predictions of Nebraska winning the West. He called it click bait, thought that was a first.
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They could easily have been like 4-8 last year, so he should know it’s a thin line.predictions of Nebraska winning the West. He called it click bait, thought that was a first.
Oof, that is quite a stretch of games. I predict Fitz will once again field a team that has no business being as good as it is based on size and athleticism, but that is in no real danger of being called great.NW First 5 conference games..
Michigan State
At Wisconsin
At Nebraska
Bye
Ohio St
Iowa
We’ll know if their a pretender or a contender before Halloween.
Click bait!
Facts:
1. We were 0-5 when we played Northwestern. The worst start in school history.
2. Northwestern made the B1G Championship.
3. We had 89 penalty yards compared to Northwestern's 5 yards. They only had 5% of the penalty yards that we had! The last penalty kept them alive on their final touchdown drive with time running out or they lose!
4. We had a first year coach who was Coach of the Year the season before.
5. We had a true freshman QB who hadn't played since he was a high school JR. Going in to his Sophomore season he's being considered a Heisman candidate.
Opinion
Northwestern barely beat us last year with everything working in their favor. Fitzgerald's comment will look silly after Frost is done with him!
Click bait!
Facts:
1. We were 0-6 when we played Northwestern. The worst start in school history.
2. Northwestern made the B1G Championship.
3. We had 89 penalty yards compared to Northwestern's 5 yards. They only had 5% of the penalty yards that we had! The last penalty kept them alive on their final touchdown drive with time running out or they lose!
4. We had a first year coach who was Coach of the Year the season before.
5. We had a true freshman QB who hadn't played since he was a high school JR. Going in to his Sophomore season he's being considered a Heisman candidate.
Opinion
Northwestern barely beat us last year with everything working in their favor. Fitzgerald's comment will look silly after Frost is done with him!
Click bait!
Facts:
1. We were 0-6 when we played Northwestern. The worst start in school history.
2. Northwestern made the B1G Championship.
3. We had 89 penalty yards compared to Northwestern's 5 yards. They only had 5% of the penalty yards that we had! The last penalty kept them alive on their final touchdown drive with time running out or they lose!
4. We had a first year coach who was Coach of the Year the season before.
5. We had a true freshman QB who hadn't played since he was a high school JR. Going in to his Sophomore season he's being considered a Heisman candidate.
Opinion
Northwestern barely beat us last year with everything working in their favor. Fitzgerald's comment will look silly after Frost is done with him!
So your saying Northwestern is a more disciplined team, that played above potential and basically has bragging rights until we beat them?
Agree.
So your saying Northwestern is a more disciplined team, that played above potential and basically has bragging rights until we beat them?
Agree.
This is inaccurate. He never once mentioned Nebraska. He referred to the pundits universally dismissing Northwestern. He called the pre-season predictions click bait. You can twist that into a slam about Nebraska, but he says the same thing every year no matter who is predicted to win and because Northwestern is nearly always projected lower than they end up. The comment was his opinion of an underrated Northwestern not an over rated Nebraska.predictions of Nebraska winning the West. He called it click bait, thought that was a first.
Understand, and I dont have the numbers, but whats NWs won/loss against osu and mich?This is inaccurate. He never once mentioned Nebraska. He referred to the pundits universally dismissing Northwestern. He called the pre-season predictions click bait. You can twist that into a slam about Nebraska, but he says the same thing every year no matter who is predicted to win and because Northwestern is nearly always projected lower than they end up. The comment was his opinion of an underrated Northwestern not an over rated Nebraska.
All I know is Northwestern won the West by 3 games last year. Not one, they ran the table in the West. They have won 15 of their last 16 conference regular season games. Yes, Northwestern was lucky to win because of a Nebraska’s complete melt down. Northwestern played poorly that game but found a way to win. These things tend to even out. Anyone remember the Westerkamp Hail Mary?
Frost may have the Huskers on the rise, but the other teams in the West aren’t going to roll over and play dead for him. Nebraska has a VERY favorable schedule to win the West and probably should be a favorite to win, but Fitz’s comment addresses a lack of respect for his team not a slam at the Huskers.
I looked it up, youre winless with your best teams against osu, didnt check mich.This is inaccurate. He never once mentioned Nebraska. He referred to the pundits universally dismissing Northwestern. He called the pre-season predictions click bait. You can twist that into a slam about Nebraska, but he says the same thing every year no matter who is predicted to win and because Northwestern is nearly always projected lower than they end up. The comment was his opinion of an underrated Northwestern not an over rated Nebraska.
