm, that’s a short gain for NU and not a pick. Yuck.
 
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The D is just giving out. Multiple 10 yard runs. I guess this is what Nebraska looked like on our last big drive.
 
This game is on the coaches. Why did we stick to the run, run, run game plan for so many possessions to start? And why did we keep allowing them to break so hard on our short passes without trying to use it against them?
 
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