Is that true? I had to go back to 2014 to see that they beat both Notre Dame and Wisconsin while going 5-7. Their truly bad years they've only beaten Illinois and Rutgers in conference
sounds reasonable -- the two picks from Morgan was probably a season high too
Yeah, they were because they were completely selling out on the run and then just bringing the extra people.
Yep....KC would have adjusted in the Bowling Green and Illinois games last year. Sanford seemed incapable of doing so. It was maddening. Our offense last year just looked lost most of the time, struggling to get plays called....it was just a nightmare. Amazing we won 9 games which is a massive testament to the defense.
Once we beat Purdue we can be Purdue fans.
Northwestern currently unbeaten in conference
you don't even need to use the litmus test of the buckeyes -- washington state made the offense look pedestrian (even with Cundiff getting two touchdowns)
That is fair regarding the defense. I'll refrain from posting more on the topic, but I think that Illinois has the weapons to expose this defense (and our own) to a higher degree than wazzu was able to.
Haven’t watched Illinois enough. I just know they lost to Indiana but have people complementing them
true, if illinois is heavily penalized again they lose. they didn't lose to indiana because they don't have talent though. the same as the gophers losing to Illinois last year and then beating wisconsin. both '21 minnesota and '22 illinois have reasons for people to compliment then.
Chase Brown is #1 in rushing yards, and Illini are 5th in total defense (1 spot above Iowa).
they kept shooting themselves in the foot vs washington, Wisky had 400 yards of offense
Correct, that was Sanford's last game as game planner and play caller.
Is this just speculation?
Nothing was ever official but offense changed after the Illinois game and Fleck started mentioning Simon more.
The game plans and play calling the rest of the season confirm it.
Kind of replying as I have seen them take down the badgers several times when they weren’t that good. Perhaps they just have buckys number but I seem to remember it happening several times. I think there was also I instances where it was early ant the perception was they weren’t good but ended up being decent. Just has been some games where they were a double digit dog and got the W. I could be wrong but it sure felt that way. Every college te seems to have one big 10 team of lesser abilities that just gives them fits.
That would be impressive but not likely. That’s a nasty line up.If Northwestern runs the gauntlet of:
Penn State
Wisconsin
Maryland
Iowa
Ohio State
and is still in contention when they play us I will be officially worried. Gut feeling is they will be well out of it long before they get to us