All I know is Northwestern won the West by 3 games last year. Not one, they ran the table in the West. They have won 15 of their last 16 conference regular season games. Yes, Northwestern was lucky to win because of a Nebraska’s complete melt down. Northwestern played poorly that game but found a way to win. These things tend to even out. Anyone remember the Westerkamp Hail Mary?
Frost may have the Huskers on the rise, but the other teams in the West aren’t going to roll over and play dead for him. Nebraska has a VERY favorable schedule to win the West and probably should be a favorite to win, but Fitz’s comment addresses a lack of respect for his team not a slam at the Huskers.
this is correct. OP typed some click bait. the guy who asked the question asked him what he thought about some publications picking NW to finish 4th or 5th in the west this yearThis is inaccurate. He never once mentioned Nebraska. He referred to the pundits universally dismissing Northwestern. He called the pre-season predictions click bait. You can twist that into a slam about Nebraska, but he says the same thing every year no matter who is predicted to win and because Northwestern is nearly always projected lower than they end up. The comment was his opinion of an underrated Northwestern not an over rated Nebraska.
All I know is Northwestern won the West by 3 games last year. Not one, they ran the table in the West. They have won 15 of their last 16 conference regular season games. Yes, Northwestern was lucky to win because of a Nebraska’s complete melt down. Northwestern played poorly that game but found a way to win. These things tend to even out. Anyone remember the Westerkamp Hail Mary?
Frost may have the Huskers on the rise, but the other teams in the West aren’t going to roll over and play dead for him. Nebraska has a VERY favorable schedule to win the West and probably should be a favorite to win, but Fitz’s comment addresses a lack of respect for his team not a slam at the Huskers.
I looked it up, youre winless with your best teams against osu, didnt check mich.
Tough games are tough games, but being dominated is still a tough game to dominate another good, well coached and hard played team
Agreed. And we finally have a schedule that appears to not be murderers row. BIG seems to have a problem with that. Hope they find a way to not make them do rollercoaster ishThis is inaccurate. He never once mentioned Nebraska. He referred to the pundits universally dismissing Northwestern. He called the pre-season predictions click bait. You can twist that into a slam about Nebraska, but he says the same thing every year no matter who is predicted to win and because Northwestern is nearly always projected lower than they end up. The comment was his opinion of an underrated Northwestern not an over rated Nebraska.
All I know is Northwestern won the West by 3 games last year. Not one, they ran the table in the West. They have won 15 of their last 16 conference regular season games. Yes, Northwestern was lucky to win because of a Nebraska’s complete melt down. Northwestern played poorly that game but found a way to win. These things tend to even out. Anyone remember the Westerkamp Hail Mary?
Frost may have the Huskers on the rise, but the other teams in the West aren’t going to roll over and play dead for him. Nebraska has a VERY favorable schedule to win the West and probably should be a favorite to win, but Fitz’s comment addresses a lack of respect for his team not a slam at the Huskers.
I don't know if it was done deliberately or ignorantly but I agree that the original post is misleading. Fitzgerald was referring to preseason publications in general. Not knocking Nebraska.
As far as Northwestern goes, I think Fitz is a consistently good coach and a good dude. But NW just has too many built in disadvantages and hurdles to consistently challenge for anything. As a program they have about an 8 win ceiling year in and year out as long as everything breaks right for them and everyone else is down. It would be like us saying we should consistently compete with Kansas in basketball every year because we beat them a few times in the past. I mean, come on guys. You're supposed to be the smart school. Know your limitations.
Northwestern is the current version of Kansas State when Bill Snyder was their coach. Nothing more, nothing less.Northwestern folks are pretty smart. Thanks, Captain Nick.
Look, no Northwestern fan thinks we're going to turn into some sort of Ohio State, Michigan or SEC-style powerhouse. We do have some hurdles (such as trying to recruit smart kids and graduating 98-99 percent of them), and most of us have no problem with that. I think we've made something like 70 offers this year. Other schools have offered hundreds of kids.
But on the other hand, we're not going to accept that we have some sort of competitive cap on wins or whatever you want to call it. Fitz now has had three 10-win seasons and two nine-win ones, so I don't think I'm going to buy an eight-win ceiling for the program.
We certainly have the potential to challenge for the B1G West as presently constituted on occasion, and we can aim for a level similar to that of Stanford, which, while not a top-10 elite team, has certainly had some very good stretches of football in recent years.
With the new recruiting facility in place and continuity on the staff, recruiting has already improved and is looking better as time goes on. Our recruits so far this year have had 55 offers from other B1G schools. In contrast, the 2008 recruits had 7 offers from other B1G schools (and Fitz actually did fairly well with the 2008 bunch).
As I said, Ohio State and Michigan we're not (and frankly don't want to be in some respects). Hell, I'm sure we'll be hard-pressed to keep up with Nebraska if Frost is the real deal. But don't look for the Cats to roll over and go away. That's not going to happen.
