Kyle Flood will not coach. Really well, actually. And yet even still, this weekend’s trip to Durham to take on Duke looked like a tricky one; I honestly expected them to lose. I would need to sit down and count all of the night games I’ve attended during the years, yet the atmosphere remains absolutely breathtaking. There’s no doubt it focuses you.
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This is not the most talented team in the league, but it is one that is playing classic Fitzgerald-style Northwestern football-smart, steady, hard-hitting, opportunistic. According to the pledge page, “Uplifting Athletes is a national non-profit organization with 25 chapters that support our mission to make a positive and lasting impact on the rare disease community through the power of college football”.
The last time the Gophers faced Ohio State was in a 1-1 draw at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie last season (10/5/14).
Now, the stadium gates are open for Rutgers – traditionally a loser to Penn State – to whip the Nittany Lions.
There are always a decent number of blowouts in September, when top teams often host overmatched underdogs before the start of conference play.
It’s true, of course, that the Hoosiers haven’t really played anybody (Southern Illinois, Florida global, Western Kentucky) but when you’re Indiana, every win is cause for celebration.
But taking a peak past the light matchup at High Point Solutions Stadium, a Big Ten gauntlet featuring the likes of No. 4 Michigan State, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 24 Wisconsin lingers in the distance – and it’s a lot closer than it may feel with the Spartans coming to town October. 10.
“Offensive line, tight end(s) and coaches are going to try to get the running back into the position to be one-on-one (with a defender)”, Franklin said, “and the running back must win more than 50 percent of those one-on-one situations”. They found a back that could move the chains, one with the vision the find a small hole, the determination to hit it hard, the quickness to shimmy past and around tacklers and pick up positive yardage in chunks. Captain Alyssa Bull has become a force offensively of late, scoring three goals with an assist in the two victories last week for her best offensive season since 2012.
“I’d probably have a conversation with Coach Kelly about that before anybody else”.
“There’s no telling what we can do”, Allen said.
“Fitz, he texted me the other day”.
The Buckeyes would go onto finish 11th in the Big Ten and end a 3-7-2 in Big Ten play.
– Wisconsin has thrown for 491 yards and rushed for 228 – not exactly the type of split that program is known for.
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The Knights can’t do much more than continue to follow their suspended coach’s mantra of going 1-0 while he’s allowed to be around the team’s midweek game preparations from Monday through Friday. The Badgers were tested in a loss to Alabama before routing Miami of Ohio.
