Northwestern (0-1) hosts Western Illinois (0-1) tonight at Martin Stadium. Kick off is set for 6:30 pm and the game will air on BTN.
Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Western Illinois
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Pleased to see Stone find a receiver who tucked into a gap in the zone while stepping away from the rush, that translates any week
Disagree, thats one where Wilde just toasted the lesser DBs. In conference play he's just not open.
Wilde is very good, but I worry that he is so much our best option that Stone will keep forcing the ball to him in double and triple coverage.
He already is, basically. We're seeing why. SHouldn't be a surprise a Freshman off a dreadful Stanford team isn't ready to be an immediate impact despite some attractive tools.
Yikes. Stone got away with 4 or 5 throws that were picks waiting to happen.
I’m very worried. It simply looks like Stone only has one velocity on his throws, and that’s “medium.” It seems like this is pretty much the same as the Tulane game but WIU is just a half step slow, otherwise there would be 2-3 picks already.
Still just looks like a MAC caliber roster on offense. Most of the offense so far has been chucking it to WIlde - he's already proven he's a superlative player vs FCS opposition - and Porter being just a better athlete - another guy who is already a proven Big Ten caliber player - and not much else.
Also: soft *** penalty.
Not at all like on defense, where we just have obviously superior athletes to this team,
If this is what we get on offense after a week where they all should have been drilled mercilessly about discipline and protecting the ball, we have multiple near INTs, a fumble lost and several penalties.