Looks like 5 L's in a row to me.NW First 5 conference games..
Michigan State
At Wisconsin
At Nebraska
Bye
Ohio St
Iowa
We’ll know if their a pretender or a contender before Halloween.
Snyder had several teams that were national championship caliber. Can't say that about NW.Northwestern is the current version of Kansas State when Bill Snyder was their coach. Nothing more, nothing less.
Looks like 5 L's in a row to me.
Well said. And I agreeNorthwestern folks are pretty smart. Thanks, Captain Nick.
Look, no Northwestern fan thinks we're going to turn into some sort of Ohio State, Michigan or SEC-style powerhouse. We do have some hurdles (such as trying to recruit smart kids and graduating 98-99 percent of them), and most of us have no problem with that. I think we've made something like 70 offers this year. Other schools have offered hundreds of kids.
But on the other hand, we're not going to accept that we have some sort of competitive cap on wins or whatever you want to call it. Fitz now has had three 10-win seasons and two nine-win ones, so I don't think I'm going to buy an eight-win ceiling for the program.
We certainly have the potential to challenge for the B1G West as presently constituted on occasion, and we can aim for a level similar to that of Stanford, which, while not a top-10 elite team, has certainly had some very good stretches of football in recent years.
With the new recruiting facility in place and continuity on the staff, recruiting has already improved and is looking better as time goes on. Our recruits so far this year have had 55 offers from other B1G schools. In contrast, the 2008 recruits had 7 offers from other B1G schools (and Fitz actually did fairly well with the 2008 bunch).
As I said, Ohio State and Michigan we're not (and frankly don't want to be in some respects). Hell, I'm sure we'll be hard-pressed to keep up with Nebraska if Frost is the real deal. But don't look for the Cats to roll over and go away. That's not going to happen.
The absolute best they'll go in that stretch is 2-3. Just can't see them winning the division this year.NW First 5 conference games..
Michigan State
At Wisconsin
At Nebraska
Bye
Ohio St
Iowa
We’ll know if their a pretender or a contender before Halloween.
Fair enough and I wouldn't expect you to think any other way. I just see too many obstacles for NW to consistently overcome year in and year out. If the Cats are consistently winning the west then the rest of the division's coaches aren't doing their job. (And that's a real possibility with some of these coaches.)Northwestern folks are pretty smart. Thanks, Captain Nick.
Look, no Northwestern fan thinks we're going to turn into some sort of Ohio State, Michigan or SEC-style powerhouse. We do have some hurdles (such as trying to recruit smart kids and graduating 98-99 percent of them), and most of us have no problem with that. I think we've made something like 70 offers this year. Other schools have offered hundreds of kids.
But on the other hand, we're not going to accept that we have some sort of competitive cap on wins or whatever you want to call it. Fitz now has had three 10-win seasons and two nine-win ones, so I don't think I'm going to buy an eight-win ceiling for the program.
We certainly have the potential to challenge for the B1G West as presently constituted on occasion, and we can aim for a level similar to that of Stanford, which, while not a top-10 elite team, has certainly had some very good stretches of football in recent years.
With the new recruiting facility in place and continuity on the staff, recruiting has already improved and is looking better as time goes on. Our recruits so far this year have had 55 offers from other B1G schools. In contrast, the 2008 recruits had 7 offers from other B1G schools (and Fitz actually did fairly well with the 2008 bunch).
As I said, Ohio State and Michigan we're not (and frankly don't want to be in some respects). Hell, I'm sure we'll be hard-pressed to keep up with Nebraska if Frost is the real deal. But don't look for the Cats to roll over and go away. That's not going to happen.
The only thing Kstate and Northwestern have in common is their nickname and the color purple.Northwestern is the current version of Kansas State when Bill Snyder was their coach. Nothing more, nothing less.
The absolute best they'll go in that stretch is 2-3. Just can't see them winning the division this year.
NW First 5 conference games..
Michigan State
At Wisconsin
At Nebraska
Bye
Ohio St
Iowa
We’ll know if their a pretender or a contender before Halloween.
Their past 2 coaches at Northwestern both won big 10 titles. Fitz has not. So a comparison To Snyder is way offNorthwestern is the current version of Kansas State when Bill Snyder was their coach. Nothing more, nothing less.
Would any reasonable person expect a coach to crown some other team, especially during the Pre-Season at Media Day? Would feel like waving the 'white flag'. I think Fitzgerald does a great job over there and it's not like he's acting like that food blister, Paul Chryst.predictions of Nebraska winning the West. He called it click bait, thought that was a first.
They can shut everyone up by getting it done.
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