Kind of a strange game yesterday afternoon in Evanston.
The Cats outgained MSU on offense, and had some decent stops on defense. Tyrell outrushed Javon, and he had 183 total yards. CJ completed 34 passes and was only sacked once. But, we lost by 17?
Those annoying other parts of the game came and reared their ugly (collective) head: turnovers and special teams. Northwestern's kick coverage, punt coverage and kick return game was a mess. We gave away three turnovers and never caused one. These kinds of things explain how a seemingly close game is really a 17-point loss.
While everyone is silver-lining...ing about a 5-1 record, the worryworts will remember that all these annoying miscues come after a bye week. I tend to side with the people who enjoy our 83% winning percentage, but we need to hope that this was a little rust that developed after a week away from our winning streak. A little honing this week will hopefully do the trick against Purdue for Homecoming.
Let's go Cats!
The Cats outgained MSU on offense, and had some decent stops on defense. Tyrell outrushed Javon, and he had 183 total yards. CJ completed 34 passes and was only sacked once. But, we lost by 17?
Those annoying other parts of the game came and reared their ugly (collective) head: turnovers and special teams. Northwestern's kick coverage, punt coverage and kick return game was a mess. We gave away three turnovers and never caused one. These kinds of things explain how a seemingly close game is really a 17-point loss.
While everyone is silver-lining...ing about a 5-1 record, the worryworts will remember that all these annoying miscues come after a bye week. I tend to side with the people who enjoy our 83% winning percentage, but we need to hope that this was a little rust that developed after a week away from our winning streak. A little honing this week will hopefully do the trick against Purdue for Homecoming.
Let's go Cats!
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