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Why I'm cautiously optimistic about the offense after week 1

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Just Gary said:
I think the issue with Wright is that he gets a little excited and that is why his throws are inconsistent. I think he has a good enough arm and can read the defense fairly well, but his throws are affected by him thinking a bit too much and it affects his accuracy. However, as he becomes more comfortable in his position and with the knowledge that the coaches have his back, he will be difficult on defenses who have to keep track of all the receivers and watch out for his ability to run.
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I thought he was fine. What I expected. My concern is the high throws may get Kirtz and company killed out there as they stretch to bring in the ball.
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9/17/2016

CatManTrue
Ladies and fellow freeloaders, it has been nearly 8 years to the day since we last beat Duke on the gridiron.

Where were you on that fateful day when Thorson, Carr, Dickerson, Solomon Vault, and JJTBC beat up on little Daniel Jones?

Did you even watch that game (I honestly think I miss that night game but I won’t get into why I might have been distracted at that time by certain events at the time…).

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Football vs Duke on 9/17/2016 - Box Score - Northwestern Athletics

The official box score of Football vs Duke on 9/17/2016
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NU 13 Miami 6 - game thoughts

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Miami Ohio is like Duke; just be happy to get a win any way you can.

They never get the respect they probably deserve since everyone lumps them with all the MAC teams, but it's hard to have a lifetime 0.600 winning record when you're in the MAC + playing at least 2-3 games on the road against Power opponents.

They've always been of the quality of a lower third Big Ten team.
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NU 13 Miami 6 - game thoughts

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ohiovalleycat said:
I'm just happy to beat Miami Ohio. They are usually one of the better MAC teams, which is probably equivalent a middle of the pack (30 to 40th percentile) Big Ten team. The Wildcats have had a tough history with them. As everyone knows or recalls, Miami managed to sneak a victory over the Wildcats during the watershed 1995 campaign. So I'll take any type of victory over Miami, although I was hoping for something more along the lines of 38-7 instead of 13-7.
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We are now 4-7 alltime vs the RedHawks. They have been very good vs B1G teams for decades.
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Why I'm cautiously optimistic about the offense after week 1

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SmellyCat said:
I thought Wright was fine Saturday but could've been much better on putting the pass on the money. I don't expect perfection, but there were a few plays that were like three-yard gains or incompletions that a slightly better pass would've resulted in more yards. These aren't major things in Game One, but it's something to keep an eye on. My sense is he hurried a number of his throws, but as he gets more comfortable that will be better.
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They are often the difference between winning and losing and so you have to hope that it is just first game jitters and gets cleaned up quickly
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NU 13 Miami 6 - game thoughts

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I'm just happy to beat Miami Ohio. They are usually one of the better MAC teams, which is probably equivalent a middle of the pack (30 to 40th percentile) Big Ten team. The Wildcats have had a tough history with them. As everyone knows or recalls, Miami managed to sneak a victory over the Wildcats during the watershed 1995 campaign. So I'll take any type of victory over Miami, although I was hoping for something more along the lines of 38-7 instead of 13-7.
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Biggest complaint about the stadium

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rogerkim said:
My seats were in the south endzone. My daughters and I, like a lot of the fans seated around us in the lower half of the stands, had to escape the sun intermittently, so the total occupancy of the south endzone seats was probably higher than it might have looked on a play-by-play basis.

We envied the fans in the west sideline seats - the majority of those seats appeared to be in the shade for a large portion of the game.

Our view of most of the action on the field was also partially obstructed by the goal post crossbar and the center column behind it - am already planning on switching to higher level seats for next season.
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Yes, the seats on the West sideline were nice
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Looked like Fitzball to me.

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CMcCat said:
Someone should do some reporting on what kept McG clean of the “hazing” taint. I wonder if his potential was understood and he was kept clear of the damage that befell others from perceived association with the scandal.
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Well, were any of the coaches other than Fitz initially fired or reprimanded? Were they even held accountable for failing to report anything that they saw? Gotta think that NU would have a lotta liability if they kept anyone that was involved in any way... So you gotta ask yourself. If no other coach had anything to do with such events and none failed to report and there appears to be no evidence of Fitz being made aware of such events. So with all of that, how did we get where we are?
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The Four Fs, maybe five, that drive new Northwestern AD Mark Jackson

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mkilla said:
Listened to his interview on the Big Ten Network. Doesn't seem that bright? Was looking to be impressed but seems like a dud.
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He makes Gragg & Schill look smart. Win-win-win.

I remain steadfast in my belief that we could pick any random Wildcat Report poster with at least 1K posts & the bare minimum of social skills and they would do a better job than our last two ADs.
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