Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's 38-14 loss at Duke.

Northwestern (1-1) hits the road to play No. 21 Duke (2-0) at 2:30 p.m. CT in Durham, N.C. The game will air on the ACC Network.

Duke leads the all-time series 12-10, and has won the last four games in the series. While the Blue Devils have had the advantage, their margins have been slim. Their last two wins over the Wildcats came by seven and eight points respectively.

Check out @lou v's story on Northwestern's disappointing 38-14 loss at Duke today.

Trib article/headlne in my inbox:

Northwestern welcomes freshmen to campus after spending summer dealing with athletics program hazing scandal​

(from the sports desk)

The writer basically used the zero-news (and less than zero SPORTS news) event of freshmen arriving to campus as a platform to recap NU's athletic issues over the past couple of months (complete with links to all stories).

I'm just baffled how this made it past an employed editor with any sense for news. Fluff piece of "Little Joey got dropped off at Northwestern today to start college...the Big Ten school embroiled in athletic controversy."

I couldn't shake my head harder in total disgust.

Check out @lou v's story on Northwestern's disappointing 38-14 loss at Duke today.

I saw that Hilinski and Lausch entered the game in relief of Bryant. Hilinski threw the back-breaking TD pass that really sealed the game. It wasn't quite garbage time yet. It was a great play.

But I thought Sully was the backup. Why did he not enter the game? Was he injured?

I was at the game so I didn't get to hear whether the announcers talked about it.

They most likely won't be here next year so do they bother recruiting or do they just put all their efforts into winning games this season?

Northwestern is on the road this week to face their toughest test of the season: No. 21 Duke. The Wildcats have lost four straight in the series with the Blue Devils and aim to pull off the upset to snap two streaks in two weeks. Here are our predictions for this Saturday's game.

He won a Rose Bowl at USC, has led some great offenses, and his Georgia Southern teams have been competitive (see current Wisconsin game)

Here are our takeaways from David Braun's press conference this morning.

Surprised by that. I was wondering if he was done for the season after what looked like a bad leg injury last week.

Only player listed as "out" is J. Fitz.

Why are posts regarding Carl the Traitor keep being deleted?

Are we censoring our board to oblivion now?

There was no racist, sexist, woke agendas being posted as far as I could tell.

Are there any Northwestern bars in Chicago where people watch games?

Thanks.

I talked with Jack Lausch this morning after practice, check out my profile on his path to Northwestern, his game against UTEP and the rest of this season.

I cannot find the Duke game on Comcast in Evanston. Is it an ACC ESPN game requiring a subsription?

So heading into Week 3, there is basis for some optimism among Cats fans after an explosive 2nd Half against UTEP. UTEP is not top competition, but performing at the level one would expect from a Power 5 school in a non-conference game is a significant step forward from last season.

The test coming up this week is daunting. Duke has had NU's number for years, in good years and in bad. Duke is riding a #21 ranking and is heavily favored at home with a very warm forecast for Durham.

Payback is overdue but will be a tall order. I will pick the Cats and the upset, but it is more hope than realism.

Adlai Stevenson 24
Richard Nixon 21

It's sort of like a plateau.

Some of the most creative 1Q play calling for Vs. They lead terps 14-0 and were 20pt dogs

Delayed at airport... decided to watch some old NU highlights. Pinstripe Bowl... down 3-0 and the Pitt FB stumbles on his way into the endzone. Next play A Walk stones James Conner. Then on the next series, The Ball Carrier ripped of a long run to change fields. He was so fluid and never got hit square. Top 5 all-time favorite Cats.

Before the Duke game becomes the object of post mortems, I wanted to just give a shout out to everyone involved in Himon’s long TD reception last Saturday. The call put the ball into an area UTEP had ceded, as they were in a 3rd and long 3-3-5 defense. Hilinski’s timing was excellent, leaving every defender with at least one blocker. The blocks were executed without penalty, and Himon read the blocks to get his path to the end zone. The old cliche is that every play is designed to score a TD if everyone does what they are supposed to. In this case everyone did.
This highlight compilation has both the sideline and end zone views starting at 14:52. I think watching the 2 views really demonstrates how perfect the execution was on this play.

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optimistic thinking I know, Riley Leonard is the next coming of Daniel Jones and is going to give us fits, but a guy can hope.

If we had five OL like this Rhino, we’d stampede the entire B1G.

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I thought it would be interesting to see how the new BIG stacked up on the US News rankings of schools:
1. NU
2. UCLA
3. USC (tie)
3. Michigan (tie)
5. Wisconsin
6. Illinois
7. Ohio St.
8. Purdue
9. Washington
10. Rutgers
11. Maryland
12. Minnesota
13. Indiana
14. Michigan St. (tie)
14. Penn St. (tie)
16. Iowa
17. Oregon
18. Nebraska

Fixed adding Nebraska and Iowa.