EVANSTON — Pat Fitzgerald's focus for the week following his team's 16-6 upset win over then-No. 21 Stanford in the season-opener wasn't on Northwestern's upcoming opponent in Eastern Illinois. Rather, it was on how his team would, as he called it, "handle success."
"The biggest test was Tuesday," Fitzgerald said about the first practice following the Stanford victory. "Were we going to show up ready to go? I thought the way we approached the start of the week would be more important than [the game against Eastern Illinois]. No disrespect to Eastern, but we felt pretty confident about the game.