Northwestern

[sufandu]

Suddenly our loss to Northwestern is looking a lot worse. They're 4-4 and 0-4 in the B1G.

 

[Doctor44]

I dont think anyone that makes anyone think we're a good team this year. When one facet of our game stinks, we;re in trouble.

We dont get good QB play, we lose. We dont get a running game going we lose. our D plays poorly, we lose

 

[FAL]

Over-the-top expectations by a lot of posters here (myself included) at the beginning of the season. Reality check--ouch! Let's just hope we can still get to a bowl.

 

[PhatOrange]

This team is showing a lot of signs of being gumpesque

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Tulane's winning again, they could be bowl eligible of they hang on.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/gamecast?gameId=332992655

 

[lincolncuse]

They should win next week

 

[RF2044]

Suddenly our loss to Northwestern is looking a lot worse. They're 4-4 and 0-4 in the B1G.

Not at all. They have injured key players.

 

[upperdeck]

NW better win next week or they have a good shot at not getting to a bowl game. they had a great shot at beating OSU and then have done nothing on offense since. did Wisc beat them up?

 

[Millhouse]

Suddenly our loss to Northwestern is looking a lot worse. They're 4-4 and 0-4 in the B1G.

Clemson not looking great either

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[upperdeck]

clemson hasnt looked very good since the end of the 1st half of our game. if watkins doesnt make plays they struggle. we game them gimmie td's that other teams are not

 

[PhatOrange]

clemson hasnt looked very good since the end of the 1st half of our game. if watkins doesnt make plays they struggle. we game them gimmie td's that other teams are not

We e given lots of teams gimmie td's. might be a trend

 

[sufandu]

Not at all. They have injured key players.

As true as that is, most people won't care about that as much as they do the record.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Northwestern started to slide, if we played themtoday it might be a different outcome.

 

[SWC75]

They enver recovered from the Ohio State game. They pointed to that one and looked as if they were going to win and...

 

[SoBeCuse]

Over-the-top expectations by a lot of posters here (myself included) at the beginning of the season. Reality check--ouch! Let's just hope we can still get to a bowl.

Bowl, lol. Right...

 

[FAL]

Bowl, lol. Right...

Hey, if you don't have hope, why even bother going to a game or turning on the TV? Although if the score is 42-0 at the half...well, that's another story.

 

[SWC75]

Hey, if you don't have hope, why even bother going to a game or turning on the TV? Although if the score is 42-0 at the half...well, that's another story.

A lot of lousy teams get into bowls each year. It used to mean something. But in the 20th Century, it's all about mediocrity.

 

[Chip]

Not at all. They have injured key players.

They had an injured key player against us too.

I think SWC is right, they never recovered from that Ohio State finish.

Strange to see such a mental breakdown from a Fitzgerald coached team, but it happened.

 

[JeremyCuse]

NW hasnt had Mark pretty much the entire year and Coulter has been hurt the past two weeks. They dont have the depth to replace those guys

 

[Chip]

NW hasnt had Mark pretty much the entire year and Coulter has been hurt the past two weeks. They dont have the depth to replace those guys

They don't have the depth to replace Colter? I'd argue they have of the best backup QB situations in college football. They have a 1 and 1A.

They couldn't have asked for a worse opponent to follow up Ohio St than Wisconsin. Their confidence is shot. It was peaking when they played us, and for about the first 55 minutes of the Ohio St game.

 

[JeremyCuse]

They don't have the depth to replace Colter? I'd argue they have of the best backup QB situations in college football. They have a 1 and 1A.

They couldn't have asked for a worse opponent to follow up Ohio St than Wisconsin. Their confidence is shot. It was peaking when they played us, and for about the first 55 minutes of the Ohio St game.

That back up only torched Syracuse, he has been awful as the starter the past few weeks.

 

[Chip]

That back up only torched Syracuse, he has been awful as the starter the past few weeks.

Look at his #s against Ohio State. He's on the list of people who haven't recovered. I think Colter was the only one who played yesterday.

I just don't buy the NW injury angle. I don't think it cheapens our loss though either.

 

[Bayside44]

clemson hasnt looked very good since the end of the 1st half of our game. if watkins doesnt make plays they struggle. we game them gimmie td's that other teams are not

Players make plays.

 

[SWC75]

NW hasnt had Mark pretty much the entire year and Coulter has been hurt the past two weeks. They dont have the depth to replace those guys

Depth is a historical problem there. Check out the Ara Parseghian Era, (1956-63):
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Northwestern.htm

 

[Chip]

Players make plays.

Right, nothing you can do about Watkins.

But Humphries didn't outrun our D for his big catches. Unless going unnoticed is a sign of a player. We definitely called 4-3-stack-don't-cover-the-white-kid, on a few of those first quarter plays.