Not house money at all. The opportunity to finish 5-4 in the Big Ten and knock Illinois below 500 is huge!
Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Illinois
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We need to start growing these "competent QB" guys at home again!
What a great drive.
So far:
17-22, 179 for Bryant.
7-124 for Johnson.
So far:
17-22, 179 for Bryant.
7-124 for Johnson.
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I think a key turning point for the season was the decision to insert Josh Thompson in the starting lineup at RT. The OL play has progressively gotten better since then and really been the catalyst for the improved offensive results.
Also helps that the defensive fronts we’ve faced have decreased in difficulty (save for Newton today, at least individually).
If a team is gonna throw 5-yard hitches all day, then they’re probably going to hit most of them. Rallying and tackling is the key.
Yes. Four scores for NU, five for Illinois today. But three Illinois kicks.
We allllllll goooooood.
We are not really built for a shootout. O needs to keep executing and D needs STOPS like in their territory.
Why does Jake start every drive with a dive left? Looking forward to some creativity next year. Though today's game has been somewhat creative. Let's keep moving the ball, and keep scoring! Go Cats!
Agreed, though this has been NU’s best offensive performance of the season. Let Benny cook.
Lifting doesn’t really impact kickers the same way as other positions.
So you’re saying we need to try to score points while preventing them from scoring points in turn?
Obviously, but a very weird trajectory and velocity combo. Dead straight, low, and slow. Weird.
To be fair, we’ve been trained to think a 45-yarder is insurmountable. I wouldn’t have minded a fourth down run, but I understand the kick decision.
Not a great start to this defensive drive…
It is if it is beyond the range of your kicker. In the NFL it is a chip shot. For Northwestern it is ridiculously long.
