Cats are still not ready for prime time. Suck on the road. IU game does not look so good now and today and MSU were brutal
Game Thread: No. 20 Northwestern at Oregon
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Iowa and Minnesota are much better matchups for us. We can score on anyone and neither of them have close to the firepower Oregon does on offense.
If we can get Fitz and Flakes (and preferably JJ) back, we will be very competitive next week.
We all had purple shades on during the great run, but we were head and shoulders better than the teams we played minus Indiana. We are a 4-5 loss team now, unless the defense can get it together.
More than competitive. It will be a good game and I bet the Cats come out focused and ready to go.
It's hard to be good on the road against a talented team that mixed things up offensively by firing the OC (with far better playcalling and level of play than they had the past month).
I don't think this Oregon game tells us much about the upcoming games (besides that Ohio State is probably going to be absurdly difficult).
Iowa's offense shouldn't be at the level of what we saw today.
I just assumed it was our choice to fit as many home games into NRF as possible.
Expect to win both those games - this was another missed opportunity- defense is suspect but other than osu no one will be able to take advantage with superior athletes…at least that is my hope
Our athletic department requested this. Wanted to back load the schedule to get an extra home game at NRF.
In fairness the issue was that they (correctly) assumed they wouldn't be able to finish before the season started and needed the extra week.
It's hard to second guess this given how well the team has performed to this point and given how well the Colorado/Penn State games went to close out the lakeside field and open up NRF.
Indiana is the #4 ranked team in the country, and their only loss came in a nailbiter against the #2 team. They're 8-1. Why does our game against them not look as good now?
Why did we turn over play calling to Bajakian during the second half?
It was maybe a bit of a pipe dream that we would go 11-1. In my opinion, pressure is off at least for the next few games. I love that we have been trying to shed the 'underdog' mentality, but hard to do when you are relying on 2nd and 3rd string on both sides of the ball. 9-3 would still be a sick year. 10-2 still possible. Lets go get 'em.
It was maybe a bit of a pipe dream that we would go 11-1. In my opinion, pressure is off at least for the next few games. I love that we have been trying to shed the 'underdog' mentality, but hard to do when you are relying on 2nd and 3rd string on both sides of the ball. 9-3 would still be a sick year. 10-2 still possible. Lets go get 'em.
Also been seeing a lot of McGarigle slander online. Players were put in position to succeed all game. If routine tackles are made....if even 1 or 2 deep balls are defended.... its a different game. Maybe he could have orchestrated more pressure, but honestly if tackling was even mediocre we probably win the game and McGarigle is still the GOAT.
Because that 8-1 has two almost losses in it to teams we consider ourselves comparable to.
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