...Chris Collins. Give Braun a frickin' chance. Buncha whining NU grads.

I don’t have the stats, of course, but I’ve believed for about a decade that winning two out of the three categories above means a victory.

For so long, NU eschewed even trying for the big play. This meant that the defense needed to take the ball away, and especially that NU needed to keep the ball on third down. Or fourth down. And it’s no coincidence that NU’s most consistent success came when NU got aggressive on fourth down.

NU was bad on third downs today — only 3 of 12. NU had only 9 g-d first downs to Maryland’s 25.

But, Kirtz had two deep deep catches and Henning another, while Maryland eked out three, including one after the game was decided.

It’s so nice to have a head coach and an OC that seek to move the ball through deep completions. It’s on tape now, and it’ll lead to more underneath room, more scrambling room, and hopefully — eventually? — some room to run. Take the top off the defense and suddenly you’ve got space underneath. It’ll be beautiful.

(Aside: Komolafe had been in the doghouse since he lost a fumble early on. He provided a spark that I’d hoped to see all season tonight.)


What a satisfying win.

Every game I can recall this season NU received the opening kick. Am I misremembering?

My takeaways from Northwestern's 40-14 defeat at Iowa.

My takeaways from Northwestern's 40-14 defeat at Iowa.

Is Northwestern really a B1G team? I think this program may benefit from dropping down to the Big 12 or even maybe to the FCS level. It’s not 1896 anymore, this program can’t compete in the new Power 2

This season is over. Lausch clearly isn’t the answer. We will be portalling for our next QB. Why not see what he can do? His offer list was pretty terrible but hey you never know.

This is a bad football team. Defense is ok, but offense and special teams are bad. The coaching is not helping either. Extremely disappointed in Lujan who’s just making a bad offense worse. Cats are getting pasted by a weak Iowa team.

..used a simple formula. Get a good coach and hit the portal hard! It’s not that complicated and it works!

rehire Fitz, Jake, and Hank??? This is rock bottom.

Seriously though, we have to ask more direct questions of the coaching staff, who don’t seem prepared or at minimum on different pages. Ugh.

Northwestern (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) is on the road tonight at Maryland (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) at SECU Stadium under the lights. The game is set to kick at 7:05 pm CT and air on FS1.

This one’s a must-win for a bowl, yeah?

Game 3 of the most important 4-game stretch of the season, right?

I hope NU makes McNamara look stupid.

Was last weekend so discouraging that fans have lost hope? Maybe it was.

Either way, super-quiet, quieter than usual here.




(Super hot resurrected gambling discussion, tho. I watched a bit of the Pistons on the FanDuel Sports Network last night. I saw that they had a huge lead, but not how they blew it.)

So after trying to do the impossible with not much time on the clock, multiple times in terrible field position. He finally gets decent field position and lets the clock run out.

No Mueller, no Kirtz, two backup Gs… yeesh

How does Braun kick another 50 yard field goal with a punter who clearly has a 45 yard limit? Is he just determined to make one before season is over? Mind-numbing.

Forth and two and you have been moving the ball ad you make your punter try a 50 yarded ..... Just like last week.

This scares me given the “revenge game” motivation…

@lou v and I log our predictions as the Wildcats hit the road to play the Hawkeyes.

I will be in attendance. First timer at kinnick

Today’s scrimmage highlights to help ease the pain of the Wisky debacle.

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Let’s start with the best of the ProCats:

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Another frustrating outing by the Cats leaves them running out of chances to reach bowl-eligibility. The defense was effective until it was worn down by the Badgers last week. The offense regressed after an encouraging showing @ Maryland.

This week, NU travels to Iowa to face a team that is down from its strong season last year but that seems to have found an offense, so predicting a low-scoring game isn't as easy as it once was. But the game is afoot (hoping Luke has a better game, too)....so:

Pink 23
Purple 13

I hope I am wrong.