Last week, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald challenged his team to decide whether it was the team that started the season 5-0 with convincing wins over Stanford, Duke and Minnesota. Or, if it was the team that lost by a combined 68 points to Michigan and Iowa. And with a 30-28 victory over Nebraska on Saturday, the answer still isn't quite clear.
When Northwestern (6-2 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) came out against Cornhuskers, the Wildcats, it seemed, still couldn't escape the stench of the last two weeks.
In the first half, Northwestern racked up just 16 passing yards on 10 attempts, just 1.