Thoughts of Oliver's performance in the Illinois game make NU fans feel queasy. But Oliver also showed plenty of strengths last year.
As of right now, the three-horse race for Northwestern's starting quarterback job is still ongoing. But Saturday, it was fifth-year senior Zack Oliver taking the first snaps for the Wildcat offense during the intrasquad scrimmage up in Kenosha (the best place on Earth).
Oliver impressed on Saturday. And even though Thorson looked decent as well, Oliver's performance lead us to believe that the fifth-year senior really is in the mix to start the opener against Stanford.