Bryant’s Bombs: Regression to the mean

Welcome back to the film room. After picking up its first win in nearly 700 days on American soil, Northwestern traveled to Durham, North Carolina to take on No. 21 Duke. The game went as expected, with the Blue Devils trouncing the Wildcats, 38-14. NU could not do anything on either side of the ball, giving up over 250 yards on the ground and scoring just seven points before both teams emptied their reserves.

Duke quarterback Riley Leonard was phenomenal on Saturday afternoon; however, on the other sideline, ‘Cats QB Ben Bryant struggled against a talented Duke defense. Bryant came into Durham after leaving NU’s win early with an upper-body injury but showed no signs of lingering pain…