Minnesota has won two straight games against Northwestern, both by one score and both in the fourth quarter. Will the Wildcats open up the Big Ten season with a win?
Fearless predictions
Fearless predictions
WR's fearless predictions, featuring special guest CoralSpringsCat!
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Surprised you missed the opportunity to mention Vitale was a 2 star! Where is the recruiting plug?
I like that, but I think we score more than that. Our offense is really clicking now. Had we not been flagged 21 times for over 220 yards in Jersey, we would have seriously spanked Bergen. We had at least 3 touchdowns negated. We will have close to that many points at the half. I was glad to see Aquinas lose. Looks like we have a great shot at National Champs. Be nice to share that distinction with Northwestern Wildcats. We both need to keep our undefeated streaks alive.
Like your projection but Thorson and the read-option shouldn't be in the same sentence. How about straight and delayed QB draws.
Why can't Thorson run the read option? Trevor ran it some in order to keep defenses honest...why can't the Mighty Thorson?
I know you have watched the games but you don't remember how many times the option has failed.
The quarterback option has looked really bad with the opposing teams crashing our corner, causing an early pitch, and the RB running for his life about 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage. The read option has looked okay but it is functionally a dive play as CT very rarely pulls it back and runs.
The quarterback option (in my amazingly ignorant opinion) seems less the problem with CT as it is the fact that we cannot seem to control the corner. Either the opposing defensive end is beating us to the point of attack or a linebacker is crashing in. Someone more knowledgeable than I am would need to guess whether this is due to us having tendencies which alert the opposing team that a qb option is coming or whether our offensive tackles are not getting the corner sealed.
On the read option, I am just not sure that CT is comfortable enough making the read yet.
So, I am not nearly as harsh on the read option but the opposing defense does not need to pay much attention to CT on it.
I'm not referring to that wide option we've run so unsuccessfully thus far...I'm referring to the read option - the play that Neal ran against us a couple times in the first half last weekend. You know the one where the QB can pull it out of the RB's belly if the DE is crashing in and not respecting the possibility of the QB keeping it? Think Colter, Kaepernick, Russell Wilson, etc.
Wow, very good prediction. We won 24-12, but it really should have been 31-12
Congrats to IMG...looks like the defense played well. Let's hope my NU prediction is also a good one!
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