Game thread for Northwestern vs. Minnesota

[TerraCat]

It’s a good offense except for scoring points!

 

[FanatiCat]

I’ve never seen it, though I wish they had shown them on replay.

The only time I’ve seen defensive holding is a DL holding an OL who is trying to pull. I can’t imagine what it would have been on the goal line.

 

[FeralFelidae]

Eye-brahim

 

[FeralFelidae]

That's definitely targeting and I can't imagine what he was thinking when he did it.

 

[Arlcatsfan]

Uihlein gone.Bad play

 

[FanatiCat]

Well that’s it for Uileihn. Who do we have to play LB behind him? Glad it’s not in the second half.

 

[DaCat]

Dumb play by Uihlein.

 

[HawkCat]

Uihlein is done. Justifiably so. Really dumb play.

 

[TheC]

The good news is that Minnesota takes their time scoring so it shouldn’t look too ugly.

 

[FeralFelidae]

Already a 100-yard day for Eye-brahim.

 

[HawkCat]

Now playing Declan Carr, the grad transfer from Drake, at LB. Pretty sad that we don’t even have a young guy worth getting some reps.

 

[BosCat]

Good news - we get the ball to start 2nd half.....

 

[Rebel II]

Now playing Declan Carr, the grad transfer from Drake, at LB. Pretty sad that we don’t even have a young guy worth getting some reps.

We have 85 full rides. 41 on O and 41 on D and 3 for specialists. Do the math. Depth is very difficult for everyone.

 

[DaCat]

Now playing Declan Carr, the grad transfer from Drake, at LB. Pretty sad that we don’t even have a young guy worth getting some reps.

That's the stupidity of JON and Fitz. Clueless.

 

[Titanium999]

Gophers might run for 500.

Sullivan is a solid qb! He doesn’t turn the ball 🏈 over!

 

[FeralFelidae]

Imagine if we make it a 1-score game going into the half.

With Eye-brahim going into the tunnel.

 

[The Purple Knight]

This is a poorly run program in all aspects.

Yep

 

[FeralFelidae]

Well, at least we're on the board.

 

[Titanium999]

We have 85 full rides. 41 on O and 41 on D and 3 for specialists. Do the math. Depth is very difficult for everyone.

We are an Ivy League team at best!

 

[The Purple Knight]

Skowroski getting beat like a rented mule.

 

[WestCoastWildcat]

It would be nice if we could protect our qb’s. They are taking a pounding in the pocket. I hope Sullivan is ok, replay showed a hard hit to his helmet both by the player and the ground.

At least we won’t get skunked.

 

[phatcat]

Kick the earlier FG and we are down by a score. Not that it matters. Hilinski is a Statue of Limitations

 

[DaCat]

As bad as our defense has been, offense hasn't done any better with SIX yards rushing in the first half. Just a bad team all around.

 

[Rebel II]

We are an Ivy League team at best!

No. But we are a 1-8 BIG team playing below our potential.

 

[cattul]

“There’s explosive plays everywhere…”

That was an unfortunately astute assessment of our defense by Fleck.

 

[FanatiCat]

Imagine if we make it a 1-score game going into the half.

With Eye-brahim going into the tunnel.

Had we kicked a very makeable FG from the 12, it WOULD be a one score game right now.

 

[Rebel II]

Kick the earlier FG and we are down by a score. Not that it matters. Hilinski is a Statue of Limitations

I just told me crew exactly that. It was a blunder. Always take the points.

 

[phatcat]

I'm worried that Sully was concussed 2 weeks in a row. He might be done for the year or for life. The short happy life

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Also, it’s stupid to wear a winter hat with a pom-pom (did your mom dress you? Are you six years old?), and the kangaroo pouch should be camo like the rest of the sweatshirt. (Is it a hoodie? If it’s a hoodie, no hat at all, dang it.)

This is what you are complaining about?

 

[DaCat]

I'm worried that Sully was concussed 2 weeks in a row. He might be done for the year or for life. The short happy life

Sully is a gamer and I hope that's not the case. Football is a brutal sport. We already saw Rowley retire this year, and Gordon is out for the season with his chronic shoulder injuries that threaten his career too.

 

[stpaulcat]

This is what you are complaining about?

We are running out of things to complain about.

 

[FeralFelidae]

I'm worried that Sully was concussed 2 weeks in a row. He might be done for the year or for life. The short happy life

I mean, people said they wanted a mobile quarterback.

When you base your offense around your QB running, this is forever a risk.

(Although this particular play was a passing play.)

 

[Rebel II]

If you care to watch just the line play you'll notice that the Gophers grap and hold on every play. It's sickening, why no flags?

 

[eastbaycat99]

Defense took a lot of criticism in the first half, but Minny had 6 possessions before running out the clock at end of half: Cats had four stops, and would hav had five except for the bogus PI call. While due to attrition I expect them to score 28 or so in the second half, the Cats are losing this game because Minny’s defense really controlled the game. Gopher D is good; Cat’s offense isn’t.

 

[FanatiCat]

Defense took a lot of criticism in the first half, but Minny had 6 possessions before running out the clock at end of half: Cats had four stops, and would hav had five except for the bogus PI call. While due to attrition I expect them to score 28 or so in the second half, the Cats are losing this game because Minny’s defense really controlled the game. Gopher D is good; Cat’s offense isn’t.

The run D is horrible though despite the score. The first 2 defensive series were a mirage, now they’re a total sieve. Although the offense is not much better. It’s a bad combo. If the offense goes down by more than a TD, game over, there’s no way they are going to make up that deficit.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

We have 85 full rides. 41 on O and 41 on D and 3 for specialists. Do the math. Depth is very difficult for everyone.

It just doesn’t show up as much for almost everyone else.

 

[SmellyCat]

Hilinski is a Statue of Limitations

That's not the right spelling, it's...oh, I see what you did there. Yeah.

 

[cattul]

Defense took a lot of criticism in the first half, but Minny had 6 possessions before running out the clock at end of half: Cats had four stops, and would hav had five except for the bogus PI call. While due to attrition I expect them to score 28 or so in the second half, the Cats are losing this game because Minny’s defense really controlled the game. Gopher D is good; Cat’s offense isn’t.

I agree, though the Cats are fortunate to be facing a depleted Gopher offense.

It looks like Hilinski must step up his game for NU to have a chance In the second half. The Gopher run defense is stout.

Edit: I am…ummm…wow! So pure direct snaps to the RB for the rest of the game?

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

I usually refrain from the game day over-reaction thread, but this might be the worst Coached team I have seen this side of Lovie.

 

[FeralFelidae]

Who's QB #3?