Every week 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.
The Wildcats (5-5) are on the road again this week, traveling to Minneapolis to square off with Minnesota (7-3). The Wildcats have the opportunity to clinch a bowl game for the second-straight season and keep the team’s chances for finishing the regular season with a winning record alive.