Wha' Happened?: Minnesota

What a strange game, huh?

In the first quarter, I thought we would win. In the second, I thought we would lose.
In the third, it looked like both coaches just sent their guys out to run suicides. And, for the last few minutes, it looked like both coaches were getting paid by the period and heading for overtime.

Then the aliens came.

Namely, Brendan Smith turned Mike Kafka's first start in two years into a dominant individual offensive performance, worthy of national attention. Before that, Kafka was just a footnote from that ever-weirder team from outside Chicago.

Smith will get all the accolades and the [INSERT SPONSOR HERE] play-of-the-week nominations, but Kafka got the Cats in the game and kept them there by taking the offense on his shoulders. The NU defense did what it could with major injury problems, but those will crop up much more in 7 days when OSU comes to Evanston.

Get some rest guys, and look to build on this with a shocker next weekend.

Let's go Cats!