Inside the Play: Thorson’s Legs Save the Game

Every week, our Ian McCafferty will go back and critically review one or more plays from the past Saturday's game. These are the plays that, more than any others, were crucial in determining the outcome of the game. He'll check the film, and breakdown the how and why of those decisive few seconds.

After playing virtually no close games for the first seven weeks of the season, Northwestern has decided to bring back Cardiac 'Cats football the last few weeks. After two straight two-point wins, the Wildcats were looking for an easy victory against Purdue, but turned in one of their weaker efforts of the season. Lucky for them, they were playing Purdue. However, the story of the game was the…