We get the ball first in the second half. We really need a good long drive. Bryant can do it. Let’s get Porter in the mix, get creative with play action, score and get some confidence.
Game Thread: Northwestern @ Rutgers
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I'm at the game. This is bad. Worse than the on field protest. And I thought that was an all time low for my beloved Northwestern Wildcats.
Disagree. Rutgers is bad. No more than 1-2 more Big wins. We just are quite a bit worse right now.
Wrong. Last three drives were stopped and only gave up 6 pts on 3 fg attempts. 'Cats win 2nd half 21-0. Team curse ends.
Anyone with a modicum of football knowledge can see our problems are squarely in the trenches. Both sides. The rest of the team isn’t as bad as it seems. Until they work they way up from awful to almost adequate, NU games will be over early.
Give Schiano some credit. Good 4th down calls, no dumb or 1st game penalties, good execution. Cats were beaten on the both lines, and were a yard short multiple times. I actually thought they might look worse. Braun has done OK with the hand he was dealt.
Completely agree. It is the trenches. It makes everything else look worse and sometimes cascades when players start to press and get out of position to try to make up for the deficiency.
Games are usually won in the trenches, hopefully those in charge can coach them up more, and soon. If we look like this for an entire season, the program is in deep trouble, especially with expansion coming up next season and no divisions.
Need to cause some turnovers. I have forgotten what they are, it's been so long since I saw one.
Nothing about Bajakian is creative. He does one or two creative plays but nothing to strategically to keep the other team off balance.
Anderson and the NWO would solve most of the problems, I think.
Bajakian is horrible. How does he have six step drop back on a 3rd down with a shitty oline and Rutgers most likely blitzing.
1st possession of the 2nd half. Reverse for a loss and qb sack- lost yardage on 2 out of 3 offensive plays. Totally inept offense.
Maybe we should play with no offensive line and just Aid receivers snap the ball and pass instantly probably better than where we are now
Don’t sweat it, he is a dead man walking, just like every other Coach
I think they will keep the coaches for lawsuit reasons for the length of their contracts
This. I don’t want to overreact to one game, but the odds are that there will be a complete reset to the program at the end of the year. Short of a storybook season, which does not look likely, everybody will be gone come December from the coaches to the support staff. The only real question is whether Gragg is leading this or someone else. At this point, seems like it will be Gragg, which is not encouraging.
You can’t win games if you can’t score. The offense hasn’t demonstrated any ability to sustain a drive. The defense has been on the field all game. Agree a total program reboot will occur but hopefully with a new AD as well.
If Bryant does nothing again this drive then I want to see Sully.
With 11 losses last year and 12 coming this year,we possibly could lose 35 in a row by Thanksgiving 2024.
No, just no. This defense looks 1000 times better than what we saw the last two seasons. The defense looks organized, they know their assignments, players are flowing quickly in a position to make plays. That was not the case often during the O’Neil era.
We have better players but a worst offense than most non power 5 teams.
it’s a joke. Chill out.
