It is often said that if you can’t stop the run, you can’t win football games. In the Big Ten, that maxim becomes especially true as teams batter you until the clock hits zero.
But for Northwestern, stopping the run is essential because the Wildcats have a dangerous play-action game led by a dual-threat quarterback and a bevy of players on the outside who can get open, especially in the right scheme.
After a disjointed and disappointing first half, the Wildcats came out and utterly dominated. They scored touchdowns on their first four drives of the half and probably could have scored on every single drive of the half if they had wanted to.