WildcatReport breaks down the Wildcats' come-from-behind Holiday Bowl win over Utah.
After further review: Northwestern 31 Utah 20
After further review: Northwestern 31 Utah 20
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You are a natural writer Chappy! Keep up the good work!WildcatReport breaks down the Wildcats' come-from-behind Holiday Bowl win over Utah.
After further review: Northwestern 31 Utah 20
You make a good point - but overall I was very pleased with the resilience of the secondary this year. We got hit repeatedly and fairly hard throughout the year with the injury stick. Some games were better than others, but in general we responded to that adversity very well. Pretty good considering it was the first year under a new position coach.
NU basically played the last five games of the season (including the bowl) without three-quarters of its starting secondary and won four of them. Imagine what that injury situation would have done to NU 10 years ago. The season would’ve gone into the tank.
The depth of talent - what Fitz likes to call competitive depth - has increased dramatically in recent years.
Thanks Eastbaycat!Chappy, thanks again for all your hard work this season. I really enjoyed the recap; it gave me an opportunity to relive the pleasure of the game again.
I do actually disagree a little with your second takeaway, the plug and play. The D-line has consistently been the Cats’ deepest unit this and the last several years, and the wide receiver group was probably the second deepest this year, and so the outstanding play of Alex Miller, Ramaud Chiakhiao-Bowman and Riley Lees, while great, is confirmation of these position group’s depth. Mayo played his best game, and deserves credit, but I really don’t think the score is 20-3 at the half if Hartage plays. There was a step down in skill that was apparent even though it did not kill the Cats. Similarly (fortunately) there was no need to sub on the offensive line due to injury. That was the thinnest position group, as evidenced by the problems the Cats had early in the season when several starters were sidelined. Progress is being made in depth, but I don’t think the Cats have reached the plug and play status across the board.
Thanks wrestler! More to comeYou are a natural writer Chappy! Keep up the good work!
Any chance that Rocamp could get more playing time? I know he had a key PBU in that one game, but don't think he saw much action after that.NU basically played the last five games of the season (including the bowl) without three-quarters of its starting secondary and won four of them. Imagine what that injury situation would have done to NU 10 years ago. The season would’ve gone into the tank.
The depth of talent - what Fitz likes to call competitive depth - has increased dramatically in recent years.
Any chance that Rocamp could get more playing time? I know he had a key PBU in that one game, but don't think he saw much action after that.