Anyone else take a look at this game? All opinions welcome.
Northwestern is just straight up bad. Last year they probably averaged less than 10 points a game, and only won against Rutgers. This year seems like things are continuing. They played at Rutgers last week and lost 24-7. A breakdown of the stats from that game include: 13 first downs, 22 rushes for 12 yds, 189 passing yards. I believe if you take a look at the play by play, Northwestern being down 24-0, they controlled the ball for the last 6 minutes or so and scored their only touchdown. In that last 6 minutes or so, they had 53 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, and around 7 first downs. That means, for the whole game, other than the last 6 minutes, they had only 6 first downs, negative rushing yards, and around 130 or so passing yards...
On the other hand we have UTEP.... they should be able to control the game with their rushing offense and they typically dominate the time of possession. Their defense seems to be pretty decent, but they do seem like at times they do not want to win. their penalties are horrible as well. that being said, utep has the better offense and defense. i see a 24-10 or 24-14 type of game at worst.
Anyone else take a look at this game? All opinions welcome.
Northwestern is just straight up bad. Last year they probably averaged less than 10 points a game, and only won against Rutgers. This year seems like things are continuing. They played at Rutgers last week and lost 24-7. A breakdown of the stats from that game include: 13 first downs, 22 rushes for 12 yds, 189 passing yards. I believe if you take a look at the play by play, Northwestern being down 24-0, they controlled the ball for the last 6 minutes or so and scored their only touchdown. In that last 6 minutes or so, they had 53 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, and around 7 first downs. That means, for the whole game, other than the last 6 minutes, they had only 6 first downs, negative rushing yards, and around 130 or so passing yards...
On the other hand we have UTEP.... they should be able to control the game with their rushing offense and they typically dominate the time of possession. Their defense seems to be pretty decent, but they do seem like at times they do not want to win. their penalties are horrible as well. that being said, utep has the better offense and defense. i see a 24-10 or 24-14 type of game at worst.
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