Three up, three down, from Northwestern’s 18-15 win over Rutgers

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After getting his first career touchdown early on, the true freshman seemed to disappear for awhile. But his tough running down the stretch closed things out for a Wildcat team that is searching for an answer next to Clayton Thorson in the backfield. Is Rutgers especially good at run defense? Not really, but that doesn’t mean that Bowser’s 108 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries should be erased.

Once again, Northwestern’s star defensive end came to play. Gaziano only officially recorded one sack and one hurry, but he delivered at least three monster hits on Sitkowski and was milliseconds away from having the frazzled freshman in his arms at seemingly all times. Gaziano continues…