Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Michigan

phatcat_rivals223240

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I gotta give it to Stone today. I've been harping on him all year about keeping the ball out of harm's way. Even that ball to Eligon wasn't terrible. So far he's taken care of the ball.
 
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Anon1756236851

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It’s just a bad matchup. Martindales scheme is brutal against QBs like Stone. You need a guy who can run.
Lots of bad matchups for Cats this year with this terrible offense. The O has gotten worse as the year goes along. Not only is Luijan and bad play caller, I have zero faith he can recruit quality skill players. NU has wasted a pretty good OL this year.
 
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freewillie07

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Damn. Had opportunities to stop them on that drive and just didn’t. PI was backbreaking and yet nearly had a goal line stand too.
 

DaCat

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May 29, 2001
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The Michigan defender came in untouched, nice play Lujan
 

DaCat

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Jump ball to Wilde and he grabs it. Stone just throwing up prayers.
 
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Mich red zone defense vs NU red zone offense.
They score 3 td’s while we have to settle for 3 fg’s. We are still playing hard against a top 20 team that realistically again like USC who have better athletes. I don’t see this Mich team beating OSU.
 
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DaCat

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It doesn’t seem Stone makes adjustments at the line. Used to see Thorson and others do that a lot.