Northwestern opens as a 40-point favorite against UMass

[ellabrockway]

Considering Northwestern hasn't scored 40 in one game since 2017, that's quite a line.

 

[FanatiCat]

We will not score 40. If I were a betting man I would take the under.

 

[Styre]

In Pat Fitzgerald's entire tenure we have won by 40+ two times:

41-0 over Eastern Illinois in 2015
49-7 over Bowling Green in 2017

 

[IGNORE]

We will not score 40. If I were a betting man I would take the under.

And the points.

 

[VirginiaWildcat]

I’m just hoping we score more points than they do.

 

[phatcat]

And the points.

Right. A) our offense is horrible and injury riddled. B ) Fitz will have the marching band suit up rather than run up a score

Edit - I wonder - if we were actually any good, would we be like 60 point favorites?

 

[NUCat320]

Right. A) our offense is horrible and injury riddled. B ) Fitz will have the marching band suit up rather than run up a score

Edit - I wonder - if we were actually any good, would we be like 60 point favorites?

Army isn’t any good (tho they almost be Michigan) and beat UMass 63-7 yesterday.

Army had lost five straight, to a murderers’ row:
Tulane, WKU, Ga St., SJSU, USAFA.

Said another way, Vegas thinks NU is 16 points worse than Army.

 

[IGNORE]

Army isn’t any good (tho they almost be Michigan) and best UMass 63-7 yesterday.

Army had lost five straight, to a murderers’ row:
Tulane, WKU, Ga St., SJSU, USAFA.

Said another way, Vegas thinks NU is 16 points worst than Army.

Vegas thought we would beat Purdue.

 

[Fitz51]

I like us at the 40. But I fear that we'll kill them, and people here will talk about the great resurgence of our offense before we put up 3 against Minnesota.

 

[NJCat]

I like us at the 40. But I fear that we'll kill them, and people here will talk about the great resurgence of our offense before we put up 3 against Minnesota.

Not to worry.

Remember a couple of years ago when the Minny QB competed more passes to NU than to his own team? Might see that from the Cats in a couple of weeks.

 

[Williesfan]

Oh boy this has all the markings of an absolute train wreck.

 

[Fitz51]

Oh boy this has all the markings of an absolute train wreck.

There's almost no chance. Maybe NU won't cover the 40, but it's far more likely we see Marty TD passes in this game.

 

[BosCat]

Somebody is very optimistic:

Fitz on being favored by 40: "I just wanna win by one man. That’s the bottom line. We gotta get a win. Get some positive momentum. Around here, we’ve typically won close games. UMass will be hungry coming in here. I’m sure our tape will not intimidate them." (per INU)

 

[kaTNap]

Somebody is very optimistic:

Fitz on being favored by 40: "I just wanna win by one man. That’s the bottom line. We gotta get a win. Get some positive momentum. Around here, we’ve typically won close games. UMass will be hungry coming in here. I’m sure our tape will not intimidate them." (per INU)

So let's play so we can just win by one ... so we'll lose by three. I long for the days when our team had a killer instinct.

 

[Williesfan]

There's almost no chance. Maybe NU won't cover the 40, but it's far more likely we see Marty TD passes in this game.

All I can say is Akron, Central Michigan, Illinois State, Army and New Hampshire.

 

[ashley0623]

3 of those teams had Chip Kelly, PJ Fleck, & Terry Bowden on the bench. UMass lost to SIU by 25. They're ranked below Ferris St, Kutztown, Lenoir-Rhyne, Slippery Rock, Colorado Mines, Notre Dame-OH, and Indiana-PA.
http://prwolfe.bol.ucla.edu/cfootball/ratings.htm

 

[NJCat]

All I can say is Akron, Central Michigan, Illinois State, Army and New Hampshire.

I'll see your Central Michigan and raise you a Western Michigan.......

(NU is 1-0 all time against CMU....)

 

[mickbula]

I predict a very close game. +40 for us is laughable with our team's O this year. I can see like a 23-21 final score. I'm not sure if we will win. But it will be embarrassingly close almost certainly.

 

[NUCat320]

 

[Noah121]

I'll see your Central Michigan and raise you a Western Michigan.......

(NU is 1-0 all time against CMU....)

My glasses are 0-1 against CMU.

 

[phatcat]

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[Purple Pile Driver]

I just can’t see laying 40 with this offense even if we are playing New Trier.

 

[NU Houston]

'Cats win by 39.

 

[techtim72]

Who would have thought? All with pretty much clueless QB play.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

'Cats win by 39.

It dropped to 38.5 at some books.

 

[FloridAlum]

It dropped to 38.5 at some books.

Fairly sure that after that it went back up to 41 1/2

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Fairly sure that after that it went back up to 41 1/2

Ok, I checked in an hour before the game and 38.5 was listed. Either way no way I would lay that many points with NU as a favorite.

 

[FloridAlum]

Ok, I checked in an hour before the game and 38.5 was listed. Either way no way I would lay that many points with NU as a favorite.

I saw 41 1/2 last night, so you probably checked after I did

 

[phatcat]

It dropped to 38.5 at some books.

Like my football pool. I lost that one

 

[TejasCat]

Fairly sure that after that it went back up to 41 1/2

a few hours before kickoff it got bet down to 38/38.5 where it closed.