At long last, it's Friday of game week — the Friday before the Northwestern Wildcats will take the field to open the 2015 season — and that can only mean one thing. It's time for picks. Every Friday during the season, we'll put our staff on the spot, and ask them to predict the exact outcome of the coming Saturday's Northwestern game, and we'll encourage readers to do the same in the comments.
Here's how we see the week two matchup with Eastern Illinois playing out:
Henry Bushnell: Northwestern 37, EIU 7
The offense still might not be good.