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All season, coach Pat Fitzgerald has alluded to “maturity” issues when diagnosing Northwestern’s on-field struggles. After practice Wednesday he addressed the subject in more detail.
“It...
1. Northwestern needs to play from ahead
This concept is one that can sometimes be overused in football analysis — teams that get leads tend to win more and do better because, well, better teams get...
Sometimes it seems like Northwestern forgets about its superbacks.
That wasn’t the case Saturday, when junior Dan Vitale caught seven passes for 113 yards to help lead the Wildcats past Penn State....
As coach Pat Fitzgerald and his staff are quickly learning, Northwestern’s kids are all right.
Some of the Wildcats’ biggest contributors on offense this season have been true freshmen, who have...
1. If Northwestern wins, it’s going to have to win ugly
Northwestern has drawn plenty of criticism following Saturday’s win over Western Illinois, and much of it is deserved. The offensive scheme...
