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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Michigan State 24-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 3 7 3 11 24
Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21
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u/MrJusticeDouglas Alabama Crimson Tide 8h ago

How are NU fans feeling??

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u/LastWordsWereHuzzah Northwestern Wildcats 8h ago

The Chiles and Fitz factors meant this would always be a wild one, I just didn't expect it to be this stupid.

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u/BullshitSloth Michigan State Spartans 7h ago

And the last 3 minutes were very, very stupid.

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u/jmk1991 Northwestern Wildcats • Florida Gators 7h ago

I mean... I did.

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u/nocertaintyattached Northwestern Wildcats 8h ago

A conference win is always sweet, no matter how gotten

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u/IPreferBagels2 Northwestern • Indiana 7h ago

Especially on the road

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u/rockstaraimz Northwestern Wildcats • Big Ten 8h ago

A W is a W, but I'm not feeling great about it.

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u/hesperoyucca Northwestern Wildcats 7h ago

I felt bad initially, but then thought to myself about how rare it is to see such an ugly crazy game, and then appreciated it. Definitely an Alonzo Mourning GIF kind of game.

And hats off to NU for some legit clutchness from the defense and offense side, closing with a nice drive at the end. The Braun teams seem to have a frequency of clutchness the Fitz teams lacked (not to say the Fitz teams had none; there's the 2018 Holiday Bowl and that come-from-behind win against Nebraska for that one win of that season, of course). Definitely not calling that last drive ugly, cool cat stuff from Chiles, the line, Komolafe, and Wilde.

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u/majorgeneralporter Northwestern Wildcats • UCLA Bruins 8h ago

Thank God it's Rutgers next week

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u/AlejaYmir Northwestern Wildcats 8h ago

ohio state going to turn us into red mist

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u/AdamOnFirst Northwestern Wildcats 7h ago

Calm down, we won an ugly Fitz vintage rock fight. We out Fitzed Fitz

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u/Whatsgoodx Northwestern Wildcats 7h ago

We played Indiana super tough and they are driving to win the game right now. Defeatist NU fans make me shake my head.

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u/KushDingies Northwestern • North Carolina 7h ago

Yeah man. We looked like shit today but it was easily our worst game of the year. We still have a good team.

The concerning thing is that it seems like we get much sloppier on the road. Only 2 game sample size though

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u/B_I_LL Northwestern • Mississippi St… 7h ago

it's tough to say when our only two road games have been Indiana and the Fitz bowl but they definitely haven't inspired confidence in their road performances so far

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u/hotsauceyum Tennessee Volunteers • Indiana Hoosiers 5h ago

I had almost recovered when I scrolled past this and reopened the wounds

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u/Whatsgoodx Northwestern Wildcats 5h ago

So close brotha. Hell of a run

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u/Xrmy Northwestern • Indiana 4h ago

I have had quite a day

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u/Xazier Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wyoming Cowboys 7h ago

You boys are cooking

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u/majorgeneralporter Northwestern Wildcats • UCLA Bruins 7h ago

Sayin might be out and their backup hasn't looked good, we may have an outside chance... to only lose by a lil

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u/Keyblade_Yoshi Michigan State • Ohio State 7h ago

Not with a backup QB.

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u/IPreferBagels2 Northwestern • Indiana 7h ago

Yeah, we'll how long Sayin is out for but yeah

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern • Ohio State 7h ago

I'm a lifelong fan of Ohio State as well, and I'm telling all of you, if any Ohio State team can be beat, it's this one this year. The defense is young, Sayin is not playing at the level he was last year, and the run game is still not what it should be at OSU. It's gonna be hard, but it can be done.

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u/hughesdork Penn State Nittany Lions • Pima CC Aztecs 6h ago

sayin is out so... get 'er done *please*

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u/Billiam501 Ohio State • Northwestern 7h ago

Most obvious trap game ever, glad they were able to hang on. A win is a win, and Chiles looked phenomenal, besides taking some dumb sacks

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u/Kvetch__22 Northwestern • Penn 6h ago

Never going to complain about 5-1 but I'm putting a hold on any talk of us in the playoffs this year. Even if we somehow beat Iowa and Oregon we're going to lose @Minnesota after that.

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u/AdamOnFirst Northwestern Wildcats 7h ago

GREAT

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u/Lukumber Nebraska Cornhuskers • Marching Band 8h ago

Hey hey hey, we retain the NU title from winning our last battle of the NU’s.

That being said, this has to feel good

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u/KushDingies Northwestern • North Carolina 8h ago

Like my heart is about to explode

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u/Nouseriously Vanderbilt Commodores 7h ago

Pretty fucking good

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u/ChiTownFan4 Northwestern Wildcats 4h ago

Georgia just lost at home to Auburn. Anybody can beat anybody any given week. I’ll take a road win

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u/NiceUD Northwestern Wildcats • USC Trojans 4h ago

Pretty Good. I just want a good season with a good bowl and every win gets NU closer to that. Ugly win - absolutely. But it serves its purpose.

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u/Grooving_Nature30 6h ago

I’m feeling fine. They got the win. I knew it’d be a battle. Fitzgerald wanted revenge. Go Cats!