Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Rutgers

[jensberg]

Run defense is amazingly bad right now they just run right up the middle and when we try it we get stuffed

 

[jensberg]

Let's hope they keep trying to pass down here instead of run. Makes no sense they should run every time

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Pathetic!

 

[zeek55]

Beautiful sack to end that drive. Got gashed badly twice on that drive.

 

[jensberg]

Definitely missing flakes

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Pathetic!

Great!

 

[TheC]

Chip is getting too cute. Just run the damn ball.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Oh wow, first of the year. And not a cheapy, genuinely a panic decision and a terrible throw.

 

[zeek55]

Pressure into Chiles' first INT of the season.

Agree that we should just be running it at this point. That's what's working.

 

[AtlantaCat]

Brutal sequence. Brutal.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Pressure into Chiles' first INT of the season.

Agree that we should just be running it at this point. That's what's working.

Tough to call a run on 3rd and 10.

 

[jensberg]

Not looking too good this third quarter

 

[IMC Cat]

Team just hasn't had juice since the first quarter. If Rutgers had a functional QB this would be a close game.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Uh, wake up guys

 

[TheC]

Really getting exposed here

 

[zeek55]

Rush defense is a total disaster. Giving our next 3 opponents a lot of tape here in the 3rd.

 

[eddie_gocats]

Run D gone to ****

 

[jensberg]

Good Lord the rushing defense is just unbelievably bad, this game may not be over

 

[AdamOnFirst]

He clearly broke the plane before his foot touched

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Suddenly we have a ballgame. Offense sputtering and defense getting gashed. They aren't even throwing to Duff

 

[eddie_gocats]

4…. Let’s not **** around and blow them out…

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Somebody tell me what is happening with run fits

 

[jensberg]

We need to score one more time since we can't seem to stop them anymore

 

[eddie_gocats]

D reminding of me of the Colby days… or JON STAR defense

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Team just hasn't had juice since the first quarter. If Rutgers had a functional QB this would be a close game.

Yeah, the defense stopped him twice on fourth down, and held them to field goals twice, but a better team converts those. This is not an impressive game.

Really need to come down and score here. Statement drive

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Oh my god, play action speed option

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Cmon get past the dreaded 30

 

[zeek55]

Fantastic drive, good keeping it alive by Chiles at the end there, and smart decision making the whole way.

Great for Chiles to have a drive like that after his first INT.

Now the defense has to be better this quarter.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Phenomenal response by the whole offense and by Chiles in particular. Totally composed and efficient the whole drive, punctuated by his red zone specialty play, the step up and find a guy on the back line. A+.

 

[jensberg]

Chiles Escape ability was really impressive on that drive

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

QB is so critical for this team and for college football in general. Chiles makes a mistake, and then he comes down and scores. He's not Persa, but he makes things happen like that. Chip chose the right transfer.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Hey *******: run. Fits.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

QB is so critical for this team and for college football in general. Chiles makes a mistake, and then he comes down and scores. He's not Persa, but he makes things happen like that. Chip chose the right transfer.

He’s not Persa yet, but we’re 7 games into this thing with him and the sky is kinda the limit

 

[AdamOnFirst]

That is not PI! He wasn’t early! Bad call.

 

[TheC]

The refs assumed that PI.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

The refs assumed that PI.

I hate that call. Even if there were early contact (which there wasn't), I hate that the refs reward underthrown balls.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Bang Brandon, that would have been fun

 

[zeek55]

We did well on KJ Duff, but two backup QBs and they have a pair of 100+ yard rushers.

So there's some stuff to work on before Oregon/Iowa/Ohio State.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

We did well on KJ Duff, but two backup QBs and they have a pair of 100+ yard rushers.

I mean, the story of the game, at least in the negative side, is that our offense got really sloppy and sleepy for most of two quarters and the run defense became pathetic.

The positive is the offense was amazing the rest of the time, we’ve utterly shut down KJ Duff (which is surely connected to the run game succeeding), and we’ve forced turnovers.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

I’d love us to get 40