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Disappointed there are so many Indiana fans in the crowd.

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StreamCat said:
So a bunch of people watching the game on TV are complaining there aren’t enough NU fans at the game. Hardy har har.
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How about it. I mean what's worse? An NU fan who sells their tix to opposing fans or an NU fan that doesn't buy tix to begin with.

I wasn't surprised by the number of IU fans. Lots of alums in Chicago and it's their best start in almost 60 years. To be fair the IU fans I encountered were very nice.
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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 23 Indiana

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AdamOnFirst said:
I think we can probably deal with the likes of Maryland, Iowa, and Purdue, albeit those aren’t very good offensive teams. Illinois too probably. Even still I agree with you that performance was discouraging, I didn’t expect the defense to be the side that really failed.
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Missed tackles, poor run defense, and lack of effective pass rush really made the difference today. That said, we had a good opportunity til giving up that 3rd and 8.

But Lausch was so much better and that is super encouraging.
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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 23 Indiana

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jensberg said:
Okay and you think we have a good defense? I'm sure it's capable but can we beat anybody who's a good offensive team? It looks very very questionable.
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Indiana probably has one of the top 3-4 offenses in the Big Ten; I'd put them right there with USC and Penn State behind Ohio State.

The only offense we'll see better than what we saw today is Ohio State.
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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 23 Indiana

AdamOnFirst
jensberg said:
Okay and you think we have a good defense? I'm sure it's capable but can we beat anybody who's a good offensive team? It looks very very questionable.
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I think we can probably deal with the likes of Maryland, Iowa, and Purdue, albeit those aren’t very good offensive teams. Illinois too probably. Even still I agree with you that performance was discouraging, I didn’t expect the defense to be the side that really failed.
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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 23 Indiana

AdamOnFirst
phatcat said:
Well said, even if NU gets better every week, might not be enough
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We have a few very winnable games coming up that look like must wins to have a decent season. Long term the trend is challenging, the bottom half of the Big Ten is starting to look like the top half of the other P4 conferences, cupcakes are going away in the P2, giving way to mostly better and best.
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Four Huge Games Coming Up

AdamOnFirst
This next stretch is our whole season, barring a meticulous win over Michigan or Ohio State (Michigan is sort of conceivable, I guess, they’re gettable). Maryland isn’t impressive, we can get Wisconsin at home, and Purdue is a train wreck who we frankly need to beat. Iowa will be tough but that’s a comforting sort of rock fight football we ought to be able to compete in. None of those offenses are remotely the threat IU’s is.

The team absolutely improved over the bye week but we need to go out there and do it.0
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Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 23 Indiana

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AdamOnFirst said:
Positives: this team and coaching staff are clearly able to improve over the course of the year. Lausch and offense look much improved despite the offensive line struggling in the run game with so many guys hurt.

Negative: Everybody in this conference is so good already or improving rapidly and you have to run at fast as you can just to stay in the same place
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Well said, even if NU gets better every week, might not be enough
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