By Chris GentilvisoThe Daily Northwestern
For 14 spring practices, “fight” was the term Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald coined for a drill pitting his offense against his defense.
On Saturday afternoon, the “fight” finally hit Ryan Field, lasting past the final seconds of the Wildcats’ annual spring game. As the clock hit zero in the fourth quarter, the split Purple and White squads found themselves knotted in a 14-14 tie.
Abandoning traditional overtime rules, junior Amado Villarreal ousted redshirt freshman Stefan Demos in a field goal face-off, converting a 35-yard attempt to give the Purple squad a 17-14 victory.
But fight and score aside, Fitzgerald said he was most pleased with his roster of 95 staying clear of major injuries.
“We ran more plays today than in any other scrimmages, so I’m happy to see that we came out injury-free,” he said.
Junior quarterback C.J. Bach
