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Three reasons to be optimistic about Northwestern football in 2020

With Maryland and the beginning of another season fast approaching, hope springs eternal across college football. Despite some questions, Wildcat fans certainly have plenty of reasons for optimism in these uncertain times. Today, we whittled it down to the three main ones:

The quarterback position promises to be stronger

After last year’s dismal quarterback-by-committee experiment, Northwestern quite literally can only improve from 117 yards per game, six total touchdowns and 15 interceptions. But it’s not just that Hunter Johnson, Aidan Smith, TJ Green and Andrew Marty are all one year older and in a new, simpler offensive scheme.