First-half thread for Northwestern vs. Maryland

[lou v]

It's finally here!

 

[lou v]

NU's defense is down two starters, as Greg Newsome and Trevor Kent are both inactive.

 

[IGNORE2]

Half the team is inactive

 

[NUera]

Announcer says the D is on the ropes on the opening drive, just before Maryland is forced to settle for 3. It’s like, bruh, have you ever watched an NU game in the last 12 years? We give away yards between the 20s and tighten up as the field compresses. This is hardly new.

 

[catcrazy]

Why is it that we always appear to have so many inactive players. Seems like more than any team

 

[corbi296]

Blatant pick by Maryland that was not called on a key 3rd down pick up deep in NU territory. Let’s hope the refs do better.

 

[chicagocatfan24]

Bring back McCall

 

[DaCat]

Ramsey with the clutch 3rd down pass.

 

[cattul]

Great to see an obviously healthy Bowser again.

 

[NUinIowafan]

Woohoo!! Great start!!

 

[nugnrfan82]

Ramsey with the clutch 3rd down pass.

Some of the throws have surgeon like precision. A site for sore eyes!
TD!

Erik

 

[Alaskawildkat]

First drive ends in a TD!

 

[IGNORE2]

Truly impressive drive

 

[DrillCat]

Wow. What a difference and a great first drive of the season.

 

[DC Cats]

I'm here to overreact!

 

[corbi296]

Brandon Joseph with a couple of impressive plays so far.

 

[corbi296]

Gold out. Crap. DT and CB depth being tested right away.

 

[bjm989]

Good start for our Cats! And now an INT. I missed my Cats!

 

[zbag51]

That looked pretty good!

 

[Rodenthater]

Same old story, dropping like flies!

 

[Go Catz]

Cool to see Spivak on offense, but they need to save him for the rapidly depleting D line.

 

[IGNORE2]

Anybody catch who started on OL?

 

[Catmosphere]

i could get used to this!

 

[Alaskawildkat]

Nice start for Ramsey now with a running TD!

 

[IGNORE2]

And nobody will be complaining about attendance for once

 

[torque-cat]

Ramsey has already had a couple throws better than anything I’ve seen since Thorson. His decision making already seems big time. There will be down games but I’m thrilled with what I see so far.

 

[lunker35]

Ramsey has already had a couple throws better than anything I’ve seen since Thorson. His decision making already seems big time. There will be down games but I’m thrilled with what I see so far.

Play calling is unreal. Why it took so long to can McCall still drives me crazy.

 

[Catmosphere]

What an incredible start! I am super impressed and decidedly optimistic for what lies ahead this season!

Just. Stay. Healthy.

 

[corbi296]

Ramsey has already had a couple throws better than anything I’ve seen since Thorson. His decision making already seems big time. There will be down games but I’m thrilled with what I see so far.

That’s what a Big Ten QB looks like. We did not have one last year.

 

[phatcat]

Play calling is unreal. Why it took so long to can McCall still drives me crazy.

I'm excited too, but MD defense is the equivalent of the Washington Generals

Of course, last year they would have gotten 10 pts against same

 

[DC Cats]

After one quarter, we're averaging 56.0 points per game. This may be the greatest offense of all time.

 

[chicagocatfan24]

Skoronski is absolutely STONING this DE

 

[CatManTrue]

Lees just prevented a pick there. Yikes.

Malik has already made two nice plays!

 

[corbi296]

What the hell was that? Hopefully that is the worst punt we see all year.

 

[bjm989]

Huge sack! Cats D looking nasty!!!!

 

[Jonny2TheP]

When is the last time Hank dialed up a CB blitz?!?! Love it!

 

[MRCat95]

Bring back McCall

No

 

[Titanium999]

Go Cats! Defense looks great!

 

[Go Catz]

Cat DBs are having a game!

 

[DaCat]

When is the last time Hank dialed up a CB blitz?!?! Love it!

Shades of Hudy!! Ruiz is a stud.