Northwestern @ #17 Minnesota Second Half Game Thread
by PJS on Nov 1, 2008 11:57 AM CDT
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so
who’s watching Texas – Texas Tech tonight?
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gophers start with the ball in second half
it would be nice to see them march right down the field and assert themselves
It'd be nice to see a running game established ....
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So Would I
But Use Shady Saloman Some More, i’m Not a Big Fan of Deleon Eskridge, Maybe see Some Jay Thomas as well.
i never get tired of that BTN commercial
Come to Penn State!
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running game
I honestly think they should approach this in the opposite way. They should use the pass to set up the run. Weber has been efficient so far—especially on first down. So keep throwing the ball and that will open up running lanes for Eskridge. Our OL isn’t good enough to push the Wildcats around and run the ball down their throats.
so keep throwing
we’re having success with it, so keep attacking, and keep them off balance with the run (again the opposite of the traditional run setting up the pass philosophy"
Again, Eskridge starts out heading east-west. ...
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Three and Out. ....
Good Punt. NU starts at their 35.
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Two Kafka runs into MInnestota territory. ...
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Kafka runs again on secnod down. Nice pursuit. Loss of 3.
3rd and 11.
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moves the game thread
and spells Northwest-N wrong. sheesh
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3rd down and 4 coming. We need a couple firsts to change field position.
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We're up the the 28.
And NU strangely calls a timeout.
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Weber to Simmons for 6.
I’m noticing we are having a RB stay into block more often today.
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Weber on a delay keeper to the left for a first past the 40.
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Check down to E-Ridge for 4. Good check down there.
Weber didn’t force anything.
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Damn. Bad snap. Going to be 3rd and 9 or 10.
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FLAG! Interference against NU on Decker deep over the middle!
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wow
all the Big 10 games are early today?
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3rd and 19 coming.
At least we changed field position.
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NICE.
Kuznia over the middle for 20 on 3rd and 19!
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hahahahah
3rd and 19 play. first down.
ahahahaha wildcats.
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Fake to E-Ridge, Weber keeps, pitch to Decker. ....
Burst down inside the 20 ….b ut Decker limping off.
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E-Ridge down to the 2.
This drive started at the MN 4.
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The Gophs really
And I mean, REALLY, need to get a new kicker.
This is Monroe’s senior year, isn’t it?
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 1, 2008 1:18 PM CDT reply actions
who else do we have?
nobody! that was frustrating
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Hell, Texas Tech
is pulling guys out of the stands.
Why not us? (-:
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 1, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
This Kafka guy can't be this hard to tackle.
Campbell’s flail at Kafka allowed that to go from 10 yards to 30.
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that was great discipline
by Simoni. That would have been a 25 yard run a year ago. Very impressive that he stayed home like that.
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2nd and 17.
Pick. Traye again! Bad throw from Kafka!
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Once again the defense, after bending, comes up with big plays.
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assuming we win...
DId Kafka almost win the game for NU or did he lose it for them?
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fingernails
I’ve chewed al my fingernails off already. what am i going to do later?
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I love that wide option to Decker
I don’t know why, but I like it a lot. . .as long as it doesn’t get #7 killed.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 1, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions
2nd and 4. Weber wanted a draw. THrows it away.
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3rd and 4.
Weber on NU 30. goes deep. looked like a hold. no call.
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And an ugly-ass fake at that
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 1, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
argh
throw the ball on the field down the field.
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That was absolutely stupid. If you're going to go for it, go for it.
Fake. Bah.
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NU down to MN 32 already.
Conteh gets nothing.
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sack
now bite his leg while he’s on the ground.
bite bite bite him
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Kafka gets about 7 back on a 3rd down run.
NW to try a FG.
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ahahahahahah
Purdue is beating Michigan 35-28 starting the fourth.
ahahahahahaha
burn ann arbor burn
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i probably
shouldn’t have got up this morning and started drinking beer right away.
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Weber has plenty of time ....
…but all routes were underneath. He hits Decker for 3. …. We have to stretch the field more, IMO.
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Weber to E-Ridge in the flat. Decker springs him for 8 or 9.
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Incomplete.
We’re on the NU 49. Punt should be coming.
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hahaahah
nice first down play by NW.
squishy squishy.
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good pressure
but he completes it, dang it.
pick him off. smash him into the ground.
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turnover
we need a turnover. not apple
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they jumped
the left guard twitched. come on.
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2nd and 7. Keeper. Kafka short of a first by a yard.
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damn this
kafka kid.
wait, doesn’t all his stuff end as a tragedy?
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if all goes according to script
he’ll turn into a gigantic beetle and eventually dry up
by plinytheelder on Nov 1, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Kafka in gun. Stopped in the backfield. About damn time.
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Minnesota starts at the 10.
Less than 5 minutes elft.
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Weber fakes to E-Ridge, up to the 25 for a first.
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ahahahahahah
first down. nice play
he has a cramp
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Good blitz pickup.
Weber to Kuznia. Kuznia hurt.
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eeeeeeewwwww
you could see it knot up when he hit the ground.
oucheeeee
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3rd and 2 coming. On our 47. Weber has time.
But throws a lazy pass that’s incomplete.
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kill kafka
kill him.
pick him off, strip him, make a wish with legs
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Our kicking game is abysmal.
That punt was awful. And we’ve missed a 20 yard FG. Sad.
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wow
Brewster burned that official with his eyeballs. burned him alive.
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hahahaahah
drop the ball you tragic bastards… hahahahahaha.
