The Wildcats open up their Big Ten slate at home against the Golden Gophers, as Northwestern tries to get revenge from last year's defeat.
Every Thursday -- or Wednesday -- 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.
This week, Minnesota comes to Ryan Field. The Golden Gophers are 3-1, having snuck by MAC foe Ohio by a score of 27-24 in Week 4.