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Three questions for 2016: Northwestern Wildcats

Related Topics: College Football Playoff

Northwestern bounced back in a big way in 2015, winning 10 games and finishing 13th in the final College Football Playoff rankings.

The Wildcats rode a strong defense and a solid running game to earn just the fourth double-digit win season in school history. But some of the team's shortcomings, namely on offense, were exposed in the 45-6 Outback Bowl loss to Tennessee.

Can Pat Fitzgerald's team repeat the magic in 2016? Depends on the answers to these three pressing questions: