**** Northwestern Game Day Thread****

[KCBuc]

Glad he brought Osborne in.

[Archy1221]

Glad they won.  Gotta get more production out of the QB though.   HH has been worse than bad throwing the ball for a few games now. 

[ColoradoHusk]

Never apologize for a win.  I know it wasn't pretty, but if you are expecting for NU to "win pretty" you haven't been watching this team all year.

Just now, Archy1221 said:

Glad they won.  Gotta get more production out of the QB though.   HH has been worse than bad throwing the ball for a few games now. 

I agree with you, but it's hard to bench a guy who has won 4 out of 5 games.

[Moiraine]

We don't have a good QB. But I don't care, if we win. Hopefully we find someone good before next season.

1 minute ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Never apologize for a win.  I know it wasn't pretty, but if you are expecting for NU to "win pretty" you haven't been watching this team all year.

 

 

Past ~10 years? 

[ColoradoHusk]

For all of the whining about penalties during the Illinois game (which were bad), NU had a good response today with only 2 penalties for 20 yards.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Just gotta keep winning! Getting to a bowl game this year would be a HUGE step in the right direction. 

[commando]

i hope the new injuries today are not severe.    the injuries this year are getting crazy

[Wistrom Disciple]

2 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I agree with you, but it's hard to bench a guy who has won 4 out of 5 games.

It doesn’t inspire confidence in the team if they know that the QB doesn’t sit regardless of how poor they play though. Even if it’s just a series here and there, the coaches need to figure out a way to mix in QBs if HH is playing as poorly as he has been for +80% of each game. 

[huskerfan74]

While our defense is really good and can keep us in games, our offense is so bad that they can’t win against teams that have a pulse. The fact that Rhule stuck with Haarberg even though he looked completely off is really concerning. We all know Sims is not that much better but giving him one series to see what he can do might be the smart thing to do. 

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, commando said:

i hope the new injuries today are not severe.    the injuries this year are getting crazy

Piper's looked really bad.  They had to use a Gator to cart him off.  I'm afraid he broke his ankle.

[ndobney]

Winning record baby!

[PaulCrewe]

 Iowa fan gonna spout off that NU is copying their program with the style of win.  Under 250 yards of offense and living off the defense to make stops.  If only NU had a punter of their caliber

[Heretic Husker]

interesting that Northwestern used a wildcat QB and Rhule never thinks about the possibilities of Sims for a few plays to mix it up when Haarberg is playing as bad as he was- also, his upright running style is going to get him killed

[Moiraine]

7 minutes ago, Wistrom Disciple said:

It doesn’t inspire confidence in the team if they know that the QB doesn’t sit regardless of how poor they play though. Even if it’s just a series here and there, the coaches need to figure out a way to mix in QBs if HH is playing as poorly as he has been for +80% of each game. 

 

 

If he turns the ball over a lot next game then I agree. But I would take bad QB who doesn't turn the ball over over what we saw with Sims. Bad QB turning the ball over then fine, let them both play.

[ColoradoHusk]

1 minute ago, Heretic Husker said:

interesting that Northwestern used a wildcat QB and Rhule never thinks about the possibilities of Sims for a few plays to mix it up when Haarberg is playing as bad as he was- also, his upright running style is going to get him killed

But, Northwestern's Wildcat QB wasn't effective.  It's not like he did anything against NU's D.