hdhntr1 said:

Too bad. They would have helped you

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techtim72 said:

All I know is my course books at NU didn't have any pictures in them.

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MRCat95 said:

BS is Bull Shit
MS is More Shit
PHD is Piled Higher and Deeper

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NUCat320 said:

1. Sullivan got his degree.
2. Iowa is an excellent school.
3. All a Northwestern degree means as compared to an Iowa degree is that you were probably a better high school student.
4. Also, that your parents were rich.

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NUThump said:

Barkley has a nice looking shot.

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BleedingPurple15 said:

Porter is not a playmaker. He's slow, unbalanced, and falls down at the first sign of contact. Rather we would have kept Tyus.

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Deeringfish said:

I kinda feel that too. Maybe I'm overly optimistic but the D should be pretty solid. Lots of returning talent.
NU has three playmakers in Porter, Kirtz and Henning. Plus there have been some rumors about Covey. If an improved Lausch is the baseline and Wright beats him out the offense could be pretty good. And don't forget Himan's speed combined with Wright's and Henning's could be interesting. More speed , I think than we have had in years.

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zeek55 said:

Yeah it's really hard to measure motivation. The '23 team had more to prove than basically any other team we've had since the Rose Bowl season.

I have no idea how you flip a switch like that again; Braun did a masterful job keeping the team focused throughout the season but obviously the players were motivated to prove everybody wrong about them. All the (very loud) noise pre-season was about how the team was going to fall apart and lose every game, and you no longer have that kind of situation. Still, there's plenty of doubters about Northwestern football every year so it's not like motivation can't be reforged.

The good thing about guys like Braun and Lujan is that I think they'll be hungry to prove themselves at this level for quite a long time (which is why I liked Fitz's strategy of going for young hungry guys from a lower level in the past 2 years of hires).

Also we've seen that having a QB with great leadership qualities (and quality of play helps naturally) has been a difference maker and it was with Bryant (like Ramsey and Thorson and many before him).

I have no clue whether Lausch or Wright have those types of intangibles. But at the same time, I'm optimistic that Lujan will be an upgrade over Bajakian so it may not matter as long as Lujan can make the offense work.

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