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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: nuwildcat on December 03, 2017, 08:38:50 PM
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SB Nation's NU vs. UK Preview
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/12/3/16222510/music-city-bowl-2017-date-location-tv-schedule-streaming-online
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insidenu.com's NU vs. UK Preview
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/3/16730526/northwestern-kentucky-music-city-bowl-2017-nashville-wildcats-pat-fitzgerald-mark-stoops
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CAT FIGHT!
(https://www.cfb51.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fim.hunt.in%2Fcms%2Foob%2Fl%2FAction1354933.gif&hash=cb811c2ddc897604ffc0bb8b427c9bd2)
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insidenu Pound the Talk PODCAST
- Music City Bowl reaction
- b-ball recap (Georgia Tech, Illinois and Purdue)
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/4/16736848/northwestern-wildcats-podcast-football-music-city-kentucky
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Bold prediction:
The Wildcats will win.
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The ACC ought to be expelled from the P5, on the basis that they don't have a team called the Wildcats.
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The ACC ought to be expelled from the P5, on the basis that they don't have a team called the Wildcats.
+1
btw, what non-P5 and FCS conferences also don't have any Wildcats?
... death penalty to those bastards, too!
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NU got hosed by the bowl selection process
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/5/16735384/northwestern-wildcats-kentucky-wildcats-pat-fitzgerald-holiday-outback-music-city-bowl
NU deserved a better bowl
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-northwestern-music-city-bowl-haugh-20171206-story.html
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Is Kentucky football good?
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/6/16740994/northwestern-kentucky-football-music-city-bowl-nashville-preview-keys-to-the-game-mark-stoops
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NU currently a 7-point favorite
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Kentucky has toughened up under the new coach and won't lay down, but they likely won't win either.
Their best win was probably at South Carolina where they started to make a bit of noise. Then they had the Florida debacle and looked like Old Kentucky at Home. The beat another bowl team in 6-6 Missouri and then got shellacked a few times.
The did edge Tennessee, which perhaps says something.
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NU got hosed by the bowl selection process
NU deserved a better bowl
I was going to point that out too, and ask in light of Michigan State getting passed over for the Outback by a Michigan St team they beat.
Michigan State still gets a good city destination, as does Northwestern to Nashville, but I was surprised a 9-3 ranked Northwestern team didn't get something closer to New Year's day.
What Bowl would Northwestern fans have rather had?
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I was going to point that out too, and ask in light of Michigan State getting passed over for the Outback by a Michigan St team they beat.
Michigan State still gets a good city destination, as does Northwestern to Nashville, but I was surprised a 9-3 ranked Northwestern team didn't get something closer to New Year's day.
What Bowl would Northwestern fans have rather had?
Granted, everyone got moved down a notch since the B1G had no playoff rep this time
That said, most peeps (both fans and 'experts') think we should've gotten the Holiday Bowl instead of Michigan State (who we beat)
Furthermore, it's also universally thought that it's b.s. unranked 8-4 Michigan (whose only win vs. a bowl-bound team was against 6-6 Purdue) jumped both ranked 9-3 Northwestern AND ranked 9-3 Michigan State to land in the more prestigious Outback on January 1st
Unfortunately, NU's fanbase will always be exponentially smaller than everyone else's so we'll likely never be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the bowl pecking order
.... as per the Pound the Talk PODCAST in one of my earlier posts, the contributors think this will prove to be our downfall when it comes to possible CFB Playoff and New Year's Six appearances as well ~???
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. . . Unfortunately, NU's fanbase will always be exponentially smaller than everyone else's so we'll likely never be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the bowl pecking order
.... as per the Pound the Talk PODCAST in one of my earlier posts, the contributors think this will prove to be our downfall when it comes to possible CFB Playoff and New Year's Six appearances as well ~???
FWIW, if you count total enrollment, NU, at 21,208 (fall 2016) is larger than either Baylor (16,787) or TCU (10,394).
TCU was ranked #3 and Baylor #6 in the penultimate CFP rankings in 2014. They ended up co-champs of the Big 12, and ranked in the CFP #6 and #5 respectively. TCU went to the Peach Bowl that year, and Baylor went to the Cotton Bowl.
If Baylor and TCU can do it, I think NU can too. The biggest obstacle for NU might be winning the B1G CCG.
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The CFPC is likely not concerned about crowd size and ratings. The lesser bowl committees are.
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3 things to know about the Kentucky Wildcats
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/14/16774956/northwestern-kentucky-preview-three-things-to-know-benny-snell-stephen-johnson
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NU vs. Kentucky - 3 matchups to watch
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/24/16815146/northwestern-kentucky-preview-three-matchups-watch-benny-snell-justin-jackson-wildcats
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Why NU will / won't beat Kentucky
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/27/16820510/why-northwestern-kentucky-clayton-thorson-pat-fitzgerald-music-city-bowl-2017
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why is it that a favored NW team bothers me more than if they were the underdog...?
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why is it that a favored NW team bothers me more than if they were the underdog...?
Because we usually suck when there are expectations
However, NU closed the regular season by beating 7 straight opponents as the underdog (Iowa, Michigan State) OR the favorite (everyone else) so maybe that's a good sign
That said, I fully expect Sparty to prevail tonight so let me apologize ahead of time should the 'Cats be the first team to eff up this B1G bowl winning streak ~???
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NU vs. Kentucky: Who's better on paper?
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/28/16818708/northwestern-vs-kentucky-preview-comparison-edge-advantages-offense-defense-coaching-intangibles
What's at stake in the Music City Bowl for Northwestern?
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/28/16823846/northwestern-wildcats-football-kentucky-music-city-bowl-preview-pat-fitzgerald-justin-jackson
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NU beats Kentucky, 24-23: Rapid Reaction
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/29/16831748/music-city-bowl-northwestern-wins-kentucky-refs-justin-jackson-jeremy-larkin-fitzgerald-final-score
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Northwestern wins in nail-biting fashion, just like against Iowa and Sparty. Sadly, they'll be without Thorson and Jackson next season. Good luck replacing those two.
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This bowl game might have been one of the worst officiated bowl games I've seen in sometime. The Kentucky RB shouldn't have been kicked out of the game, NW safety didn't target, Kentucky had to get the refs to hold up the game for an injured player, NW made the first down on their last 4th down play.... and that doesn't include the inconsistent calls on DB's or Offensive lineman. They took away from a good game.
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Northwestern wins in nail-biting fashion, just like against Iowa and Sparty. Sadly, they'll be without Thorson and Jackson next season. Good luck replacing those two.
Thorson is returning for his redshirt senior season.
Of course, the severity of his injury will dictate what if any playing time he gets.
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After the unthinkable happened, Northwestern banded together to win the Music City Bowl
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/30/16831456/clayton-thorson-matt-alviti-story-injury-comeback-justin-jackson-kyle-queiro
Stock report from NU's win over Kentucky
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/30/16831838/stock-report-northwestern-kentucky-music-city-bowl-three-up-down-justin-jackson-matt-alviti
Music City Bowl press conference notes
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/29/16832194/music-city-bowl-press-conference-notes-pat-fitzgerald-matt-alviti-kyle-queiro
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Music City Bowl ejections and Fitz 4th-down calls: Dumb or justified?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-northwestern-football-controversial-decisions-greenstein-20171230-story.html
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Five years later, former 4-star QB Matt Alviti leaves a winner
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/12/31/16831420/matt-alviti-northwestern-wildcats-football-music-city-bowl-pat-fitzgerald-kentucky-clayton-thorson