Football is an 11-on-11 game, but when it comes down to it, you have to win at the individual level to win at the team level. Here are three individual matchups that will be key in Saturday’s game between Big Ten West rivals Northwestern and Minnesota.
Wolitarsky leads Minnesota in every significant receiving category by an almost embarrassing margin. His 53 catches are 35 ahead of his next-closest competitor (running back Rodney Smith). His 669 yards are 390 yards ahead of Brian Smith, whose 279 are second most. Wolitarsky has even reeled in three of Mitch Leidner’s five touchdowns.