First-half thread for NU vs. ISU

[lou v]

A few new names on the Inactive List this week, most notably Coco and Kent.

 

[IAWildcat79]

Wow...great first drive. Hull looked really good.

**Edit - All 3 backs had their moments. Hull just looked hungry.

 

[NUCat320]

Now the fun begins. Let’s shut ‘em out.

 

[BFDCat]

We may only pass a handful of times today, why bother the way we can apparently run all over them.

 

[Figrating]

How we wished NU played against MSU.

 

[IAWildcat79]

3rd and 8...more bad fits.

 

[DrillCat]

Obvious run on 4th and 1. JON lines up 4 with LBs a mile behind.

 

[Figrating]

Clair might become an exciting RB.

 

[BFDCat]

Thank god ISU is not good, did not like what I saw on defense their. Let's hope we can improve.

 

[DkeCat]

Obvious run on 4th and 1. JON lines up 4 with LBs a mile behind.

adebawore is sophomore year Odenigbo. Good and bad.

 

[IAWildcat79]

We have used that inside trap/wham play several times now with great success.

 

[BFDCat]

We may have 3 RBs over 100 yards.

 

[TheC]

Love our OL play so far but my lord are our LBs terrible.

 

[DrillCat]

adebawore is sophomore year Odenigbo. Good and bad.

Not talking about him. Talking about JON’s scheme.

 

[TerraCat]

We are going to go from a top ten defense to a bottom ten in one year. This defense looks so poorly schemed…

 

[CatManTrue]

The good news: we might be good enough to win the MVC this year. Hunter looks great and our offense is working on the run game against an inferior opponent.

The bad news: our small DL is still getting blown off the ball at key points by ISU’s OL.

 

[BFDCat]

Defense is so bad, WTF?

 

[wocka]

Joseph went for the pick there instead of just stopping them on 3rd down

 

[CatManTrue]

BJo should have wrapped up for a TFL. Instead he gave up two yards for the first. Bad player or bad coaching?

 

[TerraCat]

If our defense has a difficult time with ISU how are we going to do against Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan? We may shut them out but they do not look good at all!

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

They (D) looked listless until the last couple of plays

 

[DrillCat]

BJo should have wrapped up for a TFL. Instead he gave up two yards for the first. Bad player or bad coaching?

Frustrated All American trying too hard.

 

[TheC]

BJo should have wrapped up for a TFL. Instead he gave up two yards for the first. Bad player or bad coaching?

I think his eyes lit up with pick 6 visions and the WR did a nice job of getting position. We want BoJo trying to make big plays like that.

 

[JournCat]

BJo should have wrapped up for a TFL. Instead he gave up two yards for the first. Bad player or bad coaching?

Should we stop putting up the names of all-Americans at Ryan Field until they graduate?

 

[BFDCat]

It is nice to see the offense scoring against a team they should score on.

 

[CatManTrue]

Thankfully Mitchell remembers how to tackle. Maybe he can give the rest of our secondary some tips at halftime.

 

[DrillCat]

Ok. Time to try different things on offense.

 

[IAWildcat79]

It may not be today, but I see a pass coming out of that "motion QB and run Wildcat" if teams dont stay with Hunter.

Also, Hunter needs to step into that throw to Kirtz more. Did some of that in week 1...cant do it on that throw there.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

I keep waiting to make a sarcastic comment about Hull's ypc dropping, but it doesn't

 

[Alvious]

We are not a good football team.

 

[DrillCat]

yay, we get to see more defense.

 

[IAWildcat79]

ISU will continue to throw uncovered if we dont cover down or at least attempt to apex the slot.

 

[Catnap22]

This team may actually be worse than 2019.

 

[CatManTrue]

Ok. Time to try different things on offense.

Why? We can still lose this game. Remember MSU in 2006?

 

[TheC]

Our LBs are sooo slow in pursuit.

 

[BFDCat]

We are not a good football team.

True, but we may be better than Illinois and Nebraska.

 

[TheC]

The good news is MSU looks good. They went 75 yds again for a TD on their first play.

 

[DrillCat]

Why? We can still lose this game. Remember MSU in 2006?

We can’t lose this game though JON may try harder.
Our offense can light them up.

 

[CatManTrue]

This team may actually be worse than 2019.

I keep trying to remind myself not to feed the troll… but it’s getting hard… so hard!

 

[BFDCat]

This team may actually be worse than 2019.

Offense is way better, defense is way worse, so hard to say.