This evaluation is strictly for Sin City interested parties - you know... bettors. These types are as fickle with their opinions as they are irrational regarding the salient facts of either team's value when considering the sum of their individual whole seasonal field play workload. Did NU get "lucky" in their winning the B1G West Division championship... some uninformed observers would conclude "most certainly." However, to state so flippantly ignores the obvious circumstances. When they needed a superior performance, the 'Cats delivered. Look no further than the Nebby BugEater game - in which the 'Cats had to score 10 points in the game's final 3 minutes just to tie the game to qualify for OT - the results of which which this author summarily dismisses as an aberration from his self-imposed "norm" for "Just Northwestern." The bottom line point is: NU did the needful and did so with a determined, collective effort that underscores the fact that they can be and are a force to be reckoned-with against any FBS team.
The 'Cats won 8 B1G games, and beat all all of their West Division foes. Any other team do that? No. Period. End of story. Eff this jack-hole and his myopic perspectives. You know in your heart, when Fitz, Doc & even McCall have the time to do so , they will devise a very effective game plan to compete with the Utes and beat them. The biggest factors will be turnovers and stopping the run for either team. If NU gets 3 extra offensive possessions via TOs, then I like their chances at capturing the Holiday Bowl "W" flag and bringing it back to the trophy case in the lobby of the Taj Ma-Fitz.