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okay so it didn't...
but how does this help us…unless we block the punt, we start at our 20 or worse…don’t want to take any gambles backed up that far anyways…so play for OT
oh man
you have to field the punt, like they’re saying.
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i say
play to win.
thrown the ball down the field. take a shot, take a chance.
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hey by the way
didn’t you guys put up like 88 points on us a few years back? lol
by plinytheelder on Nov 1, 2008 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
This isn't setting up well.
3rd down already. 37 seconds.
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we just screwed ourselves
unless we pick up a first down now, northwestern is going to get the ball back with great field position
what the heck
the reply isn’t wrking for me on the site today
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working for me ....
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by PJS on Nov 1, 2008 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
what is it
about Northwestern and endings?
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here come the Brewster
haters. THey will come out of the woodwork this week.
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piss on
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i don't
think you can establish a winning attitude in a team by playing for overtime.
you go go go go go
you had a chance, it just happened to not work out this time.
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they've been waiting all year
for something bad to happen and had to bight their tongue for 7-1. But now, you wait.
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well
that’s it. poop
still a damned good year in the making for the Gophers. And they’re so young, man the future is bright.
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wow
just flipped to michigan….
purdue just ran a hook and ladder to score with :30 left.
there’s your playing for overtime thing.
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Doesnt Matter
We should have won that game…..Northwestern Was playing with 2 of their Top Stars Out, How does Kafka Rush for 200+yards???
true,
but they’re 18 year old kids. Northwestern shouldn’t have lost to Indiana, etc.
by plinytheelder on Nov 1, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
calls
I thought they should have just played for OT at first since they were backed up so far…then once they got some room to breathe and a fresh set of downs, they should have gone for it…but they went outside of what has made them successful…short to medium passes…instead they kept throwing long ones…they had enough time and TO’s to play a little smarter.
the truth of the matter is...
they probably are not as good as their record indicated…they have had razor close margin for error in a lot of their games this year. when games are that close, you can’t win them all, and it finally just ended up going against us this time. you could definitely say the opposite about last year—we weren’t as bad as our record indicated.
still…we have the chance to beat michigan in a down year, and then wisconsin and iowa. there is no reason to let up. this is still a really good year.
Kafka
just had a great game. maybe he saved up all his karma.
well, you guys take care and have a good rest of the day.
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I don't think so.
Those teams had high expectations. This team has been exceeding expectations since week 3.
by plinytheelder on Nov 1, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
totally disagree
We didn’t blow this one. It wasn’t like we were clearly superior in any facet of the game. If this game had gone into OT we very well could have lost it that way as well. Northwestern now has the same record as we do. So it isn’t like we lost to a bad team.
All the bandwagoners will now jump off. But there is still plenty of reason to cheer and be proud of them. There is still a lot they can accomplish.
I Would be ok with that
Hey you lost in Overtime…But their is No Damn Reason with game tied you have the ball in your own territory, with 47 seconds left to not go for Overtime, No Damn reason at all…Monroe Cant Kick 29 yard field goals, What are you doing?
Secondly, Monroe Doesnt Kick 49 yard Field Goals, He just doesnt, That was the Stupidest Call, The Fake Could have been seen from a Mile away, Come on, if you going to go for it, Bring the damn offense out and go for it. Jesus.
We go and Ruin 2 homecomings in Illinois and Purdue, And then We Get ours Ruined…..
so what?
So if you try a long field goal and miss then you go to OT. Who knows, maybe he does hit a 45-50 yarder. At least line up and kick it. The parts I disagreed with were trying to do it when we were inside our own 20. But once we were across the 30 with a first down, we had the time and timeouts to move another 30 yards possibly. But throwing long is not our strength. There is a reason we never see Weber throw downfield 95% of the time. Short-medium would have been better suited to our strengths.
Regardless of the call I don’t think this compares to the Michigan or Texas Tech debacles of the Mason era.
Brewster
It will be interesting to see how he rallies the team. After having success, how will he deal with adversity? Mason always seemed to crumble. But we can still have a WILDLY successful year—if we haven’t already. We can still get to 10 wins.
Successful Season?
I’m not with you that we’ve had a “wildly” successful season yet. The games we have won has been SOLELY on ridiculous and unsustainable turnover advantages. That is a sign of an average team at best. If we go toe to toe with a team, and don’t get the +2 or +3 turnovers…we lose.
I’m happy with the season in that we got some press and it appears recruiting is going ok. I’ve been looking to Weber’s senior season as my benchmark on where the program is going. 2010.
This season has not been WILDLY successful though. No way. Just like last season’s 1-11 season wasn’t nearly as bad as the record….all those games of losing by less than a touchdown. That to me says we are MARGINALLY better than last season. We aren’t blowing teams out guys….we are BARELY winning…and that is WITH heavy turnover advantages.
The best part about today was that it saved me $2,000 on a January bowl trip! I’ll put it in the kitty for next season.
I’ll be happy with a Jug or an Axe or a Pig…..
Still a success
If we finish 10-2 or even 9-3 I would still say that this was a wildly successful season for a team that went 1-11 last year.
I totally agree with your points about turnover ratios not being sustainable and the scores of our games are always close. Furthermore, look at our yards gained/yards allowed on the season. I think we have actually been outgained on the year. Based on those statistics, we should finish no better than 9-3 and maybe 8-4. Still, quite a turnaround and surely a successful season given the fact we were 1-11 last year and the youngest team in the Big 10. A pivotal season in the Brewster era and a stepping stone for things to come.
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