Sippin' On Purple · Nov 13, 2019
Inside The Play: Northwestern’s disastrous two-point attempt
Northwestern’s offense, and especially its passing game, made some significant strides on Saturday in a tight loss to Purdue. Behind an improved performance from quarterback Aidan Smith and an incredible game from Kyric McGowan, the Wildcats doubled their passing touchdown total for the year, earned 150 more yards than their per game average to that point, and had a play longer than 25 yards/broke 20 points, each for the first time since Week 3 against UNLV.
But still, continuing a season-long theme, NU, as Pat Fitzgerald said on Monday, “missed a lot of opportunities out there.” Some of those misfires came thanks to Smith staring down a receiver, or a running back missing a hole.