Takeaways: NU stands by Lausch through slow start for 31-7 win over EIU

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Takeaways: NU stands by Lausch through slow start for 31-7 win over EIU

Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's three-score win over Eastern Illinois.

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Here are my takeaways from Jack Lausch's debut as starting quarterback and Northwestern's 31-7 win over Eastern Illinois.

 

[eddie_gocats]

“ hadn't won an FCS game by 20+ since 2015“ … about time!

 

[DaCat]

Didn’t realize Lausch was 11-11 passing in the second half. Nice performance after a forgettable beginning to the game.

 

[phatcat]

There is this passage in "Semi-Tough" where Randy Juan Llanez returns a KO for a TD. Big Ed Bookman remarks, with some inappropriate language, that he thought the only thing he was good for was driving the team bus. That's how I felt about Lausch in the first half. Really nice turnaround. A Kafkaesque metamorphosis. Let's see how he does against a better team. He had nice touch on his passes after his Bobby Douglass imitation