When people talked about Northwestern football during the offseason, the conversation tended to shift to top defensive players of the past, a ground-and-pound style of football or the promising defenders on the Wildcats’ roster.
Talk about explosive playmakers on the offensive side of the ball simply wasn’t a part of the narrative. And why would it have been? The Wildcats were putrid on that side of the ball last year.
However, after back-to-back 38-plus point outbursts to beat Iowa and Michigan State in consecutive games — on the road, no less — Northwestern, and embattled offensive coordinator Mick McCall, has flipped that usual script.