Assume all the posters who denigrated Fitz for the Rutgers and Duke losses will want to give him immediate and direct credit for the Minnyhaha win. So, feel free use this thread to do so accordingly!

Illinois squeezed past FAU.
Iowa got shut out.
Purdue ain’t any good and is a home game.

And a Howard win will count.

There’s some reason to watch! That’s very exciting.

As several people pointed out, the skinny post tying TD was reminiscent of Sam Simmons against Michigan in 2000. Two plays before the TD, Henning fought for yards on a reception on an inside screen that got a first down and saved the game from ending. It was very similar to a 4th down catch and run by Chad Hanaoka against Nebraska on the no-timeout drive that tied that game in 2018. Incidentally, that drive also included a personal foul that greatly helped keeping things moving forward.

As appreciative as I am about the play calling for the passing game, the play calling and play construction for the running game needs to change. Running the ball up the middle without a lead blocker doesn't work.

We need a fullback or H-back or some kind of lead blocker. We need pulling lineman. We need modern running plays. The running game is using Pop Warner concepts from 1981.

So much talent, potential and hard work has been wasted on these moronic running plays.

Charlie Kuhbander, 47 yards, in the 2020 B1G championship game.

(I did not look up longest attempts.)

Longest by an NU kicker at Ryan Field since…
Charlie Kuhbander, v. MSU (L 31-10), September 21, 2019


GO JACK GO JACK GO!

You can tell he’s healthy again and he’s running with a lot of confidence and hitting holes hard. Showing some nice jukes as well. I think he’s one of the better backs in the conference when healthy and I hope the offensive line give him a chance to have a nice season.

With the news of the demise of the Pac 12, it sure looks like WSU and OSU are going to be demoted to G5 and take a huge pay cut.

In particular, WSU is in debt and was sinking a huge amount of loans into renovations that now have no revenue streams to pay.

Can we poach their AD Chun and offer either Dickert or Smith the NU coaching job with our "gobs" of B10 money?

Either of them I think would work really well at NU.

Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's wild overtime win over Minnesota.

Northwestern (1-2, 0-1 Big Ten) hosts Minnesota (2-1, 1-0 Big Ten) tonight at Ryan Field. The stadium clock sets kickoff for 6:40 pm CT and the game will air on BTN.

This is Northwestern's Wildcat Welcome game, so the incoming freshman class will be in attendance. The Wildcats are 2-3 in their last five against the Gophers but have lost three straight stretching back to 2019.

The more things change at NU, the more they stay the same.

There's $30M(COVID 2021)-$50M (2020) coming in before donations, tickets, NCAA tourney money and football. But NU doesn't want to take even the slightest money hit. It blows my mind how short-sighted that obvious financial decision is. I wonder how much the pretty-clear throw-away season will reduce other revenues?

However, the decision disappoints me more for two more reasons:

1) Maybe it's just a recency bias in me. But it sure seemed like there were more quality, experienced coaching possibilities out there that NU might have had a decent shot with:

Mark Turgeon - Reportedly, he had enough of the pressure at Maryland. What better answer than NU? He's rumored for KSU, Missouri and Rhode Island. So it seems like he was in the ballpark.
Chris Mack - Things ended badly at Louisville, but it's been proven that fan base is nutty. If I'm Gragg, I'd love to hear the discussion of what happened. Need to rehab your career? Welcome to NU!!
Thad Matta - Another rehab whose name is all over the place. Pass a physical and stress test, and I'm in! And I'm always stunned he's only in his mid 50s.
Bruce Weber - I admit he's long in the tooth, but he knows how to get it done in a P6 conference with less-than talent. And now he'll be another year older next year.
John Beilein - I know, I know. It's a dream - especially now. But his Cleveland contract demonstrated one thing: He can be lured by money. He's the oldest of this list, but that's a guy I have no problem WAY overpaying for.

Before someone barks that these are the old guys, every one of them has multiple Sweet 16s and a host of tourney teams. And all of them except Mack have done it as head guys at multiple schools.

Yes, I can see Gates, McCausland and Anthony Grant as more than flavors of the year. But I think the old guys have the experience NU needed to get this going long term. I think a decent AD could have swayed one of these guys to rehab NU and their career.

2) The other realization ... if NU has no problem suffering through another mediocre year to save a few bucks, there's NO WAY they're paying real money for anybody with experience to come in here while they still have two years on CC's contract.

Start scouting the mid-majors boys. D*mn,

I understand Bryant doesn’t have a ton to work with, but he’s missed 3 or 4 wide open guys already. Henning has burned them twice and they should have been huge plays. Please, just give Sullivan a chance.

And the Second Great Dark Ages of Northwestern Football begins..........

Wasn't able to watch the game. I see Gordon didn't have any catches while the TE group in total had two. Was Gordon hurt? Any thoughts on why the TEs are not being targeted more?

living here in [redacted] Minnesota [redacted] (rodentville), this WAS so satisfying!!!! GO YOU Northwestern!!!

I liked that.

My buddy is swimming from alcatraz to shore in a swimming 2 mile race Saturday. He wanted me to join him. I told him he was crazy! 60 degree water sharks and sea lions. Is it truly a safe race? Anybody with insight?? Is this something that is common to do? Any deaths doing it?? Part of me wishes I had done it....

After being beaten solidly by Duke, NU returns home to open the B1G West Season against Minnesota. Although the Cats are, under the best reading, a work in progress, the rest of the division is also vulnerable this season.

The Cats should be at least more competitive against the Gophers than against Duke and possibly Rutgers.

Mary Tyler Moore 19
Steven Colbert 21

I was on campus twice today. It was the lowest student enthusiasm I’ve ever seen for the game, and that’s saying something.

I hope some show up tonight but it was really quiet about 10 minutes ago.

Who’s going tmrw night?! Our temporary embarrassing non led lights will be on display.

The ACC is floating the idea of playing games that involve Stanford or Cal in Dallas, as a way to reduce the travel burden from both sides. So Stanford home football games would be played in Dallas! So funny.

What a comeback! Great team effort. Bryant discovered his inner gunslinger. Offense is fun.

I’m assuming it must have come up at the press conference.

I’m team #whoknows, but also Sullivan is fun to watch and the team moves every time he’s on the field, second team or not.

Or they would have given up at half like most of our fans.

Go Cats!