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Pat Fitzgerald’s Northwestern team had reason to enjoy much of its 2018 season.
After an inexplicably bad start in nonconference play — punctuated by home losses to Duke and Akron back to back — and a close loss to Michigan, the Wildcats rolled off seven straight league wins and ran away with the West Division title, winning it by three games.
A Big Ten Championship Game loss to Ohio State followed, but Fitzgerald’s group beat a really good Utah team in the Holiday Bowl, capping off a 9-5 season, including an 8-2 mark overall against Big Ten teams.
Offseasons always bring change, but sometimes they bring a sense of disrespect, too. And Fitzgerald seemed to feel it when he took the podium at the league’s media days on Friday.
“We're not great clickbait, I guess, so picking us first isn't real sexy,” he said in response to a question about his team being picked in the middle or lower tier of the Big Ten West by various outlets. “But we'll just earn it. We'll just earn it. That's what's so great about football. The West gets knocked. I enjoy it. That's what I tell our players, enjoy it, and you've got to go out and earn it on the field, and that's what makes our game so great.
“We'll just continue to do that and control what we can control, but yeah, it's always fun to read this time of year how we stink.”
https://columbustelegram.com/sports...cle_ba04db88-e67e-579f-9a40-09e49d4bdf5f.html
Go Gophers!!
Pat Fitzgerald’s Northwestern team had reason to enjoy much of its 2018 season.
After an inexplicably bad start in nonconference play — punctuated by home losses to Duke and Akron back to back — and a close loss to Michigan, the Wildcats rolled off seven straight league wins and ran away with the West Division title, winning it by three games.
A Big Ten Championship Game loss to Ohio State followed, but Fitzgerald’s group beat a really good Utah team in the Holiday Bowl, capping off a 9-5 season, including an 8-2 mark overall against Big Ten teams.
Offseasons always bring change, but sometimes they bring a sense of disrespect, too. And Fitzgerald seemed to feel it when he took the podium at the league’s media days on Friday.
“We're not great clickbait, I guess, so picking us first isn't real sexy,” he said in response to a question about his team being picked in the middle or lower tier of the Big Ten West by various outlets. “But we'll just earn it. We'll just earn it. That's what's so great about football. The West gets knocked. I enjoy it. That's what I tell our players, enjoy it, and you've got to go out and earn it on the field, and that's what makes our game so great.
“We'll just continue to do that and control what we can control, but yeah, it's always fun to read this time of year how we stink.”
https://columbustelegram.com/sports...cle_ba04db88-e67e-579f-9a40-09e49d4bdf5f.html
Go Gophers!!