Welcome back to FFFF. After a one week hiatus for the bye week, this column is rested and ready, much like (hopefully) Michigan's football team. This week's opposition is the Northwestern Wildcats, who sit this season at 3-3, having beaten the bad teams on their schedule, while not being terribly competitive against the better ones. For years Pat Fitzgerald has exceeded expectations at Northwestern in spite of a dreadful offense, one that seems to be about as bad as usual this year from a bird's eye view. Is that the case when we look at it up close? Let's take a look:
The Film: For this piece focused on the offense, we're using Northwestern's game against Nebraska from Oct. 2. Northwestern has played (in my opinion) only two good(ish) teams in Nebraska and Michigan State. Of those two, Nebraska's defense is a better schematic fit when making comparisons to Michigan. If you remember the FFFF on Nebraska's defense from a couple weeks ago, th
Football After Northwestern’s 56-7 loss at Nebraska two weeks ago, one of the worst of Coach Pat Fitzgerald’s tenure, it looked like the Wildcats’ chances at bowl eligibility were slipping away. But, NU (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) rebounded with a strong showing, both offensively and defensively, against Rutgers (3-4, 0-4 Big Ten) on Saturday during.
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Ryan Hilinski threw for two touchdowns and host Northwestern bounced back with a 21-7 victory over undisciplined Rutgers Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.
It finally feels like football weather around the Cornhusker State and as someone who works outside for a living, it’s been nice to get a break from the heat that has been beating down on me for most of the summer. Since it was a good day, this particular writer got lost after parking his […]