DU @ NU Prediction Thread

[rmndcat]

After a bright defensive effort and a promising, if uneven, offensive start, the Cats welcome Duke to the Lakeside for a renewal of what seems like a perennial Non-Con "rivalry." I'm not sure there's much actual investment in Duke as a rival, but there is frustration at years of losses to the Blue Devils, often in years when Duke ends up with a losing season record and the Cats go on to bowl victories.

Will this be year the NU breaks the Blue Devil curse? I think so.

Richard Milhous Nixon 13
Adlai Ewing Stevenson 23

 

[TheC]

Dammit.... it's time!

NU 17
DU 13

 

[LACatFan]

Mike Wright comes alive and spreads the wealth. Kirtz, Henning, and Covey do damage. Porter is bruising.

Mueller leads the D to some long past due redemption over the Duke Offense.

Cats 31
Devils 10

 

[No Chores]

We are favored by 2.5 and will cover easily. Duke cannot run the ball, and this will be fatal. 'Cats 24-10.

 

[phatcat]

Cats 24-21

 

[nu greek]

Cats 23-20

 

[JoeWildcat]

Cats 20
Duke 13

 

[NUcats92]

NU 17 Puke 10

 

[nickcat4]

NU 17 Puke 10

Nu 20 duku 17

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Duck Fuke. Cats by a million

(Idk… Cats 24 Duke 17?)

 

[stpaulcat]

Smoke 20
Fire 24

 

[eddie_gocats]

I predict the under!

 

[NUCat320]

49-3 Cats.
And take the over with this set of powerhouse playmakers.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Purple over blue

 

[TerraCat]

NU 24
Duke 13

 

[Alvious]

Uncle Jesse 31
Cats 13

Death, taxes, and Duke beating Northwestern.

 

[WildcatWillie]

All the above predictions are way off. The game on this date has already been played and it was a low-scoring affair with the Cats winning, 2-0.

I refer of course to the field hockey game played today with #1 Northwestern beating #5 Duke. Not too shabby.

Or were you chaps thinking of some other competition?

 

[zeek55]

I could see 14 points being enough to win this game.

 

[The Purple Knight]

low scoring game. Malik ends up choking and cats win 17-7

 

[nickcat4]

low scoring game. Malik ends up choking and cats win 17-7

Cats 24 Duke 17

 

[Overly_Invested_Cat]

NU=24
DUH=14
A push on the O/U.

 

[CatManTrue]

I predict the under!

Agreed.

Cats 13-6.

However, this time we score two touchdowns - 1 for 1 on XPs.

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

I know nothing about the current Duke team but have to believe we are overdue for a win against them. I like our chances at home in our “new” stadium. Sounds like the weather and it being a night game will be strong factors in keeping it a low-scoring close game with more fg’s than td’s.
We will have to maximize our scoring opportunities, no missed fg’s!! I like our defense and hope our offense continues to improve (we left some points off the board last game.)

NU 20 Duke 13

Go Cats!!

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

Cats 20
Duke 13

Joe- “we” *almost* got it right! Tough loss! 😕