Every Thursday during football season, we'll be presenting reasons why Northwestern will or won't come away from its Saturday game victorious. It's not so much an argument for or against either result as it is envisioning the scenarios in which the Wildcats come away from the game with a win or a loss.
Next up for Northwestern are the Duke Blue Devils of the ACC. Duke is coming off a disappointing 24-14 loss to Wake Forest and will hope to bounce back with a win. Duke head coach David Cutcliffe watched his team lose a close game at home to Northwestern last year.