Fitz to Michigan State
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Kids who turn down offers from Alabama, who make all-conference and go on to have Pro Bowl careers in the NFL.
Dates TBD, but this is the 2027 schedule
vs. Central Michigan
vs. ND
vs. Indiana
vs. Michigan
vs. Rutgers
vs. Wisconsin
@ NU
@ OSU
@ Penn St
@ Purdue
@ Washington
They're not going 10-2.
Fitz has work to do right away. MSU's best returning player, wide receiver Nick Marsh, has made it clear he's entering the portal. The father of their young QB has taken to social media to criticize the firing of Smith. Fitz better get to work to make sure he doesn't lose everybody.
Not to mentioned he went 14-31 his last 5 years so his track record in recent times was awful.
You mean how he never evolved from a 1996 offense and probably never will? What a leader lol
Worse actually, since his predecessor materially changed college football by implementing a hyper modern offense that Fitz inherited and intentionally DEVOLVED from
He placed an emphasis on defense that resulted in multiple 10-win seasons. When evaluating him, I think you need to look at the whole.
Of course he does. Why wouldn't he? He was the face of Northwestern football for over a quarter of a century. And, he just got hired by another BIG foe. I'm surprised there isn't more talk here.
Well he's our last coach, hired the current coach, left in drama and scandal, was the winningest coach in our history and was the face of our program for 20 years. Before that he was one of the greatest and most beloved players in our history. We built a $300 million practice facility basically as a palace for him personally, and people still call it the "Taj Fitz." And our school just settled a nine figure lawsuit with him a matter of weeks ago.
So... yeah, he's still a thing.
But the best 10-win teams were the ones where we cared about offense, too.
Great, I don’t even need to read any posts when it comes to Fitz. All I need to read is who posted it and I can recite the talking points.
I was told Fitz would have to take an Assistant job if he wanted to stay in P4. Fact is nobody gives a **** about 4-20 except some people on this board! Believe me, it’s going to be a **** show right after we play MSU next year with the usual suspects declaring victory or making excuses why it didn’t turn out how they thought it would. So much fun.
I, for one, am genuinely EXTREMELY fascinated by how this goes. He could go 2-10 or 10-2 and I won't be shocked. Who does he hire for OC, and what system will they run? Who else does he hire? How does he handle the portal, has he evolved or not? How does he deal with the press when they start asking critical questions? I am endlessly fascinated by all of this and will be fascinated by the lens these future events put on his reputation and actions at NU. I am not just looking to spike the football... well, maybe on just one or two people... I am genuinely really interested.
Well, you have posted here 5 times over the last three days yourself and they were all very insightful I might add.
Good, then let’s let it play out. We don’t know the answers to those questions yet. It’s a pissing match now between pro and anti Fitz folks and this thread is littered with complete garbage.
There’s news even today! Fitz is fighting to keep his class together, he did a decent job, though they lost a few of their top recruits but kept others including a 4 star QB
Now that’s a relevant discussion item, not his record at NU as that as no bearing on the future, good or bad.
A lot of jobs ended up opening and he’s now the second lowest paid coach in the big ten.
I don’t think anyone expected that.
Every NU fan should give a **** about the dismal 4-20 last 2 season record. It was terrible and inexcusable