Halftime at The Bank: Northwestern leads Minnesota 13-7

JUST THE FACTS

Northwestern took advantage of two first quarter Minnesota turnovers to jump to an early touchdown lead and a late, quick-strike drive by the Wildcat offense gave them their second touchdown of the half and a 13-7 lead at the break.

Blake Cashman made the defensive play of the half when he sacked Clayton Thorson for a 14-yard loss on a 4th down conversion attempt. The Gopher offense got their lone touchdown on the ensuing drive when Mohamed Ibrahim punched it in from the 1.

Two turnovers and a few too many dropped passes are holding the Gopher offense back today.

KEY STATS

• Blake Cashman doing everything. But it was the 14-yard sack on 4th down that really put the offense in position to score the tying touchdown. That and 10 tackles in the first half is pretty good too.
• Northwestern’s offense was 1/5 on third down against the Rossi defense.
• Tyler Johnson reached the 1,000 yard mark for the season.

BLAKE’S ELITE TWEET OF THE HALF

To be honest, there wasn’t much to pick from. Time for Blake to change his best.