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Title: Northwestern (1-0) vs. Nevada (0-1) Post Game
Post by: nuwildcat on August 28, 2017, 03:55:43 PM
NU depth chart vs. Nevada

https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/28/16212774/northwestern-football-releases-depth-chart-for-week-1-vs-nevada-wolfpack-pat-fitzgerald-game-week
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on August 28, 2017, 04:41:14 PM
Fitz's press conference today (VIDEO)

https://www.btn2go.com/game/pat-fitzgeral-press-conference-15
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 28, 2017, 04:57:56 PM
The two teams have squared off twice, going 1-1 against each other.

In 2006 Nevada won the first game by double digits, 31-21.

The following season Northwestern returned the favor; albeit by a slimmer margin, 36-31. 

The home team is undefeated in this series. 
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on August 29, 2017, 05:45:22 PM
3 fun facts to kick off the 2017 season

- NU has the longest current winning streak in the B1G .... at 2 wins :72:

- ESPN favors NU in 10 of 12 regular season games (the exceptions are @ Wiscy and vs. Penn State)

- James Franklin is 0-4 vs. Fitz (lost twice while @ Vandy and twice so far as PSU's coach)  


https://westlotwarriors.com/2017/08/29/a-few-fun-facts-to-kick-of-the-2017-season/
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: ELA on August 29, 2017, 05:56:58 PM
Quote from: nuwildcat on August 29, 2017, 05:45:22 PM
- ESPN favors NU in 10 of 12 regular season games (the exceptions are @ Wiscy and vs. Penn State)


I've got Northwestern as 10-2 also, but it might be some fool's gold, like 2015.

Their non-conference schedule is awful, they miss 2 of the 3 good teams on crossover (no UM or OSU), and they get 2 of their 3 divisional toss up games at home (Iowa and Minnesota, travelling to Nebraska)
They could easily drop those, particularly at Nebraska, but I'm not picking it.

I do think Thorson is getting very overlooked in Barrett and McSorley's shadow.  I think he is a strong #3 QB in the conference, closer to being #2 than to whoever #4 is.  Speight?  Hornibrook?  Blough?
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on August 30, 2017, 08:50:25 PM
5 reasons to be optimistic about NU football in 2017

https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/30/16200774/northwestern-football-reasons-optimism-pat-fitzgerald-justin-jackson-clayton-thorson
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on September 01, 2017, 02:31:24 AM
insideNU staff's predictions for NU's regular season record

https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/31/16221822/northwestern-2017-football-season-predictions-inside-nu

3 peeps think we'll go 8-4

2 have us at 9-3

1 optimistically believes it'll be 10-2 

1 Debbie Downer, however, thinks we'll have a meh 7-5 record ... dropping an OOC contest (presumably @ Duke) along the way 
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on September 01, 2017, 06:56:58 PM
Why NU will / won't beat Nevada

https://www.insidenu.com/2017/9/1/16238438/northwestern-nevada-preview-clayton-thorson-pat-fitzgerald-jay-norvell-wildcats-wolf-pack-btn
Title: Re: Northwestern (0-0, 0-0) vs. Nevada Game Week
Post by: nuwildcat on September 02, 2017, 11:02:16 PM
Post Game press conference NOTES

https://www.insidenu.com/2017/9/2/16247746/press-conference-notes-from-northwestern-nevada-thorson-skowronek-fitzgerald

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Post Game press conference VIDEOS

- FITZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAG7Lu7afrY

- some NU players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hcpdp_B074