Their D is statistically higher ranked than ours, but we are close.
Our sacks and fumble recoveries are better than theirs.
Our O's level of performance in the UILL game could give us the edge, but they do have a top ranted D, so.....you could debate it the other way.
All in all, one would expect a low scoring tight game decided by turnovers - unless our O has truly found itself.
Other Factors:
Experienced Hack vs a young QB.
They embarrassed us last year.
Is NW on the uptrend? or are they sliding?
Health of our OL is not good.
Our D played together very well vs a non-running QB in the ILL game.
Weather.
Our new FG kicker looked solid last week.
NW has a knack for coming up with surprising ways to win a game. ie a dominant D last year; and their two huge QB runs leading to 14 pts last game when their O was almost non-existant early on. .
Our sacks and fumble recoveries are better than theirs.
Our O's level of performance in the UILL game could give us the edge, but they do have a top ranted D, so.....you could debate it the other way.
All in all, one would expect a low scoring tight game decided by turnovers - unless our O has truly found itself.
Other Factors:
Experienced Hack vs a young QB.
They embarrassed us last year.
Is NW on the uptrend? or are they sliding?
Health of our OL is not good.
Our D played together very well vs a non-running QB in the ILL game.
Weather.
Our new FG kicker looked solid last week.
NW has a knack for coming up with surprising ways to win a game. ie a dominant D last year; and their two huge QB runs leading to 14 pts last game when their O was almost non-existant early on. .
