On Wednesday we published a full spreadsheet detailing how our staff thought the difficulty of Northwestern’s schedule would play out. Now, we asked them all to expand on their takeaways.
Eli Karp
A couple places where I differed was ranking Iowa second and Purdue fourth. I think that despite the Hawkeyes breaking in a new quarterback, having to play them week 2 will prove tough, especially since it’s the first road trip under all these new protocols. As for the Boilermakers, they always play Northwestern close, and that group of scary talented wideouts is one NU’s defense has struggled against.