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Williesfan
FanatiCat said:
It looked like the lakefront path was still open for use, although was that just for ticketed patrons to walk from both to south?

Also wondering all those aerial shots, were they drone footage? They must have been but I can imagine how they had a drone there for hours since they seemingly had a shot every few minutes.
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There was a drone flying all game
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Lakefront experience

Baz=Heisman
Overall, the logistics were really impressive and especially given it was the first game at a brand new stadium.

The only real issues (from the north end zone) I saw were:

-Need the down/distance on the primary video boards. It was tough to gauge what the down and distance were. Thankfully, the PA guy was on it over the speakers for the most part, however.

-Need a better crowd flow out of the stadium after. Got a little tight/dangerous after the game as the teams were leaving. Perhaps let some people go out across the field hockey stadium? I can’t imagine the turf would get damaged.

-Better inventory for the north end zone food stands. The concession workers were super helpful at letting people know what they didn’t have so you didn’t waste time in line but would be good to have plenty of supply (waters!).

-The north side needs WiFi. The south side WiFi was solid but bandwidth was lowwwwww on the north side. First world problems, no doubt, but should be an easy fix.
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NU 13 Miami 6 - game thoughts

Z
Very good write up on the game.

I'm optimistic on Lujan though it's really about getting the personnel right (QB and OL are so important as they've always been) over time (which may take multiple seasons). I think he'll be able to get the most out of what we have and hopefully cleaning up some of the mistakes and getting to a point where we get more drives like those 2 that led to the TD and the near TD drive that ended with a fumble on the 1 yard line (before and after half time) is what we want to see.

As you mentioned, this will come down to OL performance, especially against Duke and the Big Ten teams that are beatable. Getting Wright and Porter time and running lanes is going to be so crucial to the offense on this team.

But even if we look like a classic Northwestern D-first team, as long as we can put up 20 ppg in the important games with that very stingy defense, we'll be in those games with a good shot at winning.

Either way a great way to start the season. A clear win with lots of margin for error (plenty of which can be cleaned up).
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How are we not happier here?

SmellyCat
It was a workmanlike effort over a decent team without any particularly dramatic plays. My son is watching highlights of the first Utah matchup right now, with Gus Johnson on the call and lots of fun stuff happening. I'm thrilled we won yesterday, and the defense was great, but for some reason there isn't just a lot to talk about. Hard to completely understand.

As Freewillie said above, convincingly beat Duke next week and NU will have everyone's attention.
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AdamOnFirst
cattul said:
I think the two most encouraging things on the offensive side of the ball were:

- I thought the OL played pretty well. Wright was generally getting the ball out quickly, but the line was giving him time to do so, and there were a few huge holes they opened up in the run game. It is nice to be able to praise that unit. Well done, OL.

- The potential for improvement is tremendous with this offense. I think the skill players are quite talented. Coupled with improved OL play, this could turn into one of the better Wildcat offenses of recent years.

Even what I found to be the discouraging thing about the offense ties back into the encouraging thing:

- they did not look comfortable running some of the more gadgety plays (lining up for the direct snap, what looked like an attempt to set up a throwback to Wright, some of the handoff to the motion guy stuff, …) But that can be rectified through practice.

All in all, I think this victory will look a lot better by the end of the season. Miami actually played pretty darn well. I thought it was a good first outing. Let’s hope the guys can get smoother at running the full playbook quickly. They will have their hands full with Duke.
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I agree with this take on the offense totally. I haven’t been this genuinely excited about the potential of our offensive weapons since… 2012? I’m not saying we’re Ohio State, but we have a bunch of guys that are actual Big Ten caliber threats and playmakers if we can clean it up. And Wright’s athleticism just jumps right off the page.